So I went on a cleaning binge before their arrival Friday night - gotta present a spick and span house for the people whose job it is to film houses, right?! It was so fun seeing all the behind the scenes stuff that has to take place. The lighting and sound prep was unreal. We had to go as far as to turn the refrigerator off when we were filming in the kitchen because the cameras are so sensitive!
These shots are from when Hannah was doing her 1 on 1 interviews, we did some group filming around the kitchen table eating brunch and drinking coffee. Totally totally staged conversation. I'm looking forward to seeing what footage they end up using. One of the things I found so interesting was HOW much film they took. The portion of the show using this Minnesota footage comes out to about 5 minutes, they said. They were at our house for hours, and then the rest of the day, were filming in St. Paul around Grand Avenue, etc. A full days worth of footage, boiled down to around 5 - 7 minutes. I would not want to be an editor.
We enjoyed our evenings catching up; last night we bundled up inside as we got our biggest snowfall of the season, a whopping 3 inches! Watch out! ;) We ended up losing power, so we sat around with 1 wimpy flashlight, and 2 iphone lights that put my flashlight to shame.
Jared and I were fretting over how we were going to fall asleep with no fan....... seriously, it's a problem for us. A pathetic problem, but one nonetheless. We've gone as far as taking turns "shhhhh-ing" laying in bed so the other one could maybe fall asleep. Don't ask. It didn't work. :) Thankfully we didn't have to worry. We powered up before falling asleep.
This morning we sent our Brits off. It was SO wonderful to see them on what technically was a "surprise" visit. They weren't counting on getting picked for the show, so we had no clue when we would see them next. It was a wonderful time to reconnect and here more in detail what life is like "across the pond". We love you Bryant & Hannah! Cheerio!
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