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Oahu, Hawaii Family Videographer | Holiday Video Card for Alex

How do you make a US Marine cry you ask?

You send him a surprise holiday video card from his beautiful wife and one year old daughter while he is deployed overseas for the holidays.

We filmed the sweetest family a few weeks ago as part of our Holiday Video Card Giveaway. I had never met Ashley and her daughter Maci and her mother in law Michelle before I arrived at their home, but before I left that afternoon, we had laughed and cried and shared our life stories and I felt like we had known one another for years.

Ashley's husband Alex is a United States Marine and is deployed overseas for the holidays. Ashley entered our giveaway and won this video.

Out of all the entires for the giveaway, Ashley's story stood out from the rest. I was once a young mother with a baby girl in a town far away from my family while my husband was deployed overseas, so her story tugged at my heart when I read it. The Bowman's were recently stationed in Hawaii and like most of us military families here, she doesn't have family here so she was planning to be extremely homesick for the holidays, alone with her daughter and without her husband. That was until her mother in law Michelle showed up in Hawaii a few days before Alex deployed with a plane ticket home for her and Maci to go home with her to visit family and friends. It wont replace her husband being gone, but I know it sure will help.

Hopefully this short film made Alex feel a tiny bit closer to his beautiful family.

She shared it with Alex and said he has watched it every day since and that it just might have made this big tough marine cry (which is my ultimate goal in life LOL).

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Oahu, Hawaii Videographer | Holiday Video Card GIVEAWAY for ONE SPECIAL MILITARY FAMILY! (A $250 Value)

Do you know a Hawaii family with a deployed service member that will be overseas during the holidays? Maybe YOUR husband or wife is going to be deployed over the holidays this year?

We love to give back and want to help spread some Christmas love for one special Hawaii family. We are searching for the right family to document this holiday season for. As a military family, we know what is like to be separated from loved ones during the holidays. This year, because we aren't available to be a part of the annual Very Merry Military Minis as we have been for the past two years, we will be giving away ONE HOLIDAY VIDEO for ONE special military family whose service member is deployed over the holidays.

Your holiday video card will be filmed in your home. Not sure what a Holiday video card is? . You with your kiddos doing your thing, as well as a message of you and your family talking to your loved one. To give you a better idea, take a look at these two videos :

How to Enter
Entering is easy! Fill out this form, be as specific as you can so we know more of your story. Then click ENTER! We'll inform you of the winner by December 1. Must be available for filming between December 1-15, 2016.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Phone

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Tell us about your deployed service member

What is their name? When did he/she deploy? When are they expected home?

What branch of service is your loved one?

How have you and your family been dealing with them being away from home during the holidays?

Do you have kids? If so, how are they dealing with them being gone?

Why is it important for you to send a video film/message to your loved one?

Why should YOU win the mini film?

Eligibility
Families with a deployed service member during the 2016 holidays. Must be 18 or older to enter and a resident of Hawaii and available for filming before December 15, 2016.

Interested in a Holiday Video Card for your family? We're currently running an amazing event you don't want to miss out on—Our Holiday Video Card Mini's! Click here for more information on Holiday Video Mini Sessions!