LONG week!

Its been a LONG WEEK for me... and even though I have only had a four day week.... it seems like it has been a 15 day week! Just wanted to share with you how I got through the last few hours of my week! Thanks to the amazing Q2 Photographer Jesse Kester... I finished up the day with a nice shoulder massage! Lets just say this NEVER happens... its worth the try to talk highly about it and see if it can happen on a REGULAR Basis!!

Heres another way we like to relax at Q2... in the back of a truck...on a love seat...in the Q2 parking lot... with some of my favorite people (Q2's Richie Melby and Jesse Kester) AHH How much better can it get :)

Relay For Life A Huge Success

Hello everyone, Q2's Richie Melby blogging at ya on this Monday. With Jennifer being gone I figured I should step up to the plate and let you all know what's going on at KTVQ. On Friday night myself along with fellow Q2ers Kyle Rickhoff, Jesse Kester, Pam Hofferber, Katie Schwend, and Katrina Heser (along with her little sister Karen) headed out to the Relay for Life at West High School. The event raises money for the American Cancer Society and this year it brought in $656,450 which is almost $11,000 more than last year! It was amazing to see the support that the community put forth. It was especially emotional during the Survivor Lap to see all of those individuals who have overcome the disease walk around the track as proof that there is hope in the fight against cancer. With every dollar the American Cancer Society receives researchers are that much closer to finding a cure.

Here at Q2 we went around asking you for Your Stories and why you were walking in the Relay For Life. Photographer Jesse Kester(Jesse is in the orange-->) edited a brilliant piece from the interviews we did so if you haven't checked that out make sure to take a look. It was touching to hear from you about your personal experiences with the Relay for Life and the fight against cancer so thanks to everyone who was willing to share!

All in all the Relay for Life was a HUGE success because of all of you that came out and took the time for such a worthy cause. It's nice to see members of the community come together and show that we are determined in finding a cure for such a terrible disease. Hope to see you all and more again next year!

-Richie

Interesting Gifts...

Every so often we get interesting gifts from viewers.... take these gifts I received from Wendell Wilson at the Kum & Go in the Heights this morning.

This is a stool sample....

Montana's First Fly Fishing

and the Norweigan Excercise Bloc... step one: place block on the ground... Step 2: walk around it twice... step 3: sit down and rest... now you have just walked around the block two times!!

THEN.... Someone sent me this pen during the Obama/Clinton days.... it really does laught just like Hillary... can you better believe i pushed that button a million times the first time I received it!

COURTNEY HANSON SAYS HI FROM HAWAII!!!! CAN YOU SEE HER?!?!?

Q2's RICHIE MELBY ON THE ROAD....

One of my favorite people... Q2's Richie Melby is on the road with internet extrodinaire Kyle Rickhoff brining us some AWESOME coverage!

They are following the Billings Mustangs on a two city tour... before bringing them back to the Magic City for their home opener IN THE BRAND NEW DEHLER PARK Tuesday~ If you were watching the coverage this morning you would have seen highlights from last nights game AND Richie in his hotel room (YES LADIES! ANOTHER REASON TO WATCH THE NEWS! :) and read HIS blog!!!

Let him Know you love his coverage! Have a great weekend I'm off to a wedding in Buffalo Wyoming..... see you next week!

~Jennifer

CHECK OUT THE MUSTANGS SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON...SEE YOU AT THE NEW BALLPARK!

MTM UPDATES

Quick MTM Update...

First off a BIG THANK YOU to my Friend Nikki Laurenzo for filling in all last week while I was on vacation! It's an EARLY shift but i have heard GREAT things!! Now Nikki knows just how tired you can get on Friday after a week of waking up in the middle of the night ;)

Also.... Q2 Montana this Mornings Richie Melby and Kyle Rickhoff are heading off with the Mustangs (they are pretty BIG TIME!!) They are taking off and will be with the Mustangs Thursday and Friday (in Helena) and Voyager games (in Great Falls) If you are traveling stop bye and say HI!! We should have a special report from Richie on Friday morning... can't wait for that!!

and MTM is going to be apart of the largest blood drive in the world (so I'm told)! It all kicks off at 7AM in Billings at United Blood Services.... but MTM will be there LIVE during the show....

Those are a few of my updates for now... Just got back from my vacation and am feeling refreshed!!

THANKS FOR WATCHING

MONTANA WOMENS RUN

The Montana Womens Run was a week ago... but my Best Friend Courtney Hanson and I had to let our muscles rest a bit before posting our pictures (it was just too painful ;)

So we stretched (not going to lie... we actually just stretched for these pictures...that wasn't the best idea though!!
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...and met up with other Q2 employees Pam Hofferber, Carole Hefenieder, Julie Lovell, Courtney Hanson and I...BEFORE the race!

Before I get too far into things... I should explain that Courtney and I are both athletes...competed in High school and stay healthy...but we were planning on walking with the rest of the crew.... UNTIL the gun went off.... when the massive crowd of people didnt move... we decided we were going to RUN!! A last minute descion

that turned out to hurt in the short term... but made us feel good that we still "had it"!

We found out later that there were 142 finishers in the Women 20 to 24 age group out of the 2,915 finishers in the 2 mile race. and we placed 38th and 39th in our age range!!! We are pretty proud of that (especially for not planning on running and NOT STRETCHING!!)

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE RACE... THINKING WE WERE ABOUT TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE AND REALIZING THAT WE HAD ONLY RAN A MILE!!!

I will never forget Q2's Dennis Lyle (PRODUCTION EXTRODINAIRE) running after Courtney and I with his HEAVY camera AND Tripod....hopefully he didnt get any footage of us running :)

Finally we crossed the finish line!! What a blast and awesome to accomplish to do something we both have wanted to do together!!

Look Alikes!!

With only three days until Mothers Day, thousands of miles seperating my Mom and I and a card in the mail that will probably get to her late (it is sweeps..not a lot of time to send off a card.. even though I have had it for two weeks!!) I figured there would be a better way to tell my Mom I love her...by admitting that I look like her for everyone to see!!

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My Mom, Me, My "Adopted Brother"Q2 Sports: Richie Melby, My Dad and My "Adopted Sister" Q2's Courtney Hanson!

My Mom and I in Red Lodge MT 2006

All this week it has been fun to talk about how much my Mom and I look alike! Its funny WHO people think I look like... all growing up relatives and friends told me I looked like my Dad, curly hair and dark skin...the ultimate Swiss girl. Now days I look in the mirror and see my Mom staring back at me! There are even sometimes where people think I look like my sister (people think we look alike way more than we would ever admit!)

My Sister and her friend John Stamos (Uncle Jesse from Full House)

BUT!! here in Billings, I have been confused for two of my co-workers Nikki Laurenzo and Neille Giffune...take a look for yourself:

My Long Lost sister Q2's Nikki Laurenzo

Former Q2 Sports Anchor Neille Giffune, Me, Former Q2 Reporter Cindi Dehoog and Newscast Director Melanie Connole in Butte for St. Patricks Day 2007

So if you look like a celebrity,

a relative or have your own unique image... Someone will ALWAYS have someone they think you look like!

Jennifer on the Job Baby Born! Congrats Belinda!

Former Q2 employee Belinda and her husband John welcomed a brand new baby girl into the world earlier this week!

Baby Serifina was born May 5th at 5:35 to Belinda and her husband John. Belinda and her family were featured on Q2's Jennifer on the Job Series... Jennifer on the Job.

Baby Serifina is a healthy baby girl weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. and is 19 inches long. Mother and Baby are doing extremely well! Serifina was born on her due date May 5th, Belinda tells us that doctors told her only 5% of babies are born on their due date. Congratulations to Belinda and her entire family!!

Unpaid Intern's final project

As some of you might already know, for the last 16 weeks Q2 has had an intern. He was required to learn the all the tricks of television and blogging for Jennifer when she is on vacation.
Well on his final day at the station, unpaid intern (and Laviana's new internet sensation) Colt Kirkpatrick filed a report about Class C athletics.

Click here to see how he did!

By the way… congratulations go out to Colt for graduating H.S. … Go Class of ’08!