It comes as no surprise that some of the most compelling stories we hear from our community involve families sharing together. We’ve heard from sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and even grandparents - who have been able to bridge the distance while being apart.

For our second story, meet Claire. Some time ago, her brother discovered Path and convinced their whole family to join. Path has replaced their family email chains, those weekly calls, that need to ‘catch up’. Her mother checks up on her kids lives on Path so much, that she refers to her iPad as her “Path”. It’s the only app that she uses every day.

If you and your family have been using Path to stay connected - whether it be across countries or neighborhoods - we’d love to hear from you! Share your story with us here, we’d love to meet you.

“Path inadvertently became my journal of fatherhood.

It seems that the sharing of pictures of one’s kids on other social networks is done to prove that your kid is cuter, faster, or stronger than the next. Sharing becomes synonymous with comparing. And while I’m so proud of my kids, sharing moments is more introspective for me. Sharing is journaling.  

Because Path is only for my closest friends and family, sharing moments of my kids has become my journal of fatherhood. Every moment becomes another entry in a beautiful, yet simple journal of life as a father and has helped me to cherish the time, past and present, I have with my wife and kids.

Revisiting past moments in my Path takes me back through videos of the family swinging under the tree, pictures of the kids trying foods for the first time,  and even a check-in at the hospital when my wife when into labor. In my two years with Path, I’ve grown to share more intimately because of its private nature, which organically allowed Path to become my journal of life. Yes, Path is for sharing present moments with our close friends and family, but it’s also for the future and how I hope my kids will reminisce their lives as well as allow them to feel as though they’re seeing themselves through my eyes.” -Steven, Austin

Happy Father’s Day to Steven and all of our wonderful dads!

The first sticker pack by illustrator Nidhi Chanani welcomes you to The City. Home of the Golden Gate, the cable car, and the vegan cupcake truck. The Painted Ladies, Giants and hipsters alike await your arrival! 

Take your photos on vacation with our newest premium filters, Lighthouse and Rio. 

Lighthouse will instantly transport your photos to somewhere happier and summer-bleached. The subtle whitewashing effect is reminiscent of a framed photo in the windowsill, or the view through a sand-dusted camera lens. 

Apply Lighthouse to your photos of sandy coastlines, boats, and puffy clouds. Give a beachy, windswept look to any of your sunniest moments.

Rio will make your photos say, “Feliz Carnival!” Cast a festive warmth over indoor and outdoor scenes alike, and a golden glow over your subjects. Natural vignetting frames and brightens giving your friends a sun-kissed look miles from the beach. Rio will make even the most ordinary setting celebratory. 

Use Rio on photos of fruit, flowers, sunrises, sunsets, and all things bright and beautiful. It’s great for music festivals and beach days alike. 

Over the past couple of years, we have been constantly humbled and inspired by your stories. Through tweets, emails and even postcards we’ve heard from so many of you about your favorite Path moments. That early morning run, that song you heard while driving that reminded you of home, that first date, that last day of school. From big to small, these are the moments that make up your lives.

We had no idea how much it would mean to so many of you to be able to share them in such a safe space. We were so excited by what we heard that we felt the need to share these through Path Stories, an ongoing series where folks tell us what Path means to them - in their own words.

For our first story, we traveled to Boston to meet Brendan and his coworkers at the sunny office of One Mighty Roar HQ. There, Brendan looked back on his last year and told us how he has been using Path to record his transition from college to working life.  He shared how he uses Path to document the milestones (receiving his college diploma) to the everyday (belting out “Call Me Maybe” with his best pals nearing last call).

We’ve had so much fun hearing about how Brendan and others use Path in their day to day - and we are eager to hear more! If you’d like to contribute to Path Stories, please write us here. We’d absolutely love to meet you.

We’re so thrilled to be able to bring you more from the legendary world of Charles Schulz. Snoopy! He’s a day dreamer, a late sleeper, a happy beagle, and the best friend you’ll ever have. See him now like you’ve never seen him before; as a chef, a sailor, an astronaut, and a camp counselor to his beloved Woodstock, all in sticker form.

We are offering our new Snoopy sticker pack for $0.99 this weekend only, hurry and get yours at this price while it lasts!

“First of all, I really want to thank you for the incredible app that my entire family has used since March of 2012. My fiance and I live in Israel. My parents, brother and his family live in Russia. All of us travel a great deal for work. We needed a way to share our lives from so far away. Before Path, I created a blog for myself and my family to post photos and thoughts. However, this took a lot of time and effort, so activity was generally limited to the weekends.

Since we discovered Path, we share photos, places, and our workouts with the Nike + integration each day. I’ve even created another Path account for my dog Nash in order to be able to tag him when we bring him along on our travels (which happens a lot).

This is simply a great app. It helps us feel together instead of far away, and is a constant within our crazy lives.”  Evgeny, Israel

Idioms, by Jeremy Fish, is filled with spectacular vernacular giving us a way to say: Too big for your britches, spilled the beans, party pooper. Now available in the Shop! 

“I am linked to my entire extended family through Path, and have found this to be an incredibly easy and enjoyable way of staying in touch with pictures and comments. The age range of our family members on Path is from 23 to 80 (Yes, both sides of grandparents as well!)

My parents are in declining health and staying in a retired living facility across the country, so we can’t get out there as much as we’d like. They absolutely love using Path on the iPad on their joint account.  We mostly share photos of our daughter, Bridget. Path allows her grandparents to watch her grow into a young lady.” -Ken, Hawaii

When we embarked on stickers for Path messaging, we knew that we wanted them to be expressive. Fun. Silly. Thoughtful. We wanted them to capture whole feelings and gestures with a single tap. We also wanted to feature pieces of art. Intuitive design. Craftsmanship. To accomplish this, we’ve reached out to some of our favorite illustrators and graphic designers. And now, along with worldwide creative community Threadless, we’re reaching out to you.

Starting today, Threadless is hosting a creative challenge to create the next Path sticker pack. The challenge is to create a pack of six stickers that capture an original character, emotion, or theme. The community will then vote on your designs. The winner will work with Path to turn their six stickers in into a complete collection of 24 designs, along with $3500 cash and a $500 Threadless gift certificate. To submit, vote, and learn more, visit Threadless.com/path. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Threadless is a creative community that makes, supports, and buys great art. Thousands of people worldwide submit their designs online. Our community picks the ones that get made into t-shirts, bags, wall art, and more. When you buy from us, you support the artist who created the design. Threadless.com. Make Great Together.

From the artist who brought you everyone’s favorite red panda, Pepper, the newest sticker pack Willa is now available in the Shop. Willa is a strong, modern wombat. Don’t be fooled by her fuzzy exterior, she’s got sass and she knows how to use it. 

“I keep my friend list in Path to about ten people. I have several friends that live in Northern Ireland, as I do, and through Path have made a handful of close friends from England. We had never met in person before, but Path is our online community were we share problems, life experiences, family moments, work advice and well everything, even DIY tips. I’ve made some absolutely brilliant friends and it’s amazing how we interact daily and help each other out.

Some of us met up in Belfast, Northern Ireland a couple of months ago for a ‘Path night out’, and it was a great night of good food and whiskey. One of our Path members from London even came over for the weekend! For those that couldn’t make the journey, we made sure to keep them updated on the night through Path, and even included them at the dinner table.

For me, Path is a place I can ask questions and get advice on lots of things and have people that genuinely care how about how I am that day within a small and private group. I think the rest of my Path friends would agree it really comes down to the community aspect of Path that we all enjoy most. It’s our place to chat and share. It’s our version of the pub, where if we lived beside each other we would go and have a drink together and chat about life. It’s sociable.” -Alice, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Hipposauruses, created by artist Suyoung Jang, are colorful creatures with a knack for tomfoolery. Part hippo, part dino, and all parts wild and crazy, they are now available for download in the Shop!

“Last summer I went on my first solo backpacking trip through Europe before beginning medical school. Because of the time difference, I wasn’t able to speak with my family or my girlfriend on a regular basis, so Path was a perfect way to keep everyone updated on where I was and what I was doing.

I would take pictures of my adventures on my phone throughout the day and in the evening before I went to bed, I would upload everything to Path.  My girlfriend and my family loved being able to follow me through my journey, from Istanbul all the way to London, and I loved the feeling of knowing they had seen my moments and were missing me and as much as I was missing them.

Now that I am back in the states, grinding my way through school, it’s nice being able to take a break and revisit these moments and plan for my next adventure!” -Amit, California