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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Happy 17th Birthday, Rain!
We celebrated Rain's birthday a few days early (while we were in San Diego), with a stop at the Corvette Diner--Rain's favorite, and not available in Utah. Fun atmosphere and good food!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Spring Break!
We are playing a bit of blog "catch up" after taking the boys to visit their grandparents over Spring Break (no school = no bus wave!).
One funny event from our trip occurred on Wednesday afternoon while at a San Diego Padres game. We were sitting in the bleachers and Dale's smiling face appeared on the stadium big screen. Dale, of course smiled and waved. A minute later my cell phone started ringing. A friend of mine (from Utah) was also visiting San Diego during Spring Break. She was at the ballgame with her family and saw Dale waving on the 80 foot screen. Small world.
Most importantly, San Diego won.
One funny event from our trip occurred on Wednesday afternoon while at a San Diego Padres game. We were sitting in the bleachers and Dale's smiling face appeared on the stadium big screen. Dale, of course smiled and waved. A minute later my cell phone started ringing. A friend of mine (from Utah) was also visiting San Diego during Spring Break. She was at the ballgame with her family and saw Dale waving on the 80 foot screen. Small world.
Most importantly, San Diego won.
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| Go Padres! |
Friday, April 6, 2012
Our Torihada Story - Part Three
We'll continue to share more of our "making of the Torihada show" experience on upcoming Behind the Wave podcasts, along with many other stories from our lives. Listen in from our blog here, subscribe to the feed in iTunes, and if you like what you hear, please give us an iTunes rating and comment!
So, back to Torihada (the Japanese reality show)...
Was it worth it? Absolutely. Leading up to the event, we weren't quite sure. In the U.S., television stations frequently edit reality shows to portray families as something they are not. When you open up your life and home to a reality show, you open yourself up to the possibility that the editors will misconstrue situations and make you appear at your worst. We are quite open about ourselves, and hoped the life experience would be worth the exposure. As the film crew left, we felt like it was worth it--just for the new friendships we made during the days of filming. Plus, the opportunity and catalyst the show provided for Dale to go skiing truly made it life-changing.
Was it worth it? Absolutely. Leading up to the event, we weren't quite sure. In the U.S., television stations frequently edit reality shows to portray families as something they are not. When you open up your life and home to a reality show, you open yourself up to the possibility that the editors will misconstrue situations and make you appear at your worst. We are quite open about ourselves, and hoped the life experience would be worth the exposure. As the film crew left, we felt like it was worth it--just for the new friendships we made during the days of filming. Plus, the opportunity and catalyst the show provided for Dale to go skiing truly made it life-changing.
Now that we are seeing the results of the broadcast in Japan, we continue to be pleased with our choice to participate in this production. We love hearing from our many Japanese fans. Many notes and comments apologize for their poor English skills, but no apologies are needed--our Japanese is not nearly as good as their English. We love the kind words that have been shared here in the comments on the blog, as well as on facebook. We don't always have time to reply, but we read them all. Keep the comments coming... and you may find yourself mentioned in the listener feedback section of a future podcast.
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| The film crew and Director Ken. |
Are we done talking about it? No!
Are we done waving? Absolutely not.
...to be continued...
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