Santa Fe/Albuquerque continued.....

The huge water/bouncy slide
Trying to warm up on the pavement. Alegra wasn't really wet but she just follows what the other kids do!
Mia and Sasha
The back of the ampitheater where the slide was set up
Cruz chillin' in a chair by the slide

Ryan came in late Monday night. Sasha was so excited because on Tuesday it was finally her birthday. She turned 6 on Tuesday. Naomi said she has been counting down for over a month. We all went to the pool in the morning and then we had to pack up. Sasha really wanted to go back to a crepe place we had been to the other day in the center of Santa Fe. We loaded the car and went to have some yummy lunch at this French Pastry shop. After lunch we took off for Albuquerque. We were short on space so Grammy drove down a few hours later with Aunt Susie and Uncle Dave. At about 3:00 p.m. we arrived at Ryan's tour bus at the back of the Hard Rock amphitheater. It was totally cool for me to see the behind the scenes to a concert. Ryan is the headliner for this festival, the ID Festival, that has been touring across the United States. It is basically an all day festival but Ryan is the last to play each night from 10:00 to 11:30 p.m. There was this huge bouncy/water slide thing set up right by all the tour buses. At first we thought the tour manager got it for Sasha, but it was actually for all the artists. The kids were basically the only ones who played on it though. It was nice to be able to have it for the kids to play on because it was 100 degrees out. Ryan had tour stuff to take care of and Naomi was busy trying to get the tour bus ready for Sasha's party. We started Sasha's party when Grammy, Aunt Susie, and Uncle Dave showed up. Naomi had ordered Subway (Sasha's favorite food) and had all sorts of yummy food to eat, along with a delicious cake. The kids also had a pinata to break. Cruz grabbed so much candy, it was pretty funny.
Naomi getting ready for the party inside the tour bus
The kids in the bus hanging by the bunks
Alegra fitting right in backstage :)
Party Time!
Before the show started Naomi took us into the Merchandise tent inside the concert area. Cruz went with me !

Pinata!

We started to get the kids to bed at about 9:00 pm in their bunks on the tour bus. Alegra had a hard time falling asleep because she was not totally used to sleeping in a bed. Cruz was wired because he was sleeping in an RV/Bus again. Finally by 9:30 they were out. Naomi's babysitter had flown back into town at about 5:30 that night, so I luckily got to go to the show while she stayed in the bus with all of the sleeping kids. The show was AMAZING. We had special seats and when we got to our area they had this huge clock ticking down time until Ryan came onto stage. The crowd went wield when he started playing. He had a whole stage that his crew sets up just for him at every show. He is really high up and there are screens with cool visuals all over the place. It was pretty awe inspiring. I am so proud of Ryan. He has worked and continues to work very hard. He lives a crazy busy life with weird hours. We talked for a few minutes after the show but I could tell he was pretty beat! We transferred the kids into the rental car and me, Grammy, and the kids took off for our hotel (Ryan, Naomi, and the kids stayed on the bus because they were driving to California in the middle of the night). We stayed in a hotel near the airport in downtown Albuquerque. We flew back home on Wednesday. We had such a fun time and it was really cool for me to see Ryan in an actual concert. Shawn and I have gone to his shows when he has been at SLC dance clubs but this was so much bigger and cooler. The crazy thing was, there were about 6,000-7,000 people there and that was the second smallest show in the whole tour. In the next couple of days he plays in several locations in California and there are over 10.000 tickets sold, crazy!!!!

The Family at Ryans show. My cousins Nicole and Kristen came right before the show started because they had a PTA meeting.
Naomi and me
Grammy taking in every minute of the show. This was her first real show too. She started to cry when he came on and the crowd went wild, it was pretty amazing!!

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