Birdseye Photography

Change

2008-09-11T15:30:00.003-06:00

You may be wondering 'where the noodles has Julie been?!'

Well... here.

That's right, the Birdseye blog version 2.0 - bigger, better, and just beautiful, if I may say so myself.
:)

www.birdseyephotographyblog.com

** Be sure and update your bookmarks list on your computer with the new address! This one will be scarce...indefinitely....

Prized Possession

2008-09-04T15:12:00.005-06:00

K & T wanted to show off their 2-month-old baby brother, Q, to me, so we had a playdate!

These boys were so sweet. They showed me their room, the play room, the TV room, and all of their prized possessions in between. (most notably, Q)

These squishy cheeks and lips are so kissable! I love this age. They are just mush in your arms to cuddle to your heart's content. (Or more realistically, until your arms get tired if they're a sweet chunk, like Q.)

He had so much personality. Well, both of the big boys did. They were just typical, happy, little guys excited to have some one to show off for!

Mom & Dad caught a quick moment alone which I think lead to a case of the giggles...

K has double the super powers: to crack me up and take flight at the same time!

Q's most effective super power is flashing that grin. I'm sure that has a stronghold over Mommy, making her heart weak.

*Aren't "Q" names rare? You want to know what his name is, don't you... It's a cute one, but I've never heard it before, and I instantly loved it.

September Cover

2008-09-04T10:43:00.003-06:00

For the September cover of the Denton Connection, I had the privilege of photographing Denton's new mayor, Mark Burroughs. He was a very easy-going subject, as the editor of the magazine and I trekked with him all over City Hall. It was a pleasure working with him, and getting to chit-chat about the new, exciting things that are making their way to our corner of North Texas.

Q & A

2008-09-04T10:30:00.006-06:00

Question:
What is your favorite working environment?

My Answer:
Windows open on a cool, breezy day, sipping a (all-time-favorite-seasonal-drink) pumpkin latte.

Oh, what's this???....

Um, this would be happiness...

*What is your favorite working environment? (I know not everyone - insanely enough - enjoys a latte.)

Skin to Skin

2008-09-01T22:13:00.002-06:00

M has just a couple days left to soak up all of the only-child life he'll ever know.

His beautiful mommy is carrying a very best friend for him.

Baby brother M will be here very soon, and this sweet little trio will have one more to share the love and laughs with.

While M is not used to having to share the limelight, his daddy is, after having been an accomplished TV & film actor in LA for 18 years! (Impressive, much?!!)

(This shot cracked me up! M found his ears!) So sweet how daddies let their children humble them.

It was a drizzly morning, but this umbrella livened things up outside for us!

Can't wait to see you again to meet the new addition!

NEW LOGO

2008-08-29T11:30:00.005-06:00

If you have picked up your September issue of the Denton Connection, or the DFW Kids Directory, you have already met my new love, so now it's time to introduce her to the blogging world.

Meet the new face of Birdseye.

She has inspired change around here. Big things are in the works! In the coming weeks, we'll reveal our new blog and website. Stay tuned...

Catch Me

2008-08-29T11:23:00.004-06:00

This shot cracks me up, from the session below. And ironically enough, this shot was taken in the EXACT location as my last blooper I posted. I suppose by the time we reach that locale, the kiddos are d.o.n.e.!

German Parts

2008-08-27T17:21:00.010-06:00

After having to reschedule 3 times, the heavens finally opened up and allowed us to meet! (Well, ironically, one of the reschedulings was actually due to the heavens opening up...), but other than that, with the kiddos being sick, and Mom taking a pretty serious fall in the back yard, (she is healing perfectly now), two months from the time we booked the session, I was anxious to get to meet my new friends whom I talked with so much on the phone!

And look at the precious family who greeted me...

I look over, and while settling down with their boys, Mom & Dad start snuggling. That's how much love is there. Random snuggles at random moments.

Happy toes.

10-month-old L is a giddy little guy! He would just stare at me and smile.

And then turn to Momma and give her big, wet kisses!

M needed a snack break to feel like himself again before the tickle monster could come out to play.

And when she (the tickle monster) did, he was all smiles!

Daddy's nuzzles look so good on L.

I think...pure speculation here....that M may have an affinity for trains. Just guessing.

Can you crawl like a bear?

Daddy is a native of Germany, so these little guys were "made in the USA, with German parts".
:)

I had a wonderful time getting to meet you all! Thank you for that sweet invitation to stay for dinner, I'm sorry I had to miss out!

Pinkie Performance

2008-08-25T19:58:00.007-06:00

Another sweet Chickadee planner has hatched, and at 6 days old here, what a precious, fresh little chick he is.

Unless my memory is failing me, I think he is my first newborn with cloth diapers, and can I tell you, I have ALWAYS thought this is such a smart idea for so many reasons, and after chatting long & hard with baby N's momma, I am sold. There are so many positive aspects - saving money, the Earth, and your baby's soft hiney, to name a few - that (while it's easy for me to say now - the child-free woman that I am), the inconvenience of it is a small price to pay. (Not to mention how they're so cute & colorful!)
Yes, I know, we shall see though.
:)

He already knows who Daddy is, looking him straight in the eye.

Baby N's "rogue pinkie" - according to his father.

That little pinkie showed up several times during our shoot. And it didn't matter which hand, right or left, both of them made several solo performances.

Big yawn. Poor guy. He fought so hard to stay awake, while we tried so hard to lull him to sleep. His momma said he later crashed hard the rest of the day. I'm sure we wore him out!

Um, I think the sweetness level of this image is about all I can take without physically driving over to him right now, and scooping up and cuddling his beautiful, little self.

Dusting Off the Santa Hat

2008-08-21T21:55:00.014-06:00

I have a feeling that Alyssa may be receiving some thank you calls after this Christmas season from all of the delighted grandmothers who received what's inside of this box from their grandloves.

So.....(building suspense)...... what joys may a little, obscure, dark box contain?

Let's peek inside...

Birdseye is now offering albums!

(And might I add, I would be just as satisfied with this swanky box it's coupled with...)

Who am I kidding, look at this plush, leather album! (And the sweeties it contains!)

*I love that it has a little window in the front, just to give you a nibble of the goodness inside.

The smooth leather texture lets you know you are holding something delicious.

(But, forgive me my green friends, I am still one of you! It's just that if you saw the joy this display of kiddos' smiles brings their mom, you would want her to have it, too. Promise.)

This particular album, at 20 pages thick (holding 40 pictures), is the big brother of the bunch. That is the most one album can hold! The smaller albums include either 20, or 30 prints.

The size of the pictures can either be a 4x6, 5x5 or 5x7.

The images are secured in the album with a sturdy black mat, making each capture like its own little work of art.

(It's like he is peeking out of the album....)

Please contact us for pricing on all of our album options.
And, this is a warning, have your tap-dancing shoes on hand when you see how easy it is to have your grandparent Christmas list complete!

This is just one of the fun, new happenings around the Birdseye office!
Stay tuned - in September we will reveal our new logo, which to me, every time I look at it, it reminds me of a spa. It just has a relaxing, modern feel to it, (though how I equate a logo on a computer screen to the spa, I don't know. Maybe it's because I have not seen a spa in years, from working behind the computer so much. So much so that staring at a good design is evidently now the way I relax!)

I Don't Wanna

2008-08-20T14:50:00.004-06:00

This outtake, from the session below, makes me laugh out loud!
I just had to post it.

(click on the image to see that pouty lip in all its cuteness)

Grandparents to the Greath Degree

2008-08-19T21:08:00.007-06:00

Miss Personality, R, was the star of our show a few weeks back when we photographed her whole paternal side of the family.

She looked at me with her hands up like this, and I was puzzled for a minute as to what she was doing, until I realized she was mimicking me! A little photographer-in-the-making! Cute, imaginative, 2-yr.-old!

Daddy is proud to show off his 3-month-old boy, D, along with Daddy's grandfather, and father, making that D's great-grandfather and grandfather! 4 generations of men in this family.

D instantly snuggled into Pop's chest.

(Gotta love a precious, baby faux-hawk!)

Mommy got some one-on-one time with her little man. Poor D needed his batteries re-charged from all of the action!

Why does every toddler know how to perfect that innocent expression?

But, judging from these pictures....

....you cannot get much sweeter than this.

Later, after photographing R & D with their mommy and daddy, we walked up the stairs to find the two great-grandmothers just chatting away and giggling like they were hanging out a soda shop after high school! It was adorable.

What do you think R is deep in thought about? The ponderings of a little one.

R was fun entertainment for everyone, watching her toss change into the fountain.
All together, there was Daddy, great-grandfather, the two great-grandmothers (one holding D), grandfather & grandmother, uncle, aunt, R, & Mommy.
R & D are blessed kiddos to have so much love surrounding them.

Open-Mouth Smiles

2008-08-13T11:05:00.006-06:00

Last week I got to play with J who is now almost 6 years old!
When I first walked up and said "Hi, J!", he said, "I didn't think you'd recognize me." (because he had grown so much. Stinker.)

And those eyelashes? Turns out I'm still obsessed.

I love how he can turn on the cool guy charm, and then....

....snap back in to the silly 5-almost-6-yr.-old he is.

Oh, and look who decided to join us since the last time we met!

HAPPY brother F ! You just give a hint of a grin to this 4-month-old sweetheart and *instant* smiles are all over him.

It's so cute when babies have those big, open-mouth smiles and their whole body just decides to follow suit. Like his happiness just takes him over!

Big brother is quite the happy guy himself.

But I just can't get over 'em lashes.

Happenings with a Pink Chair

2008-08-11T12:56:00.005-06:00

Beautiful A has turned one!

I love getting to watch my Chickadee Planners grow.
Look at this big girl standing! Any day now she'll be walking all over the place.

Definition of giddiness: your smile is so big, you can't see through your squinting eyes and scrunched up cheeks.

Here, A is doing her "bull face". She has done it since she was a wee thing. She squishes up her nose and snorts through it, like a bull!
I wish I could have caught it on video to share. It makes all who are around her smile!

...toes

2008-08-11T12:47:00.006-06:00

Being that these are the FIRST FOUR images shot of her session...I'd say A is accustomed to having a camera around. Her little personality turned right on from the beginning.
What a cute starlett - sharing her tootsies with me!

*(Click on the image to see it larger!)

Summer Drink

2008-08-08T18:45:00.008-06:00

On the morning of J's senior session, we had a bit of a weather issue. The minute his session was supposed to begin, the heavens open up. No problem, his mom and I, after talking on the phone, agree that we'll just wait in our cars a bit to see if it clears up as the radar claims it would shortly. The rain does stop pretty quickly, but it is still thundering and lightning heavily, so we wait a bit more in the safety of the car. After 15 mins. or so of no rain and just thunder/lightning, we decide to go ahead and risk being zapped and start his session. We happen to meet on the Denton square under an awning, (there are only awnings over a couple stores where we were), and as soon as we're ready to head out, RAIN starts again! Thankfully we have shelter, and there are actually a couple places to shoot where we were stranded, but the dark skies limit my complete potential! After 10 or so more minutes, it is still raining, but just a sprinkling, and with the humidity creeping up, (aka: sweatiness), our best option was to just go with Mother Nature and embrace her gift of the summer drink.

And here are our results:

Can I just say thank you to the rain for creating this beautiful light?!

**(Which actually brings up a good point: if it is raining on the morning of your session, I will call you, and depending on how long it appears the rain is going to stick around, we do not necessarily have to reschedule. And I would never cancel an entire day before a shoot because rain is predicted, you never know what our fickle weather will end up doing!) -- Sorry for the tangent there!

J was a tough cookie to get to crack a smile. What you don't see here is his mom, to my right, who just accidentally slipped, which of course forced him to give way to the pearly whites!

I think I've stated before how when we have urban sessions, and my clients are following me, I sort of become a sporadic driver, based on what we happen upon during our drive. (My shoot locations are thought out generally, but I'm always open for something new!) For this shot, we were leaving the parking lot of another destination when I see these awesome, painted curbs! Of course something as fun as this made my arms decide to whip my steering wheel over and park oblongly to get to photograph here. (I'm sure J, driving behind me, probably thought I forgot something at our last locale causing me to come to such a halt!)

J's class of 2009 is the first graduating class of students at Denton's new Guyer High School to start as freshman and graduate as seniors.

I don't know why, but each time I look at this picture, I think of going through a box of old pictures in your grandparent's attic, and finding a picture of your grandfather in the 1930's playing football. It just has an "old-timey" feel to me.

Congratulations, J!

Brain Freeze

2008-08-07T17:26:00.019-06:00

rainbow popsicle + cute, 18-mon.-old bare tummy = SUMMER!

I love this series of faces! I think he enjoyed his cold treat...until the brain freeze hit!

Contentment.

Uh, Mom, this is cold...

Such a sweet, sticky mess. (Dean, that is, not the popsicle!)

Gotta get this one last drop...

....there! Got it!

This little angel was using his sign language to ask for more "please"!
Precious.

And of course, how better to work off the colorful popsicle running through your veins... play chase with sticks!

Happy summer, Dean!
(I have to sniffle one more time as I realize it's been a year since we first met...)

Stockpiling Photos

2008-08-02T06:32:00.006-06:00

Hellooo!
Well, another week has flown by, and 5 sessions later, I am getting behind again on this blogging thing! I successfully caught up this week with getting orders out to clients and posting sessions from when I was out of town the week before in NY. But now today, I am leaving again for 5 days to see family in Missouri! This is definitely the last trip of the summer, (well, except for a 2 day excursion the hubby & I are taking in 2 weeks to see our favorite band .....twice), so hopefully the blog won't get behind again until...Christmas season!

I'll return next Thursday to share more pictures of this popsicle-lovin' cutie with you...

Have a good week!

Angel

2008-07-27T18:39:00.007-06:00

Meet newborn, precious G. She is so sweet and easy-going.
I love that little hand poking out!

A little 'behind-the-scenes' shot...mommy looking on.

Her mommy brought cute, girlie outfits for her, like this adorable little dress!

Though I think mom's & grandma's favorite shots were of their sweetie as bare as could be.

This beautiful family endured a life-changing event this year as G's daddy is now in heaven. Grandma and mommy are here to love on G doubly, and this little girl will grow up knowing she has an extra angel watching over her.

Grandma's arms are a good place to be.

Introducing...

2008-07-25T12:50:00.003-06:00

Alyssa!

...my new, wonderful assistant!
I am so excited to have her join the ranks! Yesterday we started working on fun, new things which we'll be introducing in just a couple of weeks! BP is going to get a new look, from top to bottom, just in time to ring in the beginning of our holiday season!

Our holiday sessions will officially start in September and run through mid-November. (Though the mommies of my "big kid" clients this summer have already efficiently noted that their summer session is going to double as their holiday session! I think it's so fun when instead of receiving a family in sweaters on a Christmas card, you get a family in bright tank tops! Changes things up!) Of course we have adorable, new holiday cards for all you cute families who need to show off your little ones!
Our last weekend session date to have prints made in time for Christmas is November 15th, and we only have 8 Saturdays open between now & then!
For our sessions during the month of August, we'll be giving out a gift to all you early birds who are on the ball and have your holiday session then! What might this awesome, one-time-only gift be? Since we love to make new friends, you'll just have to email us and ask.
:)

Cuzzin' Session

2008-07-24T15:16:00.012-06:00

On Saturday, before the wedding in NY, I had a mini-mini-shoot with my cousin's two children.

First up is 10-month-old, big-brown-eyed beauty Amelia:

Her big brother, Charlie, is 2 and on the move!
(This was him pre-bubble-eating...)

Being just 18 months apart, little "Mia" is in for some brotherly teasing! Soon enough though, she'll be able to retaliate with the inevitable annoying little sisterly ways, which I may have perfected myself as a child.

Daddy looking on...

Daddy and his "mini me" are such good buddies. It's cute to watch them interact! From what I hear, Charlie is a great helper all around the house when his daddy works on projects and such. Charlie loves Bob the Builder, so working with hammers & tools + Daddy = a good day.

Family Vacation

2008-07-23T15:42:00.021-06:00

Hello All!
Last night we got home from a great week with family in upstate New York - the land of greenery, mountains, clean air, and mosquitoes! I love going to visit up there. It's just so different than our beautiful, flat home state. Lush, lush, lush - the only word that keeps coming to mind!

We arrived late Wednesday evening after a day of traveling and rested that night with wood-fired pizza at my grandmother's home. She was actually in the hospital that day, and had been since the previous Monday. We went to visit her the next morning, and she was doing better and was released the next day, Friday.
On Thursday, after spending the morning/afternoon with her, we visited my cousin who lives in Albany and stayed with him that evening.

Do you know what makes you feel like a kid again in .28 seconds?.... a TRAMPOLINE!

And oh.my.word. After about 2 mins. on the thing, my heart was pounding and I was a sweaty mess! We had a trampoline as a kid and we'd bounce and jump on it for hours and never stop. It was insane to me how worn out I got so quickly on it last week! Not how I remember at all! Things have changed since my childhood.... (my metabolism!)

Crack the egg...

I commented that we were getting pricked by little sticks that were falling on the trampoline, thinking my cousin would go get a broom or something...oh no, he comes back with a gas-powered leaf blower! He makes me laugh.
Oh, and see his shirt, "Microbiology Lab - STAPH ONLY"....he's a pharmacist...
:)

My cousin's little boy had his blocks out, but after he went to bed, somebody stole them... see his concentration!

So proud of his masterpiece!

Guitar Hero Challenge!

Friday morning we loaded up the car and went on our scenic journey to Cooperstown - The Baseball Hall of Fame!
The husband's portion of the trip. He is a lifelong baseball fan, so being so close to the "mecca", of course we had to treat him, and it was a wonderful day!

My little brother looking at historical gear. That is my favorite in museums - when you actually get to see old artifacts. To look at them and think, 'somebody ___ years ago actually used this!'

We took a break after looking around the first floor of the museum and left for lunch. Cooperstown is SO quaint! It is such a cute little city, with tree and flower lined streets, and little cafes and shops....adorable! We ate at the Doubleday Cafe, named after Abner Doubleday who is credited with inventing baseball in 1839. (See what going to the HOF will teach you?!)

Just outside of a little shop - yes, everything there is pretty baseball-related!

When we re-visted the museum post-lunch, we walk up to the next floor and an elderly worker starts telling the crowd that 'in just a minute, there will be a speech about ballpark-goers' favorite foods at a ballpark, and how much a hot dog cost at different times during baseball's history', etc. So we walk over to see this kid dressed in a deli-looking outfit, and he stares at us. We 4 (myself, the hubby, my little bro & his wife), stare at him. I think the kid who was supposed to give the presentation wanted to talk about the history of hot dogs as much as we cared to listen to it! It so awkwardly funny...so he pulls out his sheet of facts and starts reading. After a couple minutes of listening to how certain foods became synonymous with baseball, and what odd foods are served at different ball parks around the country, there came a lull in the conversation, so I jump in, "well, thank you, it was good talking with you!", and he says " wait, I'm not through!" We were trapped! It was like he didn't really enjoy doing this part of his job, but he was told to do it, so once he got through his paper-o-facts, he was free to be finished with it for the day. So we stuck around and heard more about what hot dog toppings are most famous, then the kid said "you guys can go if you want", making us all feel bad! So then, to complete his job, we join in group participation! My little brother was told to (and did it!) yell right there in the museum "GET YOUR HOT DOGS!" Then my husband got to pick up a hot dog carrier and feel how heavy it really is....

...that was clearly Stuart's highlight...
As soon as the kid finished our presentation, he took off his deli hat and jacket and left! He had done his requirement for that portion of his day!
:) *When we walked out of the museum to leave at the end of the day, the same kid was then performing a different task of his job requirements and was a greeter at the door. We caught each other's eye, and stared for a minute - he looked different without his deli hat & jacket! - then we smiled knowing that we shared a funny (awkward!) time inside.

Next to his childhood hero's plaque - Nolan Ryan.

My little bro pointed this shot out - it's kind of hard to see the engraving on the wall of the HOF emblem, but I love how the lines/shadows turned out.

Making his best old-timey ball player face...

Resting in the kids area. I need a baseball glove chair in my house, it was comfy!

The entrance to the museum.

On Saturday, the main reason for our NY visit, one of my cousin's was married!
In the church before the ceremony...

At the reception, I look over and see this - my husband was helping my cousin push his niece...I thought the three of them made a cute, little family.

The reception was on some family land. They put up a tent, and let the beautiful landscape decorate itself. Gorgeous.

They gave the kids bubbles, and my cousin's boy decided that the only way he could get the bubbles to come out is if he put his mouth RIGHT ON the bubble stick.

He made himself a bubble goatee from all of his bubble eating. It was funny to see the faces he made while tasting the soapy mess!

On Sunday, on the way to our family picnic, we stopped at my grandfather's grave site.
This is my cousin with his boy, telling him of his namesake.

On Monday, we just relaxed at my grandmother's home, and my father and husband decided to play landscaper. My dad looks like a fierce hedge-trimmer here!

The family homestead. This home was built in the 1800s. My grandparents moved here in the 60's, when my dad was a kid. I think it's neat for him to get to visit the home he grew up in, and of course this home contains all of my memories with my grandparents.

They didn't have a ladder, so this is their effort to clip the top of the bush...

Just some of the scenery as we drove around Monday evening near my grandparent's home.

They live out in the country, about an hour south of the city-life in Albany.

Just a random, pretty home, but it sums up how their "neighborhoods" look around there. A house in the middle of tons of acreage!

Pulling up to my grandparents' farm...

Well, that's it! It was good to see our loved ones, but of course, it's also nice to return home to our puppies.

Thanks for looking through my trillions of pictures! It was a fun week, but man, it's overwhelming to return to work with a hundred emails and patient clients waiting for their pictures! I'm anxious to catch up. I'm working on it!
:)

Orchestrated

2008-07-18T07:23:00.000-06:00

My best friend's little sister is getting married!
I first met A when she was in the third grade, and because of the sweet big sister that she has, I remember A playing with us from time to time in their neighborhood growing up.

She has found her match! C is such a sweetie. He is a funny, outgoing guy, but also so cute with her, the way he cares for her, and makes sure that she is happy all the time.

This is their wedding color scheme: pink, orange, & green - Spring!
(They're getting married 3.7.09)

They met while studying across from each other at the UNT library, so of course we had to include that locale in our shoot!
I think the way they met is a neat story, and just meant to be: they had never seen each other on campus before, but after seeing each other in the library the first time, they ran into each other again that same night at a computer lab across campus from the library, and then bumped into each other a third time the very next day while passing each other on the campus sidewalks!
(After seeing this girl for the third time in two days, C realized that he should probably get her number!)
UNT has 35-40,000+ students... I'd say this match was orchestrated.

Congratulations, friends!

Exciting News!

2008-07-15T14:22:00.004-06:00

BP has a new Chick!

After realizing that working 7 days a week, and well into the evenings on a regular basis isn't normal.... I decided it was time to hire some help! I now have a new editing assistant, who started with me this morning, and oh, just knowing that she is here is SUCH a blessing! I am so excited to be able to have a faster turn-around time for my clients, and MORE BLOGGING! I know the blog has been scarce lately, and therefore looking like it has not been hectic, but ironic that it's just the opposite! Trying to get sessions out to clients is a little higher on the priority list than blogging, so that's where the time goes.

Anywho... I meant to take a picture of her this morning, but we were too busy working! I will introduce her when I return from my trip this week. I will be out of my office for the next week, but I am going to delay some blogs so they get posted while I'm gone, and then I'll post about my trip when I return!

Off to finish up work and pack, but I'll leave you with another picture of sweet K, from her Arboretum session last week... she needed mommy's help climbing the steps...

Family who plays together stays together!!

2008-07-12T20:37:00.012-06:00

Today was an eventful family day for the 'ole Birdseye house.... a FAMILY FEUD day to be precise...

Yes! "Crazy" your thinking?! or "Who actually does that?!" I know! I still can't get over that we actually went through with this and auditioned!
Let me tell ya, it was So.Much.Fun.
Our team was: my mom, my sister-in-law, my little brother (behind John O'Hurley), my hubby, and myself.
My sister-in-law saw that they were having Dallas auditions and got the ball rolling. Before-hand, I was a little reserved, thinking, 'it will probably end up as a nice family afternoon together - most likely won't make the show', but it ended up being a FANTASTIC experience, and to-boot, I think we stand a chance at making it!

Take a look at our enthusiasm, if you will, and be the judge...

We always cheered after everyone's answer and said "good answer, good answer!!!"

We gave high-5's and hugs to each other if someone got the answer right, and if they got it wrong, we still cheered them on...we gave so much energy that it wore us out when we were finished!

Look at us clasping our hands in support of her answer! (We always wanted to look active, we tried to not just stand there with our hands at our side. Oh yeah, we had a strategy!)
:)

It was a room of about 30 families, or so, and two families took turns playing against each other in a mock-game, (you only played once as a family, they just paired you up with a random family.) We were asked two questions, so each family in the round had a chance to play, and our final question was "What is a bird that cannot fly?" It was the other team's turn to have all their players give an answer, which means our family had the chance to steal their points if they did not get all the answers. Well, they did not get all the answers, and so for our steal, my mom came up with "jailbird", and not only was that the correct answer, but the host said no one ever gets that part of the question!
I'm tellin' ya, we did so well!

We were funny, clever, entertaining, and not a bad bunch to look at, if the American audience will have us! It was SO FUN! We find out in a couple weeks if we made it, and I certainly will let you know!
*Oh, so my husband, wearing the Family Feud hat, was 1 of 2 people who got a hat! You only received the hat if you were a fun contestant, and had enthusiasm, and I think it bodes well for us that he was given one! The host of the show liked him because you know how, (if you're a Family Feud watcher), at the end of the round, when the host calls out the answers on the board that were left, as-in the contestants did not get all the answers, and after the host calls out the unnamed answers, the audience repeats what he says in a slow, monotone way. Well, my hubby had that down the whole time we were there, and we had a front row table, while the other families were competing, so we were in the view of the host and talent scout the whole time! It got to where, if there were a lot of unnamed answers at the end of the round, the host turned to my hubby, (we had name tags on), and said "Stuart, get ready, there's a lot to call out!"

AND.... since the Family Feud plays on channel 33 in Dallas, the news crew from that station was there! With us sitting in the front of the room, the cameraman taped us several times, and the camera was in my face, so it wasn't like I didn't know what was going on, so yes, we laid the cheering on THICK when the camera was in our face!

Turns out, we made the evening broadcast!

I am the one whooping my arm in the air yelling "let's go Keisha!" Do I know who Keisha is? No, but she was my co-auditioner, and the camera was in my face:

The screaming, cheering, clapping that is going on in the audience was done the whole two hours we were auditioning!

Fun was had.