The day finally came...American Idols Tour Live 2008!!!! My friend Ashley and I arrived at Joe Louis Arena at 11:30 AM so we could get autographs and pics with the idols before the concert. There was about 150 people lined up along the gates just waiting for their tour bus to arrive...
Here's how the day went down:
**WARNING** LOTS OF PICTURES
After asking a few people where the tour buses pulled in, we were able to find the location for the pre-concert autographs and pics. We knew we were in the right spot when we saw a group of girls with signs and shirts that said "I heart David Archuleta"
After waiting about 2 hours, the tour buses finally came!!
After waiting a little longer, the first person finally came out. It was Brooke!! She was on vocal rest though so she couldn't speak, but was still as sweet as ever. (notice the pink tape on her shirt)
The next was Kristy Lee Cook. She was really pretty!
And then he came...that's right...David Archuleta!!!!!!!! I was sooooo excited!! I got him to sign the picture I had, along with signing my shirt. Then I asked if I could get a picture with him. He was SO cute! I told him that my phone company kicked me out of their service because I called to vote for him so many times outside of the Tmobile phone zone. He laughed and said "Really? wow...I used to have tmobile, but then we got AT&T phones" Before he started moving to the next person, I asked him if I could have a hug. He said "sure" and he leaned over the gate and gave me a hug!! It was pretty much the most exciting thing EVER!!! He was such a sweetheart, and a cutie too!
Then David Cook came out. He was in a big hurry and wouldn't pause for pics at all. He was kinda rude and kinda acted like a jerk. It made me not like him very much...
Chikezie was really nice though. Very friendly and such. I don't know why we didn't get a picture with him...
Guess who this is....
If you guessed David Archuleta's dad, you are right! He was walking around talking to fans and he stopped and talked with us for about 10 minutes. He was very nice and told us that David is trying to get his album out before Christmas, YAY!!
Then there was Syesha. She was friendly and sweet too.
And last but not least for the afternoon...Michael Johns. He was kinda in a hurry like David Cook, but still took the time to take pics with fans and such, which was cool. His accent was awesome too!
Sadly, we didn't get to see Jason, Ramiele, or Carly before the concert. We decided to get some food and wait till the doors opened so we could sit in the air conditioning. By now, we were hot, thirsty, and rather hungry.
At 6:00 the doors opened, and at 7:00 the concert started! Each person came out one at a time, starting with the 10th person to get kicked out and counting down from there.
This is Jason playing his guitar and singing
Here is David Archuleta...he came up from the floor sitting at the piano! It was pretty cool!
More Archuleta
And some more Archuleta (can you tell he's my favorite?)
Then came the winner of American Idol 2008, David Cook
Notice the different angle from which this pic is taken...Ashley and I decided we would get up and move towards the doors to where autographs would be after the concert. She ran down to get a good spot, while I stood at the entrance near the doors watching the rest of the concert, but ready to sprint out as soon as it ended.
It was worth it. Ashley finally got her autograph and pic with Jason!!
Then Ramiele came, and we got her autograph, but totally missed a picture with her.
And our last idol to meet...Carly!!!
Our day was complete. We met ALL the top 10 American Idols of 2008 and got all their autographs. We had the greatest time and all the money and time spent waiting was TOTALLY worth it!!!
If you want to see even MORE pics, go to this link. It will take you to my albums on facebook that I created from the concert. I also have about 15 videos from the concert on facebook, and if you want to see those, let me know and I can either give you the links, or I can put them up on the blog as well.
Painting up...I am the designated painter for the season, but Alescia helped a little this time too
The 3 girls doing Chip Crew at the first game
We had 15 people show up for Chip Crew...it was awesome!!! We spelled "Fire (up arrow) Chippewas"
The stadium was pretty full too
Here's the team...Go CMU Chippewas!!! 
CULLEN'S!!!! 
Cullen and Kelly
"Hey mom, what's this funny pointy thing on your head?"
"Yum! This cake is great! I can't believe mom and dad never let me have this before!"
Cullen enjoyed the cake so much that he ate almost half of it! It had to be taken away before he got a tummy ache...
He was very upset when his cake was taken away
But then it was time for presents! Taylor and I bought Cullen a High School Musical towel because he was born on the day that High School Musical 2 premiered :)
Overall, it was a great birthday party...even though Cullen got very tired towards the end. At least he stayed awake to eat some cake :)
