Jared Padalecki unfortunately misses many moments with his family when he is away shooting his show Supernatural, but he’s able to stay in touch with them thanks to today’s technology.

The 33-year-old actor shared a new video, sponsored by Minute Maid, in which he Skypes with his wife Genevieve Cortese and their two kids – Thomas, 3, and Shepherd, 23 months.

“Because I’m filming nine months out of the year in Vancouver and Gen and the boys are in Austin, it gets me thinking am I away from my boys too much,” Jared says. “I miss a lot of the day to day things. I miss their pizza party at school. I miss rocking them back to sleep when they wake up in the middle of the night.”

“Wonderfully, we can always video chat so I can see them and talk to them. I’ll see that the boys are two handfuls plus. I’ll even feel guilty about letting Genevieve down,” he added.