Sunday, January 16, 2011

There's Something About Mary... Miracle Baby... Empty Bra... and THE MINI ROE BAND!

Hello friends and family.  So who is this crazy man staring at you below?  Keep reading to find out!

Harland Williams
 Our year has started off well with lots-o-January birthdays including one recently we got a chance to give a shout out to on TV as my mom celebrated her 61st birthday and that comedian Harland Williams from "There's Something About Mary" doing a preview of his stint at Comedy Works on the show Jessica produced on her mom Mary Clark's birthday and then sticking around to eat some cupcakes as we squeezed on a "shout out" to mom as our KDVR Facebook Friend of the Day and Anchor Team and Harland dove into cupcakes in Mary's honor.  Take a look at the video - and for those wondering - Melody Mendez references his girlfriend who has "stretch marks on her lips" because it was part of his routine he had just done on our show a few minutes prior.  (He jokes she eats so much that she's got them - then again, we think it's imaginary girlfriend!).  Anyway, enjoy the video to the right below that shows my mom and my dad in a picture from a recent cruise they took (ya know, what I hope to get to do someday once I've had that many birthdays!)

CLICK HERE to watch Birthday Tribute
to Jessica's Mom
 The first month for Jess in her new role as a Multi Media Journalist at KDVR Fox 31 in Denver was great - she turned about half a dozen or so Reporter pieces before focusing on really getting a grip on the show she's producing, too, which starts at 7a.m. in the morning. Yup, that means she's doing a split shift sleep thing, and going to bed at about 1pm after work, getting up when Clark gets off the bus at 4:15 p.m., helping him with homework, picking up Scarlett from preschool, cooking dinner, and then going back to bed from about 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and back to work at 1 a.m.  Sounds crazy, yes, but it's been very rewarding and fun and the people at KDVR are wonderful to work with.  Many more stories and fun moments on TV in the pipeline, and if *you* have a local story idea you'd like to share, please email Jessica at work at jessica.roe@kdvr.com and be sure you put a "!" high importance marker on it - she gets a lot of email each day with viewer tips and such - so make sure it stands out, or also CC her home email at jessica@roefamily.com.  Looking forward to your ideas!


CLICK HERE
to see baby Asley's
story
 Jessica was fortunate to be able to tell the story of the Adairs, a family from Centennial whose adult children, Adam and Eileen, both struggle with Cystic Fibrosis. 

Adam and his wife Amber recently used genetic screening to welcome their son Ashley into the world.  You can click on their story by clicking on the link below their family picture to the left. 
CLICK HERE to see
the story of Sara's ability to
make others smile while she battled
her own challenges and to learn
about the book in her honor,
"101 Uses for an Empty Bra"
Part two of the story the following day focused on Adam and Eileen's mother, Sara, who endured more in a lifetime than most of us can comprehend - surviving a terrible accident with a semi, multiple myeloma, a stem cell transplant, and breast cancer.  It also focused on the healing power of smiles as medicine and using humor when facing cancer and a book called "101 Uses for an Empty Bra", a collection of cartoons her brother sent her after her double mastectomy and that her friend Susie published and is now selling on Amazon.com. 


CLICK HERE to read
more about the book
To watch Sara's story, click on the image of her and her daughter Eileen to the left and then to go to the "Empty Bra" web site, click on the book cover to the right.

Our family is busy enjoying the runny noses of the season and we are spending a lot of time at the new Lifetime Fitness that opened up near our house.  Clark spent his Winter Break in camp there, allowing him to do everything from soccer to basketball and rock wall climbing to swimming!  We go swimming there as a family almost every weekend because the outdoor pool looks like a mini "Water World" with slides and fun stuff so we can't wait until this summer when it opens and we want the kids to be ready to take off on their own so we can work on our tans and let the lifeguards babysit our children.  (KIDDING! Well sort of... ) 

And finally, a warning to other parents: STAY AWAY from the 90% off toy aisle at Target.  Yes, it looked like a good deal at the time when each kiddo was able to spend their allowance and for $2.50 a piece buy an electric mini guitar, but let's just say the parents are now having to invest in earplugs.  Meet the MINI ROE BAND:


The MINI ROE BAND

Thanks for catching up on the Roe Family - shoot us emails if you want to connect and the best to you in 2011!

Jessica & Gates
jessica@roefamily.com
gates@roefamily.com