Congratulations, <<First Name>>, on surviving another winter

Hallelujah, we did it!

According to Lord Tennyson, spring is the time ‘a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love’...but if you’re Joe and Ryan, thoughts turned to how best wind each other up on April Fool’s day. Without boring you with the details, let’s just say Joe needs to stay at least 600 yards from a certain goat farm in Scandia, and Ryan needs to get a license if he intends to keep that many iguanas in his garage.

Our shenanigans don’t always include homestead regulations, however; we created a few prank videos for a nationwide youth conference that played to over 25,000 participants.

Hit Play on our coffee shop prank videos below:

These donuts and coffee are half off… literally!
and
Ever play copycat with strangers?

We’re Grinning from Ear to Ear…

…about the accolades our short film, Half Smile, received at 2017’s Z Fest Film Festival. Our awards tallied nine, including Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. Once again, we’re thrilled to be part of such a creative community in a town that supports the arts.

Check out the full list of awards and watch the speech Joe made for winning best actor here.

From Sea to Shining Sea, Things Are Looking Great

We’ve spent the last two months traveling from Wisconsin to Texas to California, documenting six scholarship recipients of Scholarship America and their corporate partners including Wells Fargo and mikeroweWORKS. 

Watch this short video to see more of what we’re so happy to be a part of.

And the World Became a Much Better Place

On April 5, 2017, when Ryan, Dayna, and Presley welcomed Roman Milo Grams. Young Mr. Grams weighed in at a strapping 7 pounds, 5 ounces and is 19.5 inches long. Yaaaay!

Until next time,

Joe, Ryan and the Uptop Team