Makaala shares how Nixplay keeps them close as a military family

We are a military family. We got a Nixplay frame right when my daughter was born. I will say though, because of the Nixplay, my two-year-old never skipped a beat when her daddy came home. Oh, it's daddy! Because she was constantly seeing those pictures.

Makaala: My name is Makaala. I'm a Navy submarine officer. I've been in the Navy for about 24 and a half years.

Lisa (Makaala’s wife): We are a military family. I have four daughters. And actually, it's the first time in two years that my husband's been able to be back with us.

Makaala: My previous duty station was in Bahrain.

Lisa: The role of the military family is to support the military guy that's away. We previously never had a Nixplay frame before. We got them right when my daughter was born.

Sydney(Makkala’s daughter): When I was a kid, like six or seven-ish, I would just have one picture of dad that I would look at like every night before I went to bed. But now Kate can have so many.

Lisa: I will say though, because of the Nixplay, my two-year-old never skipped a beat when her daddy came home. Oh, it's daddy! Because she was constantly seeing those pictures.

Makaala: Every time I visited home and when I came home for good, she's known exactly who I was every time, which has been a really great feeling.

Lisa: It's right there on my phone. I just open the app, transmit it. We share it that way. When a new picture pops up, and especially if it's one that you haven't seen in your cycle before, it always kind of captures our attention. And they say a picture's worth a thousand words.

Oldest one's going to be going off to college. We could be sending the small Nixplay to her so we can communicate together and see what she's been up to. And she can send us pictures to what she's been up to. So this little cutie face, she gets to see it every day.

Makaala: Having the Nixplay frame to see my family on a regular basis definitely helped make it easier.