Sarah's Cable TV Commercial

Obviously, Sarah got selected to be in this commercial for cable and internet service. Since they were looking for a woman to play Sarah's Mother, they asked me to audition too. It was my first audition and although I didn't make it, I made the "short list" which is down between me and another gal. I guess they thought she looked more like Sarah's Mother than I did! This is especially funny since you only get to see the back of her head! The shoot was really fun. It was an all-day affair, but we got to meet some interesting people. The guy who played the Doctor was from Africa. He is married to a Japanese woman and they are expecting their first baby. He came to Japan to be with his brother who left Africa a while ago. The guy who played Sarah's Dad is French, also married to a Japanese girl, and just had his first baby...he slept alot between shoots. The woman who was Sarah's Mother was Italian and looked a lot like my brother's wife Jill...also Italian, but she was blond. She is married to a Japanese man whom she met while in school in England. She said to me "I never thought I would ever marry a Japanese guy" but it was funny how she scrunched up her nose when she said "Japanese." I guess she got over it! Sarah had a blast playing with the bears. One is supposed to be the uncle of the other one. One is a newspaper reporter...not sure how that is supposed to play into the commercial for cable TV. Anyway, it was just another fun adventure.

I am an Aunt again, and again, and

So this has been the year for babies. My sister Amanda just had a beautiful little girl, Karyssa, to add to her other three beautiful children. A very exciting event for me was the birth of Reilly Evan Campbell to my baby brother Scott on February 28 (I even predicted the day he would come). I guess it was that my "bratty baby brother" is now all growed up. It is also really exciting for me to announce that my baby sister is pregnant! This is especially symbolic because it finally brings us all into the same phase of life and now they can not only see what I have been going through, but really understand! I am so psyched!