Yes, I think I can DANCE!

Ok, so this title is a little misleading. Although, I did take dance lessons for several years when I was younger, I am not even close to being a good dancer. I have rhythm, that's about it. But I absolutely LOVE the show, "So You Think You Can Dance!" Jerry got online at the beginning of the season this summer and applied for tickets. We were lucky enough to get to go to the live taping last Thursday. WOW, it was so much fun. We went to California early that morning and dropped our kids off at my sister-in-law Amy's house. We went with our friends from the ward, Bishop Lindsay and Monta. We had a lot of fun with them. When we got to California we hung out and ate lunch at Johnny Rockets in the Farmer's Market. Then we lined up for the show. We had to line up about 1 1/2 hours early to make sure we got in. We rode the trolly for a whole block! It was fun.

Once we got in through the gates we sat outside the studio in a little waiting area. I guess we don't quite fit the demographic of the show, (not 18, cutesy, and Jerry is a boy) so they didn't casually walk by and ask us to join a certain group - the group that stands right by the stage. No, they ignored us. I honestly was fine with that though. Wow - sore feet to have to stand that whole time. When we finally got in the studio we got to sit in the seats reserved for family and friends. We were sitting right next to Melissa's dad. (She's the ballerina) It was cool talking to him. He says all the dancers live together in a little condo and spend ALL their time dancing. They meet with the choreographer on Friday and have 3 hrs with them, is all. And he thinks they have about 3 hours with them on Sat. too. He was very nice. They taped "The Black Eyed Peas" performance, and it was AWESOME. We had perfect seats too. 2nd row, and right in the center. Then there was about an hour wait till we went on live for the east coast. In that time the "audience warmer" entertains and had a big dance party on the stage. Monta and I almost went down to dance on stage - just to say, "I've been on that stage", but they were just about done, and Jerry noticed that they were starting to turn people away. In that time some people with tickets, (family or friend) came and we got booted out of our seats and moved back. Still good seats, but not so close. Not such a bad deal though because with our move came our television debut. IF you still have the show recorded - I don't know why you'd erase it:) Right as they announced Evan as safe, it cut to his mom and you can see Jerry standing in the upper right corner, and if your tv is wide enough you can barely see me next to him. You can also see both of us when it showed Jason's dad in the audience. We're in the upper center, but a little trickier to spot us. Yeah, we're famous now. Get this, Louis got to sit right next to Marilou Henner (from the tv show Taxi, and she was on the Celebrity Apprentice) We thought for sure they'd do a close up of her and they'd be on tv. And apparently she also thought they'd do a close up, or shout out to her because she was fluffing her hair the entire show, and arranging her wrap/shawl. Louis and Monta said she was very nice though. Monta also ran into Evan's mom in the potty and she gave her some pins for all of us to wear to show our support for Evan. It was just awesome being there, and seeing what it was really like. The studio is much smaller than it appears on tv, and HOLY COW! Cat Deely is even twiggier in person that she appears on tv. Her legs are forever long and tiny little twigs. So, now we've applied for tickets for the season finale, doubt we'll get them, but we can always hope!

We got home late that night, about 1:30 and Amy offered to watch the kids overnight. Can you imagine? Offering to get up a couple times in the night with your baby that isn't sleeping through the night yet! And she said she actually enjoyed it! It was wonderful to get a full night's sleep and wake up at 8:00! I always say to myself, "If I just had a couple hours without any kids I'd actually be able to get my house so clean, clean the toilets/ showers, mop the floors. Get so much accomplished." So what did I do in the couple hours I had until I got my kids back? Hmm, watched tv, played on the computer, had a nice breakfast that I could actually sit and eat uninterruped. It was wonderful. It was a great way to end the fun day in California!