The Young Family Farm

So…tomorrow my crew hits the set to be extras in the film “Life As We Know It” starring Josh Duhemal and Katherine Hiegl. You know the Youngs…we are always up to something off the beaten path and crazy! Another thing to mark off our bucket list: Be in a movie.

So…we’ve gotten our instructions…getting our wardrobes ready…and we’re almost set (no pun intended;).
Our dress is to be “upscale casual, preppy attire–no white and no crazy patterns” (sounds like what I tell my photography clients;). We will be in the birthday scene but we have to also be prepared to be pulled for the Thanksgiving scene…and to bring lots of dress options: skirts, khakis, jeans, blazers, sports coats, dresses…seasons of FALL. Think “Desperate Housewives”…(ummm…I am *so* far from that…so this should be interesting!). “Think J.Crew or Polo Ad”….hmmmm…do I need to go shopping tonight? Nahhh…just had Aunt Reid (Richard’s sister) aka Queen of Style…pay us a visit and I am set…with some very fun skinny jeans I might add!

NOW…the kids! 3 outfits per kid. This is so out of my realm of thinking as we’ve been busy jumping hoops for our Ethiopian adoption…but as my friend Addie said today—this is a much needed break and it will be a lot of FUN!

And sadly…they said NO CAMERAS and NO VIDEO…can we say BUMMER. Man oh man…this should be fun! And what time are we supposed to arrive. EEK. They gave me a number to call after 2am to find out. Nice. What a different lifestyle actors must lead…and a good thing we are only doing it one day of ours!!! Still, it’ll be fun…and I’ll definitely blog tomorrow to give our fun details of our day on the set!

Guess whose family got asked to be extras in a new movie starring Katherine Heigl, Christina Hendricks, and Josh Duhamel?! YOURS TRULY! YAY! On Friday, the Young family will film for 10 hours for the movie “Life as We Know It”. You may remember Katherine (we’ll be on a 1st name basis after Friday;) in 27 Dresses. I can’t give all the movie details;)…but they end up with a 2 year old and my kids will be the kiddos at her 2 year birthday party as the movie ends…the happily ever after scene!

SOOOO FUN! So, we’ve got our dress instructions—10 hours of shooting…and the icing the cake is that we all get paid by the hour…so a little adoption fund moo-la too! YAY! Stay tuned for some really fun pictures on Friday! And Katherine JUST adopted too…so I’m sure we’ll be VBFF by the end of the day;).

11 sessions successfully and beautifully completed.
4 sessions edited and uploaded.
1 parent/teacher conference that made my heart smile.
A home study completed and a step closer to our baby.
An archive sale with my business to raise money for our little man and preparing me to stop my photography biz for awhile so I can be 100% mommy to 4 little people.
And the final word of the day…thermometer. I’m just sayin’.

God continues to blow me away with His provision…how He gives us energy and strength to continue to run well with 3 children 5 and under. And how amazing it is that He has already given us a deep love for a baby across the world we have yet to meet!!! Praise the Lord our Jehovah Jireh!