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Shilo just returned home from attending the One Direction concert.

We are not those people who buy tickets 15 months before a concert. To be honest, we are not really concert people. Shilo saw Imagine Dragons earlier this year, and I think Lex went to one or two concerts in high school. My sister and I attended the Mormon Tab concert at Red Rocks a few years back (does that count?)...

(I can vaguely recall the Tears for Fears and Beach Boys concerts I attended as a teen. Back when tickets were outrageously priced at $15-$20.)

Shilo's friend had purchased tickets and then someone in her group backed out of going, so she asked Shi a few weeks ago if she was interested. $94 for the ticket. They planned to stay overnight in Denver to avoid the tedious travel home late at night (Kendra's mom was taking them and staying with them at the hotel). 

To make it work, Shi forked over her own money for the ticket, then had to juggle her schedule around.  A lot. In fact, I'm filling in for her at her weekly babysitting gig because the only way she could get someone to cover her lifeguarding shift was to swap times (which her shift is now during her weekly babysitting gig).

When she walked in the door a couple of hours ago I asked her how it was.

"The best thing that's ever happened to me."

I'm sure she's had better things happen to her in her life, but this is certainly the freshest in her memory.

She was sweet to take a ton of video and pictures for Mar, especially of Niall (even though Shilo says Harry is her favorite - she had a dream that she and Harry were best friends a few nights before the concert - the concert only solidified her feelings that yes, Harry's her fave). 

She told me, "Seriously, Mom, if they come back, you HAVE to take Mauri."

I'm glad it was worth it :-)