Looking at videos of the kids growing up

I have always been a fan of taking pictures and filming the kids and the family growing up. I've done a pretty decent job taking pictures but I stopped filming a couple years ago. I got tired of dealing with the long process in pulling the video from the camera in real time speed, the files took up a lot of space, and editing a video was very very time consuming. When you were done you had to render and burn the DVD which took overnight. Also it was discouraging to see the video on a big TV and it didn't fit right. With the passing of Aunt Donna and all the gifts she left us behind in the form of memories and pictures it reminded me how important it was to record our lives. If it's not for ourselves then it's for our kids and grand kids. I gathered up all the video I had from the years and put it all on the computer. I have an external 1TB drive to hold it all and now I have it all at my fingertips. I plan on going through all the years and making DVD's for the kids and put in there memory containers for when they are older. With all the footage that I don't use the program will trash it to keep the storage to a minimum.

I thought I would share a cute clip of Kortne at 3 years old. We were watching it last night and we all really enjoyed watching this old footage. Pictures are great, but video does a much better job in truly bringing you back to that moment in time. Its so very important to preserver some memories from the younger years.

So I found a screaming deal on an HD 1080i cam corder for only $369. A canon Vixia HF 100 camera that can be purchased in the local stores for $650 or higher. It uses SD memory cards so there is no moving parts. The video will be recorded in digital form and will not deteriorate over time like tapes do. I ordered it and I plan on getting back into recording our lives. I'm very excited to finally have a camera that records high definition and the shape fits my TV now. Here is the link to the camera