What an incredible experience today! ❤️ A HUGE thank you to the Unplug & Play Summit for inviting me to be part of this event and giving me the opportunity to bring my Remote Photography experience LIVE to your members! Today was especially exciting because it was my first LIVE Zoom event photographing multiple people remotely — and I loved every minute of it. 📸🌎 I was able to guide people LIVE through: ✨ Lighting ✨ Angles ✨ Posing ✨ Expressions ✨ Camera confidence All while photographing them remotely using their own phones! This is exactly WHY I developed my Remote Headshot system. I wanted my photography to reach beyond geography and give people the opportunity to experience a professionally directed photoshoot no matter where they live. Today showed me that this can be so much bigger than individual headshots. 📸 Individuals ❤️ Couples 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families 🌎 Communities 🎤 Summits & LIVE events Thank you to the Unplug & Play Summit, the organizers, and everyone who showed up and trusted me to photograph them today. You gave me the opportunity to try something NEW with a system I created — and that means more to me than you know. ❤️ I have a feeling this was the first of many LIVE Remote Photography events! Photography by Cristal 📸 Your photographer can be anywhere. So can you. @Mary Nunaley 💜

Thanks to thanks to the early risers who joined @Janell Bitton and @Celia Kibler this morning. Their sessions will be uploaded to the classroom shortly. And, for those who are looking for more ways to instill a love of reading into their family, be sure to mark @Elizabeth Raum session on The Joys of Reading at 2 p.m. We've had lots of sessions and lots of conversations, and today, I wanted to lighten things up with a little game of This or That. Drop your comments below and I'll randomly choose a winner from the Wheel of Names on Saturday for a free All-Access pass. You have to choose! No loopholes. Would you rather... 1. Cook dinner with a 7-year-old sous chef OR let a teen choose the entire menu? 2. Give up your phone for 24 hours OR let your kid see your weekly screen-time report? 3. Learn crochet OR learn guitar? 4. Let your child ask an expert one question about you OR you get to ask an expert one question about them? 5. Bake bread without a recipe OR build something without instructions? 6. Your family gets an unexpected free Saturday: make something, cook something, play something, or go somewhere? 7. FINAL BOSS: You can keep only one Unplug & Play track for the rest of the Summit: Culinary, Tech, Experts, or Craft & Hobby. Which survives?

We're thrilled to have so many fresh faces joining us this week, just in time for the Unplug and Play summit. I know that each of you is bringing your own flavor of curiosity and commitment to play. @Ayisha Taylor is a mom of 5 looking to ease the screen time struggle with her 1.5 and 4-year-old, and she's here to learn alongside us. @Alex State from Las Vegas came through a @Dale Cox invitation and is fully committed to homeschooling two little ones through play. @Alida Vermeulen from South Africa is stepping into grandparenthood and is excited to be here. @Tami Ekpo has a 14-year-old with a passion for the science behind cooking, and she's diving into ideas for meaningful connection around food and learning. You'll definitely want to visit the Culinary Classroom and the Curious Kitchen Classroom. @Melinda Pate from Southern California is a homeschooling mom of 5 and creator of fun-based learning printables. @Patrick Taylor from Central America has that adventurous, inquisitive child in him that makes play so alive. @Chris Pallister from Clevedon is a newly-retired granddad to 4 who loves the idea of helping kids discover life beyond screens, and he's rekindling his passion for photography too. The photography session with @Cristal Vancarson tomorrow may be of interest. @Frances Scully is a curious educator and grandmother of 8 who coaches others on child engagement. @Khanyi Mzolo wants to rejuvenate connection between his son and grandson through intentional play, what a beautiful three-generation goal. @Demetrice Odds from Florida is a veteran and AI consultant focused on calm creativity, and she wants to connect her godchildren with life off their tablets.

Hi beautiful ones! I'm here for a bit and am SO HONORED to know Mary. And super excited to participate in the UNPLUG AND PLAY SUMMIT!!! I already watched and participated in some and you are AWESOME! A little bit about me and what I'll be talking about: I'm a mother of 8 and studied psychology + inner child healing for the past 20+ years. Now that my youngest child is turning 18 (next month :)) I wanted to share some important insights on how to parent teens. It's a delicate phase in a child/parent journey and we sometime gloss over what's most important to address. If you have teens, grown, or even young children, I would love to have this conversation with you all. All topics welcome. 👉 What are important questions or challenges that you'd love me to include or address? I'm looking forward to seeing your beautiful face! Love love, Chanie

We are off to a great start and thank you to everyone who attended our first two live sessions. We had some great conversation and learned quite a bit. If you missed Chef @Andrew Brooks presentation, the replay is up and you can watch it here #Building a Healthy Food Foundation w/ Chef Andrew. @Anna Murrietta had another thought provoking session asking us to rethink what connection means to the children in our lives. You might be surprised. Watch the replay here #Small Moments, Big Connections with Anna. Tonight at 7 pm CDT @Beth Hanning will be joining us to share opportunities for the teens in your life to get published. If you can’t join live, the replay will be available by morning. Don’t forget, we also have several pre-recorded sessions. I’ll be highlighting those throughout the week but since it’s Sunday, why not check out some new hobby ideas. We have #Amigurumi Vibes with Auli, #Dungeons & Dragons for Families with Cam, and #Bread as Science with Chef Henry Which will you choose?