Stein Mart Commercial

Beautiful pool at the hotel!

TV in the hotel mirror- told Patrick I want one for my bathroom :)!!

These are not the outfits they selected for me but just a couple that I tried on!

If you read my earlier post you know I had auditioned for a commercial and ad compaign for Stein Mart...well I got it and I'm currently in Florida for the commercial shoot! It has been such an awesome experience so far, so different than anything I've ever done before but SO COOL!! I flew into Orlando on Tuesday morning and spent most of Tuesday trying on clothes with wardrobe consultants and styling the outfits for the director, producers and Stein Mart executives...it was funny which colors and styles they thought I looked good in. Patrick flew in Tuesday night and we got to spend the day together on Wednesday. Since I'm so tall and since we are shooting fall commercials they only had sample sizes and most sample sizes are not "longs/talls" so I had to do a little bit of shopping on Wednesday to find some skinny jeans and shoes....although we went to every store at two malls looking for black boots and skinny black jeans it was fun to be shopping when I wasn't the one having to shell out the money!! Patrick and I also got to spend some time at the pool and catch a movie and dinner before he headed back home early this morning (Thursday). The commercial shoot is tomorrow but I got to go to the studio today to try on a couple more outfits and it was so neat to see how it all works, and I was amazed at how many people it takes to film a commercial!! Here are a couple pics, a few were taken by the Stein Mart PR people at the fitting on Tuesday, and hopefully I'll get a snap a few tomorrow at the shoot!! I miss my kiddos but have really enjoyed this awesome experience!!

Lake House!

This past weekend the McMahon clan stayed out on Lake Fork (at Patrick's Aunt & Uncle's lake house). They have a fun house on a beautiful piece on property right on the lake. The kids were super excited that Aunt Chelsey and Uncle Brandon were in town, as well as Brandon's younger sister Lauren. They were also excited to get to go fishing!! We spent the weekend just hanging out, swimming, fishing, and enjoying good food and each other's company!!!

Group shots at lunch time!

Emma and her Aunts!!

The kids patiently waiting to fish (thank you Amy for letting us borrow the life-jackets!!)

Bryan and his first fish of the day!

Emma and her first fish of the day!!

Bryan and Nana going for a walk!

Emma and Nana enjoying S'MORES!!

A mommy post!

So rare that I post something not kid-related but here I'm doing it for a second time in the past couple months! One of my favorite stores to buy "work" clothing at is Stein Mart and I got an email that they were doing an open casting call for their Fall/Winter TV Commercial. They offered a $500 gift certificate (plus a free trip to Florida for the commercial shoot!) for those who are selected...so I though "what the heck" and I submitted a photo (the one above). I got a phone call about a week ago and was told that I was selected for a call-back with the director. The call-backs are this Sunday and I am beyond nervous...I have never done anything like this and I have no idea what to expect! It would be super cool to be in a national TV commercial, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up! However it goes on Sunday I'm sure it will be a really cool experience!!

4th of July Weekend!!

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend...Arlington Parade on Saturday morning, Light up the 4th at the Levitt on Saturday night, and hanging out at the pool and dinner with the Shortall's on Sunday!! (sorry pics are in reverse order!)

Bryan eating yummy yogurt pretzels

Emma and Patrick taking a break from the pool...which is hard to get Emma to do, she is a fish!!

Emma and Patrick watching the fireworks!

Bryan and I watching the fireworks- he wasn't scared at all, I was so relieved!

Bryan with his light-stick!

Emma and I enjoying the music at the Levitt

Emma and all her light up jewelry!

Waiting on Daddy to finish her light up jewelry!

Crowd at the Levitt

Bryan's new favorite treat- cherry limeade at Sonic...he asks for them when we pass Sonic, but I promise he doesn't get them that often!!

Bryan and Boompa at the Parade

Parade

Parade!

Haley & Bryan at the Parade!

Haley, Nana & Bryan

Emma getting a lift from Patrick

Flag waving!

Emma and friends at the Parade

trBryan and Carson trying for the same chair!

Music Class

Today was Bryan's last music class until the fall. Emma took the same class at a different location for about two years and she LOVED it and we are so happy that Bryan is enjoying it just as much. Patrick and I are far from having anything that resembles a musical talent but we really want the kids to have the exposure to music and all the good stuff that comes with it! These first two pics are from several weeks ago, the last two are from today.

Friends from music class

Weekends!

Catching up with pics from the past couple weekends...A few weeks ago we went to my twin cousin's high school graduation party. Cannot believe the girls are already graduating from high school, I remember sitting at the hospital waiting for them to be born!! The Lambert's live on a lot of acres in Springtown and the kids totally enjoyed playing outside and seeing all the animals!!

Lindsy and Juan

Haley, Mom, and one of the twins- Jessica!

Bryan and Patrick playing with the dog...Patrick is really wanting to get a dog- not so sure what I think about that!

Bryan and I sporting the "2010" glasses!

Uncle Chuck is an avid hunter and Bryan loved the bear skins on the floor!

Emm and Boompa!

Last weekend, Memorial weekend, I hosted a baby shower for my good friend Amy. She is having baby number 4 and I am sooo excited to meet it (yes, it...she isn't finding out the sex until delivery!) Didn't get too many pics :(

On Memorial day we had our good friends the Harveys over (they live in Lubbock and were in town to see Wicked). They are our friends from college (Patrick & Nathan were fraternity brothers and roomates) and we miss getting to see them but always have fun when we get together. Their daughter Hannah is a year younger then Emma and they have a blast together!!

Patrick has to work the next two weekends so I've decided to just chill with the kids (especially since it's 100 plus degrees outside) We did have Bryan's music class this weekend and Emma's open house at Camp Thurman but other than that we've been chillin at home - so nice!! Emma and I made these yummy "bbq" cupcakes during Bryan's nap time yesterday! They are suppose to look like little hot dogs, steaks and shish kabobs on the girll!