Our editor Rob is hard at work putting together our newest episodes, but he was kind enough to give me a sneak peek of some of the Word family's footage -- oldest son Lewis Jordan (a.k.a. Lew Static) dropping some of his latest rhymes on stage just before his family's tech makeover reveal. Enjoy...

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The talented Word family came up with this jam just moments before, and worked it into the beats the block party DJ was playing -- how cool is that?

So what's your all-time favorite summer jam? The one song that just makes you wanna kick off your shoes, throw some dogs on the grill and give summertime a big ol' high-five?...

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I know I keep saying each new block party just gets better and better, but that's not to say the ones before weren't fantastic, too. It's just that each time, I find myself thinking, "Whoa, that was amazing, how are the Gurus and crew going to top that next time?"

And yet somehow, they do...

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I caught up with the Word family's eldest daughter, LaShayna this morning -- she's had a busy week of her own as the Gurus have been working on her home...

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  I caught up with Shane and Aleasa Word on the morning of their block party, just a few short hours before their technology makeover reveal...

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As you may already know, the Words are a very talented, musical family, and in fact, son Lewis will be performing live at the block party tomorrow. Even just in this little snippet, I could really see how talented he is...

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I caught up with Techno-Gurus Brian and Alison today as they were working in the Word family's back yard...

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I arrived on set at the Word family's home this morning to discover that someone had cut a hole in the front of their house!...

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OK, now back to work on the makeover!...

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