Live. Laugh. Ellen.

Yesterday Amy, Mom, Ashley, and I got to go to a taping of the Ellen show. We had a great time in the audience dancing and laughing. The guests for today's show were Jennifer Hudson and an 8 year old basketball prodigy. If you've ever watched Ellen, you know that one thing she loves to do is dance and that was reflected in the audience warm up and in the commercial breaks. We were on our feet dancing or cheering for dance-off contestants whenever the cameras weren't rolling. There was some good energy going on in that studio (it's pretty hard to be in a bad mood when you've just watched 2 girls in sumo suits race to grab a coconut). At the end of the show Ellen came out to announce that there was a special surprise. One of her guests for next week couldn't be there to film on the day they were going to be taping the show, so they decided to film the segment yesterday. The special guest was Halle Berry and she was even more beautiful in person than she is on tv. Now to the part that I know you all were wondering about...did we get any freebies? And the answer is: of course! Ellen gave us covergirl and oil of olay products, Jennifer Hudson's new cd, and a bottle Halle Berry's new perfume. We had such a great time at the show and made a memory that we won't forget.