I'm just going to play play play play play...

Shelly and I heard that Taylor Swift was coming to Houston with her 1989 tour in October 2014. We immediately bought tickets in the nosebleeds and kept the secret from our girls for almost an entire year. We listened to the 1989 album a thousand times and finally it was September 2015 and time for a wild girls night out. All six of us were excited and we made it downtown and parked quick and easy and made our way to our seats way at the top of the Astrodome. Vance Joy and Shawn Mendez opened the show and half way through their songs, we headed down to get some snacks and stretch our legs before the big show began. The girls were dancing and singing along at the bottom of our section getting their wiggles out when we were spotted. A lady approached me and said "I am with Team Taylor and she really wants some young fans down in front, would you all like to please follow me?" It took me a few minutes to process what she was saying and then my jaw dropped. Really?! She gave us tickets and we followed her down and down and down until we were entering the ground floor.  (We were walking on home plate.)  We kept passing security who waved us by and finally we were escorted to our seats ON THE FRONT ROW. WHAT??? It was totally unreal and the girls were screaming with excitement. Shelly and I were laughing at all of the people watching us as we passed them thinking "wow, how much did they pay for those seats" as we led our 9 and 5 year olds to the closest seats at the biggest concert of the year.

Before we knew it, the entire arena went dark and up popped tons of dancers and Miss Taylor Swift herself singing Welcome to New York. It was seriously the most amazing moment and we had not even caught our breath yet. For the next 3 hours, she sang every song we knew and changed costumes and danced and put on a show like we had never seen before. There were special guests and fireworks and smoke and we had a front row seat to it all. The girls sang at the top of their lungs and felt so special and lucky being so close to all of the action. At nearly 11:00pm (on a school night ) Taylor sadly said her goodbye and we all made our way to the car exhausted and with our ears ringing. It was surely a night to remember and one that we may never be able to recreate again. Wow! Thank you Team Taylor for the night of a lifetime!