Extreme Makeover Day!

We had an awesome day out where they are filming extreme makeover. It is maybe 10 minutes from our house, so of course we were going to go check it out. We got there at the perfect time. We were looking at the house with all the other spectators. Next thing we know, a production assistant tells the group that they are going to be doing some filming in the VIP tent and they'd love all of us to fill up that tent. Inside the tent they were setting up for an auction for the March of Dimes. They did a few of the auction items then the film crew came in to set up for an actual shoot for the show! Once they were ready, we were thrilled to see 2 of the designers, Paul DiMeo and Tracy Hutson, come through the door! They were literally 2 feet from us! They began filming thier scene and it took forever, but was super cool to watch! Luckily, Hayden fell asleep and Owen was patient. It's a good thing because once we were in the shot we couldn't leave. The shot had to stay the same. I got several pics of the 2 of them acting out the scene. Basically, Paul was pointing across the room for a lady to pass him a sandwich in the middle of bidding. He kept waving his arm for the sandwich but the auctioneers thought he was bidding. He was oblivious until the end when he had won the auction..I think it was $3200 for a bike. It was corny, but cute. After the filming was finally done ( we were in the tent for about an hour and a half), we got to get a pic of Rob and Tracy with sleepy Hayden in the back pack. I wanted to get a pic of Owen next to Paul, but Owen got shy and wouldn't cooperate.

We went back to spectator area and watched all the volunteers work on the house, which was coming along quite nicely. It was almost time to catch the bus back out of there, but before we left Eduardo Xol walked down the street to film a scene in the front yard of the home. I didn't get any great pics of him, but he's the one in the black sweater and white cap standing with a group of blue shirt folks. No sign of Ty or the 4th designer John Littlefield. Owen and I are going to go by there again tomorrow. Maybe we'll be lucky again :-)