WHAT'S ON MY HAPPY LIST? May

DAVID ARCHULETA DAY in UTAH!
May 9, 2008

David made it into the top 3 of American Idol this
week and with that came a hometown visit. RIGHT
here in MURRAY.!!!!! Seriously, I don't know if
I've ever been more excited about anything in my
whole life. This week has been so dang fun. Here's
a recap of my Idol Mania Week....

It started Tuesday when I got invited to Richard
Parkinson's American Idol viewing party. Richard
helps arrange some of David's music. Richard, along
with other generous fans of David have donated
a ton of AT& T go-phones so that more fans can text
their vote in instead of calling in. With texting you can
triple your votes. The most I've been able to get in on
a Tuesday night, between our land line and cell phones,
is about 275. So you can imagine my happiness Tuesday
night, when I got to text my little heart out, ( I even had
two phones towards the end) for two straight hours and
get close to 1,000 votes in for our David. Woohoo! Fox 13
news was there filming, and my friends and I were actually
on t.v. It was so fun to be a part of it all.




Wednesday ...After a record 51 million votes we found out
during the elimination show that David was safe and had
made it into the top three (all that voting paid off...LOL).
He was coming home on Friday for the first time in months.
Murray City was contacted by American Idol producers last
week and informed to begin preparing for David's homecoming
at Murray High. I volunteered to help with decor for the big
day and spent hours, along with Grandma C. and a friend
making black and orange ribbon bows that would line the school
fence.


Thursday night I went to a Idol gathering at David's best
friend's home. Fox 13 news was there again along with the
creator of my favorite website http://davidarchuletafanblast.com/
who was here from California to film friends, neighbors and fans
of David being interviewed. Afterwards, neighbors and I drove
around with our decorated cars.....windows down, David's music
blasting from the radio, kids basically hanging out the cars hoop'in
and holler'in for people to Vote for David. We looked like lunatics
disturbing the peace but it was such a riot it's on the agenda again
for Family Home Evening Monday night.


Friday was David's Day! Two of the most exciting moments for
me was that I got the privilege to help some of his close neighbors
hang balloons in his yard early that morning before all the hoopla
began. His whole street was decorated for when the American Idol
filming crew came later that day. So cool! And then I can't forget the
unexpected limo sighting at his house early afternoon.
We had just missed him going into his house. Dang! David had a
jammed packed day with an early appearance at Fox 13 morning
show, stops at two Utah radio stations, autograph signing at the
Gateway, the Homecoming celebration at the High School and
then singing the National Anthem at the Jazz game that night.
Whew! I was at the High School celebration. The parade at the
school was so exciting....Close to 10,000 people showed up to
see David and hear him sing three songs. Heavenly! Here are
a few of my favorite clips from David's Day.

This video from the Gateway so cracks me up because this
is exactly how I was acting when David passed us by at the
parade at the school. I seriously have a case of O.D.D (Obsessive
David Disorder) you'd think I was seventeen again!



David you rock! Good Luck on Tuesday!