Our Disney Commercial

Everyone that loves Disney loves the new Disney commercial campaign where they use actual home videos. Angela has been known to tear up watching them. We got a huge surprise about a month ago when a Disney marketing executive called us after seeing a YouTube video I posted of Anela dancing at DW.  This is what they saw.

Disney loved it and wanted to use it in an upcoming commercial. I offered up some other clips and they surprisingly ended up using them too!  In fact, they made a whole commercial of just us. Here's a sneak peak of our very own Disney commercial scheduled to air at the end of the month.

Ok, it's pretty obvious that Disney didn't make this and unfortunately no Disney exec has seen our video.  They should use some of our clips though because Anela and Bryson, clothed in Angela's awesome Disney creations, would sell mass tickets.  This video was so frustrating to make.  The sound was extremely tricky to get synced (especially using iMovie which has limited sound editing functions... I guess its time to upgrade to a real movie making program).  I stole sound bites from two real Disney commercials and then integrated them with just the instrumental, which by the way is not the exact music used in the commercials I stole sound bites from.  I got so frustrated with the sound that I spent little time on the actual clips so I just threw a bunch together in random order.  The end result is very amateurish but Angela cried when she first saw it ;)

Special Mom

Between finals and the parents in town for graduation I found little time to prepare a proper mother's day pampering that I wanted to.  But with some goodies, flowers, balloons, hand made gifts from the kids, and a much needed afternoon nap I think our special mom still enjoyed her day.  The kids were so adorable to their mom today.  Both had an opportunity to pray today and both veered, uncoached, from their routine to thank Heavenly Father for their Mom.  I can't think of anything more rewarding than when you see your children realize the important things in life, and today the most important thing is their beautiful mother.  As Bryson and I were picking up flowers and treats he got upset with me for not buying four treats rather than two because quote, "Dad, I want mom to feel like the most specialistest mom, so we need to buy her four treats".  I tried to explain to him that what mom wants the most is lots of hugs and kisses, which he replied, "but I do that everyday...she wants treats!"  Our mom does love her treats.  The day ended with one of the biggest tickle fights we've had to date - instigated by none else than Mom.  Our kids love that their mom plays with them... I love it too.

I'm not the best with words, especially when I try to express my feelings.  Angela, I love you with all my heart.  You are beautiful, funny, kind, and simply -- wonderful.  Thank you for all you do for me and our rambunctious children.  I can't wait for you to become a mother for the third time... what lucky kids we have.  I love you infinity!

I compiled some of my favorite pictures and videos of Our Mom from the last year.  This is my favorite family movie I've made thus far, probably because its all about the woman I love and it captures some of my favorite bits of her personality and shows just how good of a mom she is.  The song is also very fitting for our family.

Happy Mother's Day Ang!

I also must say how grateful I am for my own mom.  Having her in town the last couple of days watching her play with my kids and interact with my wife reminded me how much she has impacted my life.  She raised me to be man of faith, integrity, and confidence.  I may sometimes disappoint but she never ceases to extend her love.  I love you Mom!  And thank you and Dad for being at my graduation -- it meant the world to me.

Under New Management

Hello Family and Friends!  This is Angela's lesser half Bryan. So the family has kept Angela pretty busy the last two years with many fun filled trips, new beginnings, and rewardless jobs.  Needless to say with all that our special mom does for us this blog was put on the back burning.  Well, I graduate next week -- YEAH!! -- and I have two months before I start a new adventure with GE.  Until then, this blog will be under new management.  I hope to document all the fun and not so fun things that have happened to the Ottley's the last two years.  A new hobby of mine is photography and videography.  Make no mistake, I'm a complete novice, but I enjoy trying to put pictures and home videos together in a fun and entertaining way, so you'll see my attempts and hopefully I'll get better as time passes.  Anything that I missed with the camera I'll do my best to document in written form.  I invite you to follow along.

DISCLAIMER: Bryan Ottley is not a professional writer, photographer, or videographer.  Our bit of Good is not responsible for any boredom, irritation, or anger that you may or may not experience as you are on this blog.  OBOG strives to provide creative, entertaining, and original content but lets be honest, the Ottley's (as in Bryan, Angela, Bryson, and Anela) may be the only individuals that find this content of any worth.  Oh, and past performance is no guarantee of future performance (Grad School taught me that one).