Yesterday Kristina and I went to see David Archuleta in concert!! He is on tour with Demi Lovato right now, but she canceled their show at Van Andel Arena so he did a small solo show at The Intersection in Grand Rapids. There were only a couple hundred people there, so it was very small and we were in the 9th row! It was FANTASTIC!!!!!!
While we were waiting in line to get in, it down poured rain!! Lucky for us, we brought an umbrella...and we shared with the girl in front of us :)
It stopped raining after about 15 minutes, and then it was about time to go in. Look at our tickets!! The show was sold out, so we got them just in time.
Me and Kristina waiting for the concert to start...we were super excited!
He finally came out on the stage and all you could hear was screaming from the crowd...it was funny!
He sang almost all the songs on his CD, plus a few others.
He was cute and very relaxed the whole time. It was so fun to watch and hear him sing!
He also played 2 songs on the keyboard, including his song "Desperate". He had only played that song a couple times but he figured he would play it for us anyway. There were a couple pauses but he kept on going...it shows that he isn't afraid to just sing and have fun with his fans.
This concert was his last small solo concert for the summer, so it was kinda bittersweet for him when it was time to end. We would have been okay if the concert never ended :) His voice is incredible!
After the concert, we waited to see if he would come out to sign autographs and take pictures. We waited for 2 hours with about 30 other people...but he never came out. When his tour bus pulled away around 11:50 pm, we knew our chances for a pic were hopeless. As we were walking away, I heard the security guards say that if there were 10 less people there, he would have come out. I blame it on his "people", haha.
It's okay David, we will still support you and come see you again in concert!!!
This is a fun video, because it shows David talking to his fans a little bit. At the very beginning he says "It's hot in here!" because it was super hot...I don't think they had the air conditioning on. Then he goes on to say how his next song is one that he "has issues with because it involves whistling" but he does it anyway. It's one of my favorite songs :) At one point, he messed up on part of the lyrics (1:36) and he kinda laughed and then got back on track. It was pretty much the best concert ever!
This is how they make the cider...pretty cool
Dad and Grandpa with the John Deere tractor
Enjoying the pumpkins...
...and then seeing the sign that told me not to climb on the pumpkins...oops!
Wine tasting at the cider mill
Deciding which pumpkin to choose...
and then realizing that we didn't have cash to pay for the pumpkin! I guess we will be going to Wal-Mart soon instead :)
On the hay ride to go pick apples and pumpkins
Reaching for the perfect apple
Taste testing the apples
In the pumpkin patch
Look at all those pumpkins!!!
Pretty...
Our whole group amongst the apple trees
Finishing off the trip with some warm cinnamon doughnuts!! Yum!
Me with a tree that is starting to become colorful
Matt...being goofy as usual!
There was a playground there too...can you find me in this pic?
Love!
Cute pic of us...can you see in our faces the coldness of the day?
Matt didn't quite fit through this opening in the playground
Pretty trees
After just a few minutes, we were freezing!!!
So we dug into the stuff that Matt had in the back of his car and bundled up :)
We were able to enjoy our walk in the park a lot more after dressing for the crazy cold wind outside! Fall is here now...
The stands were full at the beginning of the game! Here is the team rushing the student section
The team using their great defense to stop EMU from scoring
Me and dad!
At half time I went to visit some friends...this is Colleen. I miss her!
Lauren (Matt's girlfriend), Alex (Matt's roommate), dad, me, mom, Matt
CMU scoring ANOTHER touchdown!! And each time we got a first down, the crowd would yell "Move those chains!". It was a spin off from Extreme Home Makeover "Move that bus!"
We won 56-8. Notice how the stands are a lot more empty? It was windy and cold...and we were crushing EMU, so a lot of people left.
On our walk back to the car, it was so windy that Matt decided to hide behind a tree to get out of the wind. It was a rather cold and windy day, but there was no rain and CMU won!!!
Our hotel! We stayed at the Hyatt, which is also where the conference took place.
This is Matt with the workbooks that we got
This is one of the speakers...Mark Schatzman. His wife was unable to be there this weekend.
Us waiting for a session to start
Being silly...despite feeling sick all weekend
The other 2 speakers...Larry and Anne Kayser
Saturday night was "Date Night" where we were free to do whatever we wanted. We chose to dress up and go out to eat at Olive Garden
I found a wine that I liked :)
It is called Moscato
We also got a really tasty dessert. It was a chocolate cake-ish thing with vanilla sauce and strawberries. It was super good!!
While we were waiting in line to get in, it down poured rain!! Lucky for us, we brought an umbrella...and we shared with the girl in front of us :)
It stopped raining after about 15 minutes, and then it was about time to go in. Look at our tickets!! The show was sold out, so we got them just in time.
Me and Kristina waiting for the concert to start...we were super excited!
He finally came out on the stage and all you could hear was screaming from the crowd...it was funny!
He sang almost all the songs on his CD, plus a few others.
He was cute and very relaxed the whole time. It was so fun to watch and hear him sing!
He also played 2 songs on the keyboard, including his song "Desperate". He had only played that song a couple times but he figured he would play it for us anyway. There were a couple pauses but he kept on going...it shows that he isn't afraid to just sing and have fun with his fans.
This concert was his last small solo concert for the summer, so it was kinda bittersweet for him when it was time to end. We would have been okay if the concert never ended :) His voice is incredible!
After the concert, we waited to see if he would come out to sign autographs and take pictures. We waited for 2 hours with about 30 other people...but he never came out. When his tour bus pulled away around 11:50 pm, we knew our chances for a pic were hopeless. As we were walking away, I heard the security guards say that if there were 10 less people there, he would have come out. I blame it on his "people", haha.
