Warning: This post is very long and contains many photos involving screaming girls.
This past week we had a special vistor come to town... DAVID ARCHULETA! Alyssa was soo excited. She loves him. David came up to BYU-I again to sing for Spririt Week. Alyssa had such a fun time at the Christmas concert, she decided to wanted to go again. So, since we have connections, Grandma got Alyssa and SIX other friends tickets to go see him in concert. Grandma couldn't have gotten better seats! They were on the floor, seven rows back. They were absolutely in heaven! But before the concert on Saturday, he held a book signing at Deseret Book to promote his new book, Chords of Strength. It tells about his life before his muscial career and how it's affecting his life now. Alyssa and some friends really wanted to go, so I took them to Deseret Book in Rexburg and they stood in line for 1 1/2 hours... all for a simple autograph. They were in love. I also brought Lexi along with us, and I don't know what she was thinking. Before the concert, we took Alyssa and her friends to Twizzleberry. If you've never been there, I recommend it. It's great! After that we dropped them off at the concert, and let them go. She said it was AMAZING. She absoluetly had a BLAST. Between the seats and just being with a butt-load of friends, I don't think she could have had a funner time. She did give us a couple highlights of the night...
1) Her and a couple friends had glow bracelets on. So when he was looking their way, they all stood up and were jumping up and down, and guess what? He noticed them! He waved and smiled at them. They about fainted.
2) He did an encore for them. The last song really hit them, though. Before he did anything, he told the audience that he doesn't usually do this sort of thing but since he was at BYU-I, it felt apporopriate. He walked over to his bag and pulled out a Hymn book. The exact same ones you find at church! He told everyone that this is the song that has helped him through the whole American Idol and music journey, Be Still My Soul. He sang it marvelously! He even shed a couple tears while singing it. It was a great way to end the concert
3) David has a couple songs that Alyssa REALLY enjoys. One of them is Zero Gravity. She was waiting for that song the entire night. Finally, on the VERY LAST song, he sang Zero Gravity. It's an upbeat one, so they jumped the ENTIRE time plus jumping other times during the rest of the concert. So, guess what happened this morning... she can't walk. Her calves kill! It's funny to watch her try to walk.
Well, that's about it. I'll just let you enjoy the pictures... :)
Alyssa and Lyndsey waiting in line at the book signing. 
Alyssa and Lexi waiting in line at the book signing. That is David's new book. 
Alyssa and Lyndsey waiting in line at the book signing. Alyssa and Lexi waiting in line at the book signing. That is David's new book. David Archuleta
Alyssa and Lexi with David. He's signing their book. Sorry, I cut off their heads. It was a really fast process and I kept getting pushed out of the way. 
Alyssa with David's car.
The autograph in Alyssa's book. It says, To Alyssa & Lexi. David Archuleta. They are pretty excited!
Alyssa and her friends before the concert. There's one less friend because she's taking the picture.
David Osmond was David Archuleta's opening act (the concert was nicknamed the "David Squared Show". But, not only was there David Osmond and David Archuleta but a guy in the band was also named David!). David was on American Idol the same time as David Archuleta but he went home once he got to Hollywood because he got Laryngitis (spelling?). He is also Donny Osmond's nephew. :D
Alyssa and Lexi during the concert. They're pretty excited.. can you tell? 
Alyssa and some friends with their David Archuleta shirts. 
David Archuleta!
David again...
And once again...
David singing Be Still My Soul. It was really heartfelt! 
