Taylor Swift Concert!

Zoe has had to wait quite a while for this part of her birthday present! She was so excited that today had finally come, and was happy that Lauren and Feliza were coming with us. Feliza and I had purchased the tickets back in December, then I surprised Zoe with them for her birthday in June, and we surprised Lauren with hers today since her birthday is next week. This has been a long time coming!
We had such a great night, and our timing was perfect. We hit no traffic heading into L.A., which really surprised us! We got right into the Yard House for a fantastic dinner.

We were thrilled that the MTV Video Music Awards happened to be filming right next door at the Nokia Theater. Being the celebrity stalkers that we are, we headed around the building to see if we could catch a glimpse of anyone! This is the hotel where the celebrities were driven to and let out to go through the indoor red carpet...
We walked around until we found some people gathered, and stood at the blockade to see who we could find.
We caught a glimpse of a few people, and saw Lady Gaga's car, but no one we were too excited about. Then the girls saw Drake Bell from the TV show Drake and Josh!
He was very nice and walked by the fans taking pictures and giving autographs. He gave a high five to both of our girls and they were thrilled! Zoe walked away and saying, "this is the hand that touched Drake Bell!" I thought it was pretty cute!

It was time to head to the Staples Center for our big night!


The girls both got their concert t-shirts and we took our seats. We were in the high section, but row 1, so we had a great view.


After 2 opening acts (Needtobreathe, and Josh Kelley), Taylor Swift put on an incredible 2 hour show. She had fireworks, dancers, trapeze artists, and some special guests. It was awesome!
Ellen Degeneres came out on stage for a bit, as well as Nicki Minaj to perform. She also performed out in the audience in a VIP circle to a few of her celebrity friends like Taylor Lautner, Nicki Reed, Reese Witherspoon, Colbie Caillet, and Lil Wayne! I think Feliza and I were screaming louder than the girls at that point! :) I was so excited that I forgot to get a picture.

After a long, but fantastic show she did a beautiful finale where she circled the venue in a roaming balcony, and had beautiful stage performers.

What a great night with lots of fun memories for the girls! It's a good thing tomorrow morning is late start for them, and they can sleep in an extra hour.