This morning I was volunteering in Lucy’s class for a couple of hours. When I finished, I walked out to my car and I looked at my cell phone. I had missed an extraordinary number of calls. My first thought was “Uh-oh!” There were multiple calls from Two Little Hands, my sister Emilie, and my husband Aaron. I checked the messages. The first one was from my friend and employee LeeAnn, saying, “Congratulations!!! You have been nominated for an Emmy for “Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Television Series.”

I sat in the car for a minute and thought does she really mean I got nominated?

I called LeeAnn back to verify and I asked her to look at it again just to be sure before I called or emailed everyone. My first call was to my mom. Then my phone began buzzing and ringing nonstop!

I just had to share with all of you too! Can you believe it? Me!!! Rachel Coleman, from Signing Time! Here is the proof. Scroll down halfway.

Last year I posted about my tulips and daffodils and how I do love the flowers that herald Spring. Last Fall I got a message from our office that a package had arrived for me with a letter and bulbs. I double checked the message to make sure I heard it correctly.. Bulbs? Sure enough one of our Signing Time fans who reads my blog and happens to work in landscaping mailed me bulbs!! She even sent bulbs that would match the ones I had shown pictures of. (Thank you Wendy!) But I haven’t SEEN my tulips yet. Just as the weather warms up and my bulbs almost bloom, BAM we get hit with another snowstorm. I can’t really complain because I love the skiing, but I am really ready for the flowers! My daffodils are up, but my tulips have not bloomed, yet.

I was in California last week and it was 88 degrees Ahhh! It felt so good and it makes me remember how much I love Los Angeles. I performed in Yucca Valley and in Los Angeles. The 2 hour drive to Yucca took 3 hours and 45 minutes, which makes me remember what I don’t love about Los Angeles. LOL

Baby Celebration was a blast! I loved seeing so many fans and so may great little signers. I even recognized a few from the auditions we just held. As I walked through the convention center I was shocked at how many different vendors recognized me and asked to take pictures with me and wanted to get their products in our shows! Yeah! Is it silly to say it was the first time I felt like a star? Seriously, don’t laugh!

The last few weeks have been crazy and I think we will be in a holding pattern of “crazy” through June. I’ve had a hundred things to share but I just haven’t been able to sort it out in a way that seems blog worthy:) So here’s a top 10 list in no particular order.

10. I have lost 1 pound a week for the past 20 weeks!
9. Leah came in 5th place in her school Spelling Bee - the word she missed was “asceticism” … can you blame her?
8. I wrote 16 songs in 10 days
7. Lucy got sent to the principals office (LOL)
6. I completed 3 photo shoot days - standing, smiling and signing from 8AM-6PM
5. Cancelled my trip to France in June
4. I am coordinating Lucy’s fetal surgery for spina bifida reunion that will take place in Park City, UT in June
3. Leah wrote a report about her “Hero” - I cried as she read what she wrote about me!
2. Aaron is the lead editor on the new shows (this means we are BOTH up to our eyeballs in Signing Time!)
1. I have been invited to come back to Ghana in May for a world summit to address the education of deaf children (This, of course, is scheduled right in the middle of production for our new shows!) At first I said, “No. I just can’t go.” Now I am having second thoughts.

Plus- I am on a talk show this Friday, I perform in Las Vegas the first week of May. I am filmed for the new shows the second week of May. I have a Marketing Retreat the third week of May and somewhere in there I am trying to squeeze in 6 days in Africa LOL - WHEW! I am not complaining, I am just blown away at what is going to happen in the next 60 days. Is this where I finally learn to ask for help? Anyone interested in a nanny job for 2 adorable, brilliant little girls? You might also need to cook and clean and do laundry.

If there was a reality TV series about my life from now to June, even I would watch it!! I am just dying to know how it all turns out! The cool thing is, it is all going to work out! It always does!

On Friday I will be a guest on the very first edition of “Home Team” - this is a brand new morning talk show on KJZZ in Salt Lake City, UT. Every week they will have a segment called “Her-Story” and it will feature an inspirational woman or family. The best part is, the host is my very own sister, Julie!!

If you would like to be part of the live studio audience this Friday, please send an email to: karen@chriscomediaservices.com with the subject: “Home Team Audience 4/18”
Include your name, email address and phone number.

Taping Details:
Friday 4/18 @ 9-11am
KJZZ studios 5181 Amelia Earhart Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

I hope to see you there!! (No, I won’t be wearing bright orange or colors on my fingers this time.)