Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Fablehaven 4 Launch Party

Last night was the launch party for Fablehaven 4 Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. That is my brother in law's latest book, and it is his best so far! For any of you who haven't read his books, I recommend you get started, and for those of you who are caught up, go get book 4 this week! Brandon has made the New York Times Best Sellers list for the past few years, and we want him to get on there again.
The launch party was a huge success... once again, they completely filled the auditorium, which seats around 3,000 people. Bryson got to perform with his old Divine Comedy group, and they were a huge hit. They also had ballerinas from the U of U perform as fairies from Fablehaven, and a kids singing group performed as well. There were a ton of screaming kids (happy screams), especially when Brandon finally came on stage. It was so funny... the way the audience reacted when he came out, you would have thought he was some famous rock star. After the show, Brandon signed an insane number of books while everyone else played games and took pictures with some of the characters from Fablehaven. It was a fun night, and especially fun to see Brandon's success in such a tangible way and to meet his enthusiastic fans.
I didn't take any pictures of the actual show because I was too busy watching and trying to keep Davis from running down the isles, but I took some pictures after.


Well, I hopped on Summer's facebook page and took some of her pictures from the party/show. She had a friend taking pictures while they performed, so now you get to see some pictures from the divine comedy part of the show and from Brandon's time on stage. I also got a few from some lady that was there with a pretty good camera. :-) Enjoy.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Future Rock Star?

I've been watching American Idol lately, and I think Davis has got the bug. The music bug. He's a smart little guy, and I think he realized that it doesn't maatter how good your voice is if you don't have stage presence... well, he's been working on that at home. I think we have a little rock star in the making here.
Step one: the piano skills





Step two: the moves
Davis had a little dance party with his cousins out on the deck at grandma and grandpa's house the other day. It was so cute. A crazy little dancing skeleton was singing "livin la vida loca" and the kids were eating it up. All I can say is, Watch out Ladies, Davis has got some serious moves!







Step three: mastering the drums. We think he's on his way to super stardom ;-)