Taylor Swift

Reagan, Addie, Becky, and I went to see Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium.

 We knew of a few other kids going, and the girls were super excited when we bumped into Allison.  All three girls picked the same concert shirt.

 When we entered the stadium, we were given bracelets that flashed different colors to the music.  They made for a very cool concert experience.  Here is Reagan's flashing red:

 You can see how the entire stadium lit up from the bracelets; it was really cool.

This was definitely one of my favorite concerts for so many reasons.  Taylor Swift is an excellent performer, and she was very entertaining.  The set, the lights, the costumes - they were all perfect!  I loved that she had little video clips throughout the concert showing interviews of some of her friends talking about her.  There was one video of her with her cats that was very funny. I also liked that she talked a lot; some of what she said was a little corny, but for the most part, I found it interesting. Taylor talked about past concerts at Gillette which made it seem very personal to the audience; I knew this going in (because Tom told me), but she told the audience that Gillette was the first stadium she sold out and she also talked about it pouring at Gillette one year for the entire show!  She came on stage around 9:20 PM and performed for about two hours.  We sang and danced almost the whole time.  The best part of the concert was watching Reagan enjoy it so much!

There were three opening acts - Shawn Mendes, Vance Joy, and HAIM; we enjoyed the first two acts, but didn't care for HAIM.  We saw a lot of people wearing costumes (tutus, shirts that lit up, cat costumes, to name a few), but I think my favorite concert attire was worn by a couple of older women (60s maybe?); they had shirts that read, "We Never Go Out of Style" - AWESOME!  We had floor seats, and everyone around us was nice.  The girls ate frozen lemonade, popcorn, cheeseburgers, and cotton candy - ha! - kids are so funny at events, they always want to eat everything in sight!

Tom got the tickets, drove us to the concert, hung around and waited for us while we watched the concert, and then drove us all home.  I'm not the only one who declared him father and husband of the year!