Hi-5 Journal

Hello!!
Well, we're finally here in Australia! We just landed today and are
trying to settle in and beat jetlag. I wanted to say hello and I
know I've got a whole lot of catching up to do:). I've been
thinking and gushing about you all for the past two and half weeks
that I've been home, but I haven't been near a computer very much at
all.

First and foremost, the bouquet of hands!! I mean, I can't believe
you put that all together. Who thought of that? I was so touched
by the creativity and love that went into every hand. I don't think
I've ever received a gift that was so heartfelt and individual. I
didn't expect it at all and though I tried to hide it I began to cry
a bit just thinking about how far we've come since the beginning of
Hi-5 and how important you all are to us. I spent so much time
looking at each hand and remembering encounters with every family.
I really cannot thank you enough for putting so much work into
something so special.

Also, the last show in Long Beach was an amazing one. I mean, being
in California at all was such a wonderful surprise and addition to
our tour. But, to all of you who came out (especially the dads on
Super Bowl Sunday!) to Long Beach, what a great energy you sent us
away with. We had a late start that day because it was such a quick
change between LA and Long Beach, but you were so ready to play with
us! Before we even reached the stage we could hear you chanting
away and that energy carried us through the entire show! Plus,
there were so many familiar faces out there...it was exhilerating.
I know all three girls have said that "Three Wishes" was an
especially emotional moment for all of us. Seeing each of you in
the audience doing the dance moves and singing along never ever gets
old for us.

The end of the tour was an absolute whirlwind and then it was off to
New York for me to say good-bye to my family and friends and get
ready to film for three months. What you all might not know is that
we didn't have and exact film date until we were in California so,
as I'm sure you can imagine, it has been a huge and exciting couple
of weeks! You'll be happy to know that Scooby and Scrappy (my
kitties, of course) are doing well, but it was hard to leave them.
It's amazing because animals are smarter than we think. They could
tell that I was leaving and they were extra snuggly and sweet in the
days leading up to my departure. But, they are in very good hands
and I left them with lots of yummy kitty treats:).

Everything seems to happen so fast in Hi-5 world, but it's all been
so worth it. The parade was such a treat that could never have
imagined, the tour and seeing all of you was probably the best start
to a year that I've ever had and now arriving back in Australia to
record...I'm totally overwhelmed with abundance!! So, of course,
thank you. Thank you for hanging in there as we have disappeared to
the other side of the globe, but it will be worth it, I promise!
You're really going to love the new songs and episodes...we just met
with the writers today (yes, just after getting off a 22 hour
flight!) and they are as fresh and excited as ever. So, we will be
in touch...there's so much more in store!

Thanks again for the love and support...we're trying to send it back
threefold, but it's a tough job with such dedicated fans! You're
amazing!!!!
Sending you a bit of sunshine from down under...
with great excitement and a lot of love,
Karla
[originally posted at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/hi5/message/8471 ]
webmaster@hi5america.com">webmaster@hi5america.com">webmaster on 02.28.2005 @ 07:54 AM EST

Hey hey hey!!!
Hey everybody! What a crazy couple of weeks it has been. The time has just flown! After the tour ended, I felt like I had all of this time to just relax and catch up on all of the things that just lag behind when you're away from home for a couple of months and now looking at the calander, in only 10 days we are jetting back to Sydney again! I can't believe we are finally going to tape some new episodes for you guys!! It will be so fun to be back in the studio again. It's going to feel funny since we haven't done it in more than 2 years. Has it really been that long?

Anyway, first and foremost, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Those hand bouquets are so incredibly beautiful! I have mine displayed in my room right now. I am blown away by the amount of work it must have taken to get all of them together (Thanks Annie--I heard you had something to do with it ;)) What an amazing job. I know I say this all the time but you guys are truly the most incredible fans anyone could ask for. Once again, I was speechless--I actually got teary when we walked out after the long beach show and saw all of you holding them. What a surprise!

Things have been really good here in sunny LA. I have enjoyed spending some time with Tom--I wish I could take him along with me everywhere I go!! Hopefully he'll make it to Australia for this next trip. Keep your fingers crossed! Shaun and his girlfriend Nicole have been around too, so that has been fun too. I hope you all had a beautiful and wonderful Valentine's Day. Thanks for all of the sweet Valentines! They made my day. And thanks again for helping us make this last tour a success. We couldn't have done any of it without you guys. I can't wait to see you on the next one!:)

Stay warm and thanks again for EVERYTHING!!! Sorry for not writing sooner. I have been thinking about you guys so much. Talk to you soon,

Love,

Jenn:)
Jenn on 02.16.2005 @ 04:33 PM EST

Hey Guys and Gals,
Greetings from lovely New York City. Actually, today it isn't so lovely becuase of the rain and 45 degree weather, but it is lovely because it's my home and I'm back in it. As nice as it is to be back home, I have to say that we all had a wonderful time this past week in California. All the familiar friendly faces, the gorgeous weather, a fun superbowl party, the Kodak theater, and an amazing audience in Long Beach made this such a memorable trip. I guess I should have started with a big THANK YOU though for that amazing bouquet of hands. I have never seen anything quite like it, and the time and attention that was given to each hand amazes me. Now, I'm not much of a crier, but you all nearly got a couple of tears outta me when I saw what you did. So again, thank you so much for the work, effort, and thought that went into such an amazing gift. A special thanks to Annie for putting this all together and making a good idea become a reality.

Now, back to New York City. It's so nice to be home, cooking in my own kitchen, sleeping in my own bed, and hanging with my two adopted fish, Glen and Rocket. I love to tour and I love being home. I don't think either would be as nice without the other, so it works out just great. These next few weeks I'm going to enjoy the city, friends, hang out with my younger brother who lives here, and make sure my Dad doesn't get into any trouble while he's here visiting. Even though I'm happy to be home, I have one eye on our trip to Sydney at the end of the month. I can't wait to get back down there and get back into the studio. We're scheduled to shoot 25 episodes this time around and record a holiday album. We have so much fun while we're down there working on new stuff that I'm already buzzing with excitement. I've heard a couple songs of the week already and they're really going to be great. Hopefully it doesn't take Discovery or TLC too long to get them on the air. Since it's been 2 years since we last filmed I'm sure some of you will get a kick out of how different some of us look. Shaun has shaved his head, I have grown my hair down to the middle of my back, and Jenn grew probably another five inches. Okay, I'm kidding, I think we all look somewhat the same :P
I hope you all are well and again, it was great to see so many of you these past six weeks, it meant a lot to us. Till next time!

Curtiis
Curtis on 02.10.2005 @ 10:17 AM EST

HI-5ING IN HOLLYWOOD!

Aloha all!!

We're here!! We are in Los Angeles right now and man is the weather just GORGEOUS!!! We all got together today to do some signings, had lunch together and met with Jamie and some Kodak folk to take a tour of the theatre. IT'S HUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGEEEEE!! Wowzers!! It'll be nuts if we fill it up...we'll see! We are all so excited to be here and can't wait to do the shows this weekend. Shaun,Karla and I were driving pass the Kodak and saw clips of our show being aired on the Jumbo Screen in front of the theatre...TOO COOL!! Wow, wow and OH MY GOODNESS!! It's too crazy..can you tell how excited I am? Can't wait. Also, my parents are coming in tomorrow morning and they are too excited...I can't wait to see them. For those of you in the area, we are having a mini concert tomorrow in the Courtyard by the Kodak theatre. It's totally open to the public and we would LOVE,LOVE,LOVE to see the beautiful faces of our awesome fans out there!! Oh...I guess I should tell you what time huh?(I'm so excited right now I can't even handle it!..I'm a dork I know),the show is at 4pm tomorrow. Hope you can make it!!

Alrighty, well, I'm hanging out in Karla's room right now and we're going to eat our din din now:) Yummers....hope this message finds you all well and I'll see you West Coast Groovers soon!!! REAL SOON!!

Love love,
Kimee
P.S.....YAY!!
P.P.S...Hello!! I'm so excited about the shows here that I forgot to tell you the news about Australia. We just got word that we're heading Down Under at the end of the Month!! So more HI-5 episodes will be coming your way!! YAAAAAAAAYY!! I'm going to do my happy dance now..Okay done now(I really did it by the way.) Anyhoo, we're also hearing things about cds being recorded...something to be released let's say around the holidays??;) Keep your fingers crossed! LOVE YOU GUYS!!
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Kimee on 02.03.2005 @ 09:48 PM EST