Ready for a laugh???

Everyone needs a good laugh. On Friday I got an email from a producer of the ABC show Wife Swap. They are searching for a money saving family to pair with a family who lives off their credit cards. At first, I thought one of my friends or family members was playing a huge joke. Ivan just happened to be home, so I called him down to read the email and we both had a great laugh together. I called the producer at the number she provided. She fedexed me 2 dvds of previous episodes to watch and sent me a copy of the application she wanted us to fill out. I told her we'd watch the show and we'd let her know on Tuesday what we thought.


I thought at first how it could possibly be a great missionary opportunity, but the more we thought about it the more we decided it wasn't something that we could do morally. Ivan asked me, "Could you picture Elder and Sister Bednar doing this program?" That pretty much answered it for me.

On Monday, the DVDs arrived and I watched them as I promised I would. They really try to pair extremes and as money saving savvy as we try to be I don't think we are the extreme. On Tuesday, I emailed her and gave her some contacts from my favorite money saving blogs who might be interested and politely declined the offer to apply.

Yesterday, I found my cell phone which had been missing for several days. There was a message from Brian Howard, the man behind the show Latter-day Profiles on BYU-TV. They are interested in showing my story on their program. This summer when we go up to Rexburg for our summer visit they will tape it. Then, it will air in the fall on BYU-TV. I feel 100% more comfortable doing this program than I would being on Wife Swap!