What's Happening with the Higham's

6/27/2017

Hello friends and family, we are so glad that you have taken a few minutes to visit with us here on TheHighamFamily.com. We are blessed knowing that you are here, reading the blog and hanging out with us on our YouTube channel, Life in the Higham House. We hope that you are as equally blessed.

We wanted to take a few minutes to share our appreciation for your support as we walk this exciting journey of raising a family and sharing it here online with you. We realize that your time is important to you, and that you could choose to visit any of the hundreds of blogs and vlogs that talk about family. That's why we want to update you with what we're doing when it comes to both the website and our YouTube channel.

So what's happening with the Higham's?

Well, right out of the shoot life in the house is changing. This June, our oldest graduated from high school and will begin his college career in the fall. Our number two is now a senior and will graduate in June 2018. Then we'll have a freshman in high school, a 6th grader and a 3rd grader. That's a couple big milestones all happening in a short amount of time. Change this fast brings a lot of opportunities for life -lessons while spicing up the adventure of life.

But all of this change opens the doors for use to share what we're learning. And that's what we want to continue to do; share what we're learning. The question is how?

Life is busy. And we love it! Finding the time to write and edit can be tricky, but we are committed to creating a place that encourages families. So to help us plan ahead and to help you to look forward to what's coming next, we've come up with a schedule for both the blog and the vlog.

The Higham Family Blog

Let's talk about the blog first. We got serious about the blog in 2014, when we decided to relaunch our family blog as a ministry to families. Over the years we have tried to share both the personal lessons we're learning and our own families milestones, with posts that were written to help families grow stronger.

We are going to continue sharing our family milestones and helpful family posts. Starting next week, Monday, July 3, we will post the every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These posts will be focused on what's happening in the Higham house as well as offering great helps for your family. Amy and I will share what God is teaching us and our family, while also posting helpful resources and fun family ideas.

Because we are also on a journey with essential oils, we will share a weekly post on what we are learning about essential oils and how their benefits are helping our family.

Amy and I will share what God is teaching us and our family, while also posting helpful resources and fun family ideas.

Life in the Higham House Family Vlog

We really love vlogging; sharing our lives on video! This summer we are attempting to post a new vlog every day! That means you can look for our daily vlog, Life in the Higham House! Every Monday through Saturday, we will upload a new vlog at 7:00 p.m. Each vlog will run between 10 and 20 minutes.

If you haven't taken the time to visit our YouTube channel, we would like to invite you to take a few minutes and check it out. Our goal is to simply share our lives with our viewers. Sometimes it's crazy as we run around. Sometimes it's just us at home with the kids. But whether we're home or out for an adventure, you'll see the Higham's as they are.

Our New Web Shows

This year we are introducing two new web shows on our YouTube channel. The first we're calling KidsTalk. The second, ParentsTalk.

KidsTalk came as idea that Jay had one night after a fun day of just talking with the kids. We had so much fun talking and laughing about different things. The idea, let's sit the kids down in front of the camera and ask them to share what they think about different topics. So that's what we're going to do. New episodes of KidsTalk will post every Tuesday starting in just a couple of weeks. We will let you know when the next episode goes live.

ParentsTalk started in 2015, as a Q&A vlog where Amy and Jay talked about different parenting, marriage and family topics, along with answering questions that are submit through the website and our Facebook page. The problem we ran into was our relocation followed by two emotional and painful miscarriages. We decided to wait a while before coming back and recording any more episodes.

But we're looking to come back and begin recording again in just a couple of weeks. We are planning our topics and getting ready. In a couple of days we will post a blog that talks more about ParentsTalk and invite you to share your questions and topic ideas.

New episodes will post every Thursday evening at 8:00 p.m. on our Life in the Higham House channel.

Stay Connected with us on Social Media

Be sure to follow us on social media. Over the next couple of weeks we will be updating our social media platforms, combining and optimizing our reach to stay connect with you. So be sure to look for us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and of course YouTube. We will post an update on all social media next week.