When the school year ended last month we offered to host an end-of-year party for my daughter and her friends. Our house has always been the place to host parties, but this year we decided to do something a little different; a photo booth during the party, and outdoor movies when the sun went down. We knew the kids would want to eat and swim, and listen to "their music" by the pool. I'm so thankful we thought to consider an outdoor music and video system when we designed the

Last week while having a late lunch with coworkers, I received a text on my phone from my home automation system, telling me that my daughter's code had unlocked the door and disarmed the home security system. I opened the camera app on my phone, and from there I could see that she was safely home. To me it was just a normal sequence of events, but to my coworkers it was a technological miracle. When we had the Control4 home automation system installed, my husband was excited