Last summer my family and I embarked on a move from our home in Raleigh, NC to a larger home in Wake Forest, NC.  We were thrilled to be given the opportunity to experience reality TV firsthand!  We filmed an episode of House Hunters with HGTV!!!  Never in a million years would I have thought that *we* would be on a reality TV show!  What an amazing time we had, too!!  The whole family got to participate – so there was a lot of footage of my boys being silly (surprise, surprise), footage of us living in our little furnished apartment while we waited to move into our new home, and they captured us walking through three different homes with our realtor Tina Caul, and giving ALL of our opinions.

Well, of course, high on our priority list in our new home, was a functional space for my photography studio!  And thank goodness we found that!  When HGTV came back to Raleigh the second time to film, and to show us all settled into our new home, it was just TWO WEEKS after we moved in.  Talk about an incentive to get unpacked!!!  I’d managed to get my studio mostly set up, but it’s come a long way since the first two weeks.  I featured photos of my newborn studio on the blog recently, so be sure to click over and see what it looks like today!

Raleigh House Hunters Photographer

The entire experience was once in a lifetime.  We were blessed with an amazing crew from HGTV who made us feel comfortable, who were patient with my children (and the dog!), and who liked to have some fun!  What a neat thing for us to be blessed with.  We have HUNDREDS of family/friends/kid’s classmates/acquaintances who have told us they’ll be tuning in to see us.  We’re so excited!!

The air date is Monday, March 4th at 10 p.m. Eastern time, but check your local listings!  Here’s the summary of our episode from the House Hunter’s website: http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters/growing-family-is-running-out-of-room-in-raleigh/index.html

Here’s a few photos from behind the scenes of our filming, all taken on my trusty iPhone (and therefore awful in the technical department)!  🙂

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