The American Idol auditions came to Omaha last Thursday and Friday.
Omaha was the only city in the midwest to hold auditions so it was kind
of a big deal for the city.

A sign outside a clothing boutique downtown
The day before auditions started one of John's former elementary
students from Chicago called him to say that he was coming to town to
audition. He is 16 now (the youngest you can be to audition). John had
him in band and choir in elementary school but continued to stay in
touch with him and gave him some voice lessons along the way. So when
he and his family got into town on Thursday night we met up with them
downtown for a bit.
On Friday morning we were curious to see the hype so we headed down to the Qwest Center and met up with John's sisters Lorie and Julie and Julie's boys Joey and Ryan.

Joe and Ryan are ready to audition
Killing time acting like weirdos
We met Brandon Rogers from last year's American Idol
I think this bronzed girl made it to the next round but her dress was so short that when she turned to walk away you could totally see her butt. Classy.
All of the people who made it to the next round actually have to come back in about a month. That's when they have a chance to audition in front of Simon, Paula, and Randy. So are you dying to know whether John's student made it to the next round?! Well, he did! I have a picture of he and John together but I can't post it because it's supposed to be a secret. They aren't supposed to tell anyone but their family whether they are moving on or not. So if he gets on tv, I'll post the picture and tell you his name. We are crossing our fingers for him!