Father's Day Photo Suprise

Well hello again,

I have had this post saved as a draft for weeks now because I was having trouble uploading the photos, but I decided to post what was working and go from here...

So these are some cute pictures of Penny and Graham from a photo shoot we did with Sara Bateman. Here is the link to her photography blog to see more photos. Just scroll down a bit to "Patch Preview." Sara was so great and it was a really funny evening. I was trying to surprise Marty with some photos of us for Father's Day. I was sure it was going to be fine because Marty hadn't been home until 2 or 3 in the morning every day for WEEKS! But of course he shows up during the photo session (5pm!) and Sara and I were IDIOTS! We were acting like we were just getting together because she wanted to see the house, etc. Her camera was sitting on the couch! In the end we spilled the beans because he kept hanging around. It was a little deflating, but in the end the pictures turned out great and Marty loved them when I gave him some framed prints on Father's Day. Thanks Sara for the beautiful shots! Such keepsakes!

Media Appearances :(

So I've completely been avoiding putting these links on my blog over the last few days. This whole experience has been so interesting! Marty and I have been trying to be really compliant to what the ad agency and Rocky Mountain Power wants us to do, but let me say we are not professional tv personalities. I know they don't expect us to be, but it makes me have a greater appreciation for all those beautiful people in front of the camera who are witty, quick and at ease. We definitely are not that! But we did an ok job and hopefully the tv interviews are over. We did another one for ABC, but I don't have the link. Here is the link for the FOX 13 interview we did a few mornings ago. Click Here.

We also did an interview for the Salt Lake Tribune. A disclaimer about the picture... I look awful:/ Everyone else looks cute which is good, but I know you all wouldn't want an ugly picture of you circulating around town. (My sister said it is definitely not my best) I bought the print version for a keep sake at Barnes and Noble... fun memory finding your family in the newspaper. So here is the link for it. Click Here.

It has been a little hard for me because everyone hasn't been so nice about the contest. There have been people that have said the money should have gone to more deserving families and other mean things. And I lay there at night coming up with what I should have said if I was quicker, etc. I hate it! I was super sensitive about it last week because I didn't want people saying mean things about Marty or me or our family in general. I know I can't control what other people say about us, but it is never fun to have people be critical to your face or in the media (which is entirely out of your control.) I can't imagine being torn apart by the media for actually doing something wrong... crazy!

Anyhoo, we are so excited and grateful and we actually went to Lowes the other night to just look around at appliances. It was really fun just to even imagine them replacing all of our old gems.

So I'm off to bed while you all watch some pretty embarrassing clips of us!

Here's to energy efficiency... remember to turn off the lights and unplug your appliances:)

Such Dorks:)

Haha! I just watch our clip and am totally laughing!

If you want to see our two minutes of tv time

Click Here

Tomorrow we are on Fox 13 some time between 8:20 and 9:20

KUTV Channel 2

Friends and family we will be on KUTV Channel 2 tomorrow morning around 7:20 to talk about our video and being energy efficient. Tune in to see us if you'd like! We're nervous and I don't know what to wear :/

We Won!

We cannot even believe it... but we won the grand prize for the Rocky Mountain Power video contest! It is unreal and we can hardly contain our excitement! We found out while we were in Lake Powell. We had spotty reception, but I got a message on my voice mail from a woman at RMP to call her back. Marty and I jumped in the boat to try and get better reception in the channel. We finally got a hold of her and she shared the good news... WE WON! We took this picture right after we hung up and stopped jumping up and down! We were dieing!

We still don't know a lot about how it works, but it sounds like they set up an account at Lowes and we can buy energy efficient items for our house. We think we will get new appliances because that would be great! :)

We are being interview by Katie Drake for the Salt Lake Tribune tonight and on Monday and Tuesday we have to go on some morning shows. I think one is FOX 13 for sure. So it is all pretty crazy, but so exciting! We are so incredibly grateful that we found out about the contest and entered. It is such a blessing!

Here is the link to the Rocky Mountain Power page about our video! Here and more here.

Thank you everyone for voting! Our friends actually won the viewers' choice award and we are so happy for them! Marty and I have never won anything before so we are really shocked by this, but are loving it too!