CONGRATULATIONS!!!

A video of Garret McCauley, right, and his brother, Miles McCauley, second from right, won $100,000 Sunday on the television show “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” They are holding an autographed photo of the show’s host, Tom Bergeron. From left are parents Mike and Molly McCauley and son Kevin. (Mike Salsbury/The Columbian)




Okay, this is crazy ~ I can't believe I have the opportunity to say this, but....

MY FRIEND, MOLLY, AND HER FAMILY WON AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS $100,000.00 GRAND PRIZE!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to the entire McCauley family ~ it couldn't have happened to better people! WOO HOO!!!!!

That's all.

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Edit & Addition:

Here is the article that ran in the Tuesday "Columbian" here in Vancouver ~ I don't have a link to a video of it, yet, but when I get it ~ trust me, it'll be here!

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
BY MIKE BAILEY, Columbian staff writer

If Miles McCauley's future includes a college degree, the 8-year-old can credit a tube of diaper-rash cream and his older brother, Garret, for providing the funds.

Garret, now 10, painted Miles' face with the cream about seven years ago. Because the boys' mother, Molly McCauley, caught the antics on tape, the Ridgefield family is $110,000 richer.

The money came from ABC-TV's "America's Funniest Home Videos." First, the video was chosen as a weekly $10,000 winner in February. It then beat seven other weekly winners in Sunday's episode to claim the grand prize of $100,000.

The family already used part of the $10,000 for a visit to Disneyland; another vacation will come from the $100,000 in winnings. "But most will be put away for college for the boys," Molly McCauley said.

That includes younger brother, Kevin, 6, as well as Garret and Miles.

McCauley said she often tapes events at home when her husband, Mike, is working as a pilot for UPS.

"Most of the time, though, the camera is out of film, or the batteries are dead," she said. "But when I saw the back of Miles' neck was covered in the cream, I grabbed the camera and started filming."

In the video, Molly McCauley asked Garret what he had done.

Miles responded, saying his brother had painted him with sauce, a term the family used to describe the diaper-rash cream. Garret had lathered up his brother because Miles had a blemish on his face.

Just after Miles turned his head toward the camera, the video ends.

"The batteries went dead," Molly McCauley said.

But there was enough on the tape to impress the show's producer and make it one of the top three videos for the February show.

A studio audience vote determines the weekly winners. Three times each season, the audience chooses a $100,000 winner from between six and eight weekly winners.

The vote for the most recent $100,000 contest was made by visitors to Walt Disney World.

About 40 friends and family members were at the McCauley home Sunday to watch the show. The visitors did not know the McCauleys had won until it aired.

McCauley's said her sister, Lori Young of Ridgefield, gets credit for the windfall.

"(Lori) said if I didn't, she was going to take the tape and send it in and she wasn't going to share any of the prize money if it won," McCauley said.

Although the McCauley brothers now have a hefty college fund, they weren't too happy after the show was over on Sunday.

"They were crying before they went to bed," McCauley said. "They were sad to see this all come to an end."

"They wanted to know Sunday if they would ever see (host Tom Bergeron) again. They think of him as Uncle Tom now."