American Idol Continued......

Cierra & I were so excited Friday morning for our annual mommy daughter day @ the American Idol concert. We were running a bit late, waiting for Kenny to get home from work to watch Ali.....but once we were on our way, we couldn't contain our excitement! Cierra wanted to play every car game in the book on our drive there. It was really cute, I love it when she gets this excited about something.
We arrived @ Key Arena at about 1:30p.m. By the time we parked, went to the restroom, & found where the tour buses were parked it was 1:50p.m. To my surprise there were only a few dozen people waiting, which was about a 1/4 of what the crowd was last year. 10 minutes after we arrived, 4 of the Idols came around the corner...sharpies in hand:)
Andrew Garcia~Lee Dewyze~Tim Urban~Aaron Kelly!!
Andrew & Lee sang to us all, and it was heaven!






Of course I was so happy because Lee was my favorite this year. Cierra's favorite was Big Mike & Aaron, so having Aaron come out was a HUGE deal for her!
Mom & Janel met us around 4:00 for dinner @ the food court, then it was off to the concert! (I have about 50 concert photos on my Facebook)
We had awesome seats, I LOVE the Key Arena....all the seats there are incredible! The sound is always amazing too. The concert did not disappoint either, we even loved Katie & Tim who we didn't care for too much during the competition. It always amazes me how well they all do LIVE, and how great they sound when they are not competing in front of judges.
After the concert we scurried out back to where they were doing autographs. All the Idols except for Crystal came out. (she wasn't feeling well)
I nearly cried when Big Mike came up to Cierra. Cierra asked him for a hug, an autograph, & a picture. He just scooped her up & gave her the biggest hug and just had a huge smile on his face the whole time.
Cierra's evening was now complete meeting her favorite Idol!