It’s been quite a while since Marriann or myself have been able to post. We’re both going through moves of our family and so it’s been quite busy. Enough with the apologies.

I talked with Marriann today and she had a number of comments about Julianne’s elimination on the show last night. Obviously Marriann was sad to see Julianne eliminated, but she kind of saw it coming considering the scores they received. Marriann told me that Julianne was just sad for Cody since Cody had been working so hard. However, both Marriann and Julianne are cheering on Derek and Brooke and hope they take home the trophy.

Marriann also wanted to share a few thoughts about Brooke. She told me she thinks Brooke is a really hard worker and very serious in her approach to the competition, but still a mom. Marriann is excited to see Derek and Brooke perform in the finals and thinks they have a very good chance.

On a different note, Marriann and I are putting together a contest with a few special giveaways just in time for the Holidays. Check back soon for details of the contest.

Finally, you’ll have a chance to see Derek at one of the Dancing with the Stars tour dates and locations.

I’ve been in touch with Marriann and she is doing well. You can imagine that she’s concerned about the health of Julianne and her other daughters. However, she seemed in good spirits. She hasn’t had much time to write about what’s going on or upload pictures with all that’s been going on (imagine that), but I thought it might be worth reposting some of what Julianne posted on her fancast blog.

Actually what happened is last week was more than just a tummy ache. Obviously. It turned out I ruptured a cyst that was on my ovary. I didn’t’ know but I have endometriosis. I’ve apparently had it for a long time because I’ve had this pain for about the last five years. It hasn’t been as bad. Up till last week, I let it go and I was always too busy to get it checked out. But because it happened when I was on set, they made me go to the doctor.

They want to clean out the cysts and take out my appendix, too, because later on it can be affected by the cysts. Endometriosis is a common thing for women. I was like “thanks mom for giving me my great life – and endometriosis.” I said that jokingly. My sister who has five children is going in for the same surgery in a couple weeks.

Julianne also wrote about a possible Hough versus Hough finale that I’m sure Marriann would also love to see. Can you imagine the joy of a mother if that happens?

A few people have written in to this blog about wanting a Hough vs. Hough final, and I think that would be great fun. I hope it happens! Brooke has been a frontrunner from the beginning, and I think Cody has shown what this show is about. We’ll see.

Finally, Julianne wrote about how much help her mom has been for her:

As for the next week or so, my mom is going to take good care of me. She’s been with me for almost a month. Something seems to happen every week where I need her to stay. She’s been awesome.

Marriann (Julianne’s Mom) is in California for tonight’s Dancing with the Stars so she asked me to post a quick note from her experience last night.

Last night was a special event at Disneyland for Miley Cyrus’s Sweet 16 birthday party. Makes sense that Julianne would be invited since she’s dancing with Hannah Montana star Cody Linley. Julianne along with her mom, sister and her nieces and nephews and Cody attended the event. Marriann described how they got all dressed up in uncomfortable heels and headed to Disneyland in a limo. Sounds like they had quite the red carpet (although it was purple since it’s Miley Cyrus’s favorite color) experience with tons of fans asking for autographs.

They were able to go on the Indiana Jones ride as a family where Julianne told them they all had to scream really loud since that would make it more fun.

Marriann snapped a bunch of pictures from the event which we’ll be posting soon.

Marriann also said that tomorrow’s Dancing with the Stars includes something very exciting for her as a mother. Remember to vote tonight!

Thanks for coming to my blog. I’m new at this, but I hope to be able to share a little different perspective on Julianne Hough than most people see. Here’s a few pictures of Julianne being Julianne and also Cody Linley, his mom and myself.

There’s Julianne’s being her funny self with the chop sticks. Usually they’re up her nose. She is so fun to be with and so normal and sweet. For real and I’m not just saying that because I am her mom.

Cody reminds me of Derek and my stepson AJ who is in the military. He is funny and dorky like Derek and A gentleman like AJ.

Cody has a mother who is very friendly. I hope to see her more often at the show. Julianne is trying to get Cody to be more focused. Julianne is trained to be focused. Julianne has been singing and dancing since she was three. Competing and traveling to Florida at eight and eating, living, and sleeping dance in London from when she was 10-15 years old. Julianne finished high school in the states on the high school dance team and played one of the funny girls in Beauty and The Beast at Las Vegas Acadamy.

Julianne knows about disipline.

I love sharing and may God bless everyone. Let us all find the good. Why? Because it feels better. I notice the difference’s in people, the variety, the talents, and I have opinions but I’m not really into putting people down.

Glad you could stop by Pure Julianne Hough. As I posted in the previous post, we’re just getting started on this website covering Julianne Hough. It’s the beginning of what we believe will be a great experience for Julianne Hough’s mom to interact with Julianne’s fans and for Julianne’s mom to be able to share her experience and perspective on her daughter Julianne.

Who we are?
My name is John and through an interesting set of coincidences (and love of Dancing with the Stars), I was introduced to Julianne Hough’s mom Marriann Nelson. Marriann had this great desire to be able to share her story about Julianne and Derek Hough and I have quite a bit of background in creating websites and marketing them. Pure Julianne Hough and Pure Julianne Hough are the offspring of our meeting each other.

Yes, Marriann is the real mom of Julianne Hough.

The plan is for Marriann to do most of the writing about her children along with snapping plenty of pictures and possibly posting audio or videos of Julianne also. I’ll certainly be assisting Marriann and you may also find me writing a thing or to about Julianne Hough myself.

My guess is that if you’re reading this blog, then you know who Julianne Hough is quite well. However, for those less informed he’s a partial biography of some of Julianne Hough’s most significant accomplishments.

Julianne HOUGH

Julianne Hough (born July 20, 1988) is an American professional ballroom dancer turned country music singer. She is most-widely known for her repeated appearances on the ABC version of Dancing with the Stars, where she earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for her choreography. Hough has won Dancing with the Stars twice with partners Apolo Anton Ohno and Helio Castroneves. She’s currently dancing with Cody Linley. ABC’s 20/20 has called her as one of the “very best dancers on the planet.”

Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in December 2007. Her self-titled debut album was released May 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200.

Hough joined Brad Paisley’s 2008 Tour, along with Jewel and Chuck Wicks. Hough, Paisley and Willie Nelson appear in the video for the Snoop Dogg song “My Medicine”.

She is currently in a commercial singing and dancing for Wrigley’s Juicyfruit.