THANK YOU ALL!

Today was a day meant to wrap up loose ends. We got pictures of things that we hadn't gotten pictures of, and made a few calls and started packing things up. I don't know HOW we got all of these things here in 2 small suitcases!! It will definitely be a challenge getting it all back in there. I have groceries and odds and ends that we didn't use to give to my cousin. Just lots of loose ends. We are soooo ready to get back home to Rocky and the boys that we can't stand it!! We actually considered trying to get home a day earlier, but thinking that that isn't going to be possible. I suppose, we have waited 6 weeks, so we can probably hold on one more day! It will just crawl on, knowing that we have no auditions to look forward to. This will be our last post until the next time we come to LA. We are discussing that now. His manager is going to have us put his auditions on tape in Dallas and email them to LA as often as possible, but they assured us that we needed to look into a frequent flyer program of some sort because they will have things for him and NEED him back out here if at all possible. They explained that with his voice and his face, he will be busy in the future. This pilot season was VERY SUCCESSFUL for Keeton. We have all the brick work laid out now with an awesome team of agents and managers and an acting coach that were very impressed by him. Patrick Malone (actor/coach) was very excited to see what the future holds for Keeton and shared his thoughts on him with his managers. We know that when we get home we will look into some hip hop style dance classes, just to get him more comfortable with that and that will make him a little more well rounded. We have had a wonderful time and have really gotten our feet wet out here. We will go back to Dallas and hit those auditions hard, with a different outlook on how to audition. His, "out of the box," thinking will really come in handy in all tapings and auditions. We want to thank any and all of you who have cared so much and supported Keeton through Pilot season and this adventure. We couldn't have done it without your phone calls, prayers, texts, IM's and comments!!! We realized how blessed we are to have such amazing people in our lives. Thank you all for everything!!! XOXOXO

HOLLYWOOD!

Today was another fun-filled day! Of course there were no auditions, but we did more last minute sightseeing and souvenir buying for our guys back home. We went down Hollywood Blvd and to Grauman's Chinese Theatre and took tons of photos there. We stepped in movie stars footprints and touched where their hands once were. It was really neat to see!! After spending several hours there, we met friends from Keeton's acting class for dinner and Fuddrucker's. Priscilla and Brock were so sweet to put the party together. They had prizes and games such as charades for us to compete against! We all took more pictures there, because with the end of pilot season nearing, many of the kids, including Brock (Colorado) will be heading back home. We will have one more chance to see them at Monday night's class to get email addresses and phone numbers so that we can keep in touch. Everyone in the class calls Keeton "TEXAS." He really eats that up!! We are sooo tired after 3 hours of fun and games there so we are heading off to bed. Love to all! XOXOXO

A Full Day of FUN!

This morning we had a hard time getting up and getting moving. We had brunch and headed to the Grove. For those of you that haven't been there, it is a beautiful outdoor mall. Keeton and I really wanted to make certain that Candy and JT got to see it before going back to Texas. We spent several hours riding the trolley and buying souvenirs in the Farmer's Market. After leaving there, we headed to the LAPD Academy. It was so pretty. It was really old, but well kept and beautiful. It had a rock garden, a tribute to fallen officers, and best of all, it had a gift shop! I got all kinds of goodies for everyone!! From there, we met some officers who let the boys play in their cars and with their batons and and tactical helmets and things...great photo opportunity for us!!! After that, we went to Diddy Reise's for some yummy cookies and brownies and started back towards home. We stopped in Beverly Hills to show Candy and JT a few more things and took even more pictures...Candy is like the papparazzi!!! Anyway, after that, we had had about all that we could take and the kiddos were pooped!! We headed home and the boys swam a little bit while Candy and I visited. Looks like we won't be having anymore auditions while we are here. Already planning our next trip!!! Had a long talk with Keeton's manager's and they are really excited about Keeton's future. They said that when he gets a little older, with his looks and his singing ability, he will really do wonderful things here!!! Thanks again for all of your support!! Can't wait to see you all again!!! XOXOXO

So today, like most everyday here, we awoke early. Keeton had coaching at 10am at his manager's office. At 11:15 he had an appointment at Paramount studios for an audition. This was for a TV pilot starring the comedian Anita Renfroe. She would be playing his mom. His character is a cocky, pre-teen boy that is very mischievious. He really did great with it, but we will have to wait to see if we hear anything on it. After we left there, we went to the Santa Monica pier. We had already visited it once and had a wonderful time, so we wanted to take Candy and JT there so they could see it too. Everything was open today, unlike when we went the first time. We met a man that has been paralized since birth and paints the most beautiful cards with oil paint with his nose!! It was AMAZING and very inspiring. The boys rode the Bumper Cars and the Ferris Wheel We all had a wonderful time!! Candy took some great pictures!! After we left there, we took them to the HOLLYWOOD sign and got sooo close!! Got more great pictures there! The boys did pose after pose! From there we headed to North Hollywood to take Keeton to acting class and Patrick told us to let JT come and participate in class! JT thought this was so much fun, even though he has no real interest in acting. They played acting games and things. We ended our full day with an enormous slice of Big Mamma's pizza and a yogurt from Pinkberry. The kids swam for about an hour and we all crashed for the night! Hope everyone is doing well, we miss you all very much! Thank you all for the prayers and support. XOXOXO

Feelin' Froggy at the WB

Hey everyone!! Today was a fast paced and exciting day! We got up with the sun and got dressed for the day and worked more on a script that came in late last night. We had to be at private coaching with his manager's at 10:15am to prepare him for his TV pilot audition at Warner Brothers. This was the biggest studio that we have been to and it was really an experience in itself. We had to go through security, just like the airport and the place was enormous like a college campus. The pilot was for a TV show that is starring Adam Carolla. He would be Keeton's father. Not a great match if you ask me, LOL...I am not seeing any resemblance at all. Anyway, as soon as that was over, we raced to LAX (ON OUR DONUT) to get Candy and JT (from Texas). We are both so excited to have them here. It will help with us being so homesick!! It is like bringing a little bit of home here, now if only they could have brought the rest of the family too, :( After that, we had to go and exchange our rental car with another rental because of the tire issue. They were out of smaller compacts so we were able to get a brand new larger SUV! AHHH! Much better!!! Later we had 7:30 pm reservations for Ketchup where we saw Jon Lovitz, the comedian. It took all we had not to bother him, since he was eating dinner, LOL...it wasn't easy!! That about wrapped up our day. Looking forward to tomorrow!!! Thanks for all of the continued love and support!! We pray that you and your family are doing well! XOXOXO

St. Patrick's Day fell FLAT!

Today, we did our usual, wake up and get ready routine...just in case. Yesterday afternoon, we received a call about an audition for today, so we knew we had that one. It wasn't until 3:30 pm. It was an infomercial for Air Hogs motorized toys. Keeton had to hold the remote control and act as if he was flying an airplane and then driving a car, something similar to the picture. Just about any commercial audition, at this point, will be pointless for us, because the callback will be after we are already gone and we wouldn't come back strictly for a callback...a booking, depending on circumstances, possibly, but not a callback. So at this point we are hoping for more theatrical auditions to come our way. We had a little car trouble late in the afternoon when we were heading off for a private lesson with Keeton's acting coach, Patrick, when I realized that we had a flat tire!! UGH! Just what we needed...THANK GOD TRIPLE A COMES WITH OUR RENTAL!!! We were stranded for about an hour and missed our private, but Keeton was able to go to the St. Patrick's Day party at Oakwood and they were having karaoke there! Right up Keeton's alley!! He sang, "Do I make you proud?" -by Taylor Hicks. Everyone loved him and had a fit over his voice! Makes a mom so proud!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!! XOXOXO

Kidz Bop FLOP!

Well, today we woke up and went about our day as usual, just thinking maybe just maybe, Keeton may get a second audition for Kidz Bop...Unfortuanately that didn't happen. It didn't happen for Keeton or any of his friends at our apartment. I knew that Keeton's singing was absolutely strong enough, but his dancing wasn't quite there and I am certain that that is what got him. That's ok, we weren't expecting a call, and if it had happend, it would have just been a nice surprise. Anyway, we did quite a bit of school today, then Keeter took a break with one of his friends, Tre', who is also from Texas, but we didn't meet until we came here. Then we ran to Big Mamma's for a heavenly slice of pizza just in time for Patrick's class. Keeton had to do 2 scenes tonight with two different girls and got great feedback on both. He has been working on these for quite sometime, but having them finally work together was great. One of the girls that he was paired with was just cast in a movie and has worked with the Jonas Brothers. Anyway, that pretty much filled our day. We each had a pomegranite frozen yogurt and did a few more lessons to finish off the evening and then flopped into bed. Keeton has an audition tomorrow. I will wait until then to tell you about it just in case I don't have anything else exciting to write about... :)

Dance, Dance, Dance...

Today we got up with one thing on our minds..DANCE! Just in case Keeton was able to win over the Kids Bop casting agent with his voice and dancing, we will find out tomorrow and he will have a 2nd audition on Tuesday. They will want to see him sing a 1 minute song and do a one minute dance. We have a few things going on tomorrow, and Lord only knows what else, so we didn't want to wait until we knew for certain, to start preparing something for his dance routine. It was a group effort by his Vocal teacher, Kathy Stephens, thank God for you Kathy...you always come through for us, and Rocky a wonderful husband and father and Candy a dear friend for sending us all the things that we needed, that we should have brought with us in the first place!..Thank you all so much!!! We will let you know if what he did was good enough to spark their interest. In the least, dancing with me in our apartment has gotten his interest enough to take a little hip hop dancing class when we get back home, just for such cases, so that he has a few moves in his back pocket for the future and doesn't feel so awkward and out of place. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Love to you all!

Today was a gloomy but great day! We got up and had a great breakfast with pancakes and bacon. Then we started getting ready for Keeton's first audition. It was for a Subaru commercial. It took us quite awhile to drive over to the agency, and once we got there, it took only a few minutes because there was NOBODY else there!! I think they must have had them spaced out fairly well. All they did was take a few pictures of Keeton. A "Dad" came in as we were leaving and, if I understand correctly, it will be a "Dad" and "Son" only in the commercial. They told me to have Keeton wear something like he would wear to the beach or to the picnic and we had the perfect outfit!! We left there and went home to change his clothes for his Adidas audition that was in Venice. Mileage wise, it was not far at all, but traffic wise....I am soooo glad that we left early! This was a print audition for Adidas shoes and possibly clothing. They had kids do various things from jumping rope, doing push ups, dribbling a basketball, etc. They are looking to advertise for their cross country line and for their basketball line. They looked at Keeton strictly for basketball, not sure why, that is just what I know. All he had to do was to dribble the basketball while they took a few action shots. At first, while watching from a distance, I was a little worried when the basketball hit his big foot and rolled really far away and he had to chase after it, LOL...then he got control of it and looked just as good as the boys who were true basketball players. After that, it took FOREVER to get home, but we finally made it and did a little school and went to the movies to close off our night. WHAT A SATURDAY!!! Miss you all so much! XOXOXO

More Kidz BOP!!

Well, today was pretty productive! Up early, schoolwork, blah, blah, blah...the usual. Then we received an email from the casting director from the Kidz Bop audition, telling us that he missed the part with Keeton dancing, and asking us to resend it, LOL! The reason he missed it is because we didn't have any dancing on there!!!!! Anyone that knows Keeton, knows that he sings beautifully, but D-A-N-C-E...not so much!! This could kill him for this one. It was only a 30 second blip that had to be on there but that had to be the LONGEST 30 seconds of Keeton's life! Anyway, we went back to the studio where they put him on that link, from 2 days ago, and added it on to the ending. I made sure to dress him the same and everything. We will see what happens! If it was good enough, they will email me and invite him for a 2nd audition to be held on Tuesday. Anyway, Keeton has 2 auditions tomorow, WOW! On a Saturday??? Who would have thought?! I will give you that information tomorrow!! Stay tuned!!! XOXOXO

School and skills

Today was a pretty average day. Keeton did lots of schoolwork. He is doing really well. He learned about the amazon rainforest, water vapor, and worked on division and measurement. He had a break after school to play with friends and then he studied his script for his class. We left for Patrick Malone's acting class early in order to make a pit stop at Big Mamma's pizza!! That will be one thing we will miss. For the most part, I can't speak for Keeton, but I know I am ready to come home. California is great, but not without my family!! I think Keet is even starting to miss his brother's a little!! That's a good thing, I think sometimes, they may take one another for granted, because there is ALWAYS someone there to play with. I cannot wait to see all those blue-eyed blondies!!! Can't wait to see what the next few days bring. Stay safe and love to you all! Thank you for reading!!

Kidz Bop

So today was another good day! We aren't letting the gloomy weather get us down!!! I hear all of our Texas friends and family are having horrible weather, so I guess we should consider gloomy and 50's lucky!! When we got up this morning we started right into our schoolwork. Still trying to get caught up and pull ahead a little bit. Then we heard about a wonderful possibility for Keeton. Don't know if many of you are familiar with Kidz Bop, willing to bet if you have smaller children then you are. For those of you who aren't, it is a group of children who sing the popular songs of today's artists. Kids love it because other kids are singing it. Sometimes there may be a few choice words in the lyrics and Kidz Bop changes them for the smaller crowd so that they can sing along and the parents don't mind. These kids also make music videos and do photo shoots and a small group of them are chosen to tour. Anyway, we had to submit Keeton to even get him an audition. I am sure that boys and girls are coming out of the woodwork for this opportunity because it is an 18 month contract. We went to a wonderful place called Real to Reel Talent and Alex Pullos worked until we were happy with Keeton's performance. The first one was great, but a huge truck drove by outside and he could hear it on the playback and wasn't happy so we tried again. The next few times were good, but not as great as the 1st. The 5th time ended up being "THE ONE." It was unanimous to all of us that that was the one we wanted to send in for their viewing. All of the submissions have to be in by Saturday the 14th and the actual audition, if he is chosen, is the 17th. If he is chosen, I will tell you more about that process then. I am attaching the link that you can click on that is the actual submission that will be viewed by the Kidz Bop casting agents. He was only able to do one short verse because it couldn't be over 1 minute. Hope you all enjoy it!! We love and miss you all!!! XOXOXO KEEP THOSE PRAYERS GOING AND IT NEVER HURTS TO CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND TOES TOO!!!

http://www.realtoreeltalent.com/auditions/keeton_green/kidz_bop/singer.html

JIMMY JOHNS!!!

Well, today, we got up early and started Keet's schoolwork and LO AND BEHOLD...a call came in from his management company!!! He had a commercial audition in Santa Monica at 4:25 for Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches! We were so excited that something finally came in. This audition was a little different than most. He was paired up with a Mom, Dad and sister and they set "the stage" as much as possible which is not how it usually goes. Keeton would be playing a son in a minivan with Mom driving and dad in the passenger seat. The van starts to sputter and begins to break down and finally gives in. They had sound effects to really make everyone feel the part. Keeton was even wearing headphones! Usually you just pretend about everything. There are also "thugs" that the family is supposed to be afraid of. Anyway, Mom is wondering what to do and Keeton says, "What are we going to do now?" Then Mom picks up her cell phone and we are to think that she is going to call for help but instead she calls, you guessed it!! Jimmy John's!! They bring food to the broken down van and the thugs ask for the number so they can get some too!!! LOL Anyway, it seemed to go very well, but the callbacks are scheduled for after we are already supposed to be back in Texas, so unless something big happens to keep us here, this was pretty pointless. We wouldn't fly back just for a callback. A booking, yes, a callback, NO. So, if he gets a callback, we will have to see how his managers and agent want to handle it. Maybe they can put him on tape for it or something. Or, Keeton said that they recorded the audition today so maybe they could refer back to that, they just wouldn't get to match him back with the family, so it would be really hard for him to book. We we will just have to see! We are up really early tomorrow because our water will be off all day so HOPEFULLY we will have something else going on!! Hope you all are well!! Let us know what's going on with all of you!!

** A side note to any of Mrs. Kathy's kiddos!!! We are so happy for you all doing so well at competition!! Keeton says to tell all of you hello and we congratulate you all for all of your hard work!! Good Luck at STATE!!!!! **

Frustration is setting in!

Hey guys! I am really feeling the pressure here to bring you something amazing to read about but, "I got NOTHIN!" Mondays normally aren't exciting anyway, but one hoped! Today consisted of a haircut for Keeton and studying a script for his Monday night acting class with Patrick Malone. While getting Keeton's haircut today, he spotted someone that was "famous" also getting her hair cut. Everyone Keeton sees, he thinks is famous, lol. He has seen Brittany Spears walking in the rain all alone, the grandma from Hannah Montana in the laundry room of our apartments, and several other people in odd places, like the men's restroom and things, LOL. However, this girl, even though I didn't know who she was, was!! She and I were talking and she also said how slow this pilot season had been for her and her friends. I guess I should be happy that Keeton has acutally had what he has had, we have had friends that have been out here twice as long as we have and have had 3 auditions in TOTAL! It is just frustrating. We just wait one day to the next and keep on keeping on...I may not keep writing everyday and spare everyone the nodding off. Again, we appreciate all of the support from everyone, it means so much to us. It reminds us daily how blessed we are! XOXOXOXO

ZZZZZ.....

Can I just say ditto for yesterday??? Sorry everyone! It's Sunday and SLOW! Keeton did some school and swam and played all day with friends. I am so happy to see that he is making friends. Where we live, there aren't many children that he has much in common with. Here, there aren't many children that he doesn't have anything in common with, which is really fun for him. I won't bore you anymore on today's little details...PLEASE keep fingers and toes crossed for this week! We really want to get things moving before our time here is through. Thanks again for being such loyal friends and followers of our, not always so interesting, blog!! Love to you all!!!

Swimming and meeting new friends

I won't try to make today sound interesting...the weekends are usually, slow and boring for any of you to read about. I let the Keeter sleep in this morning, he NEVER gets to do that anymore, because we are always up and ready to go, just in case. Then he got around and went and found friends to play and later, swim with. He actually even saw someone named Austin that he has modeled with at Neiman's in Dallas. They both thought that was pretty cool. Keeton met a girl named Audrey that he is now calling his girlfriend, she is 11. I will try and get a picture of them together and put up on the blog. I haven't gotten to meet her yet. I am not even sure that SHE knows that she is HIS girlfriend, LOL. Keeton just told me that he decided!!! Late this afternoon, after cleaning the apartment, we went out to dinner with our cousin Morgan to celebrate one of his bookings and then came home where Keeton found more friends to hang out with until curfew here, which is 10pm. Sorry there is nothing really to write about, I am hoping that next week picks up...I am already dreading tomorrow's post...UGH! XOXO

Kelsey Grammer is a Pryor?

Hey guys! Well this morning started off with a bang! Keeton got a call and was asked to audition for a TV pilot that had already been picked up by a network. This is a huge thing, because in many cases, even after casting in a pilot, the directors may never be able to sell it and it may never be seen. This pilot is called "Pryors." Keeton auditioned for Henry Pryor. He would be playing the son of Kelsey Grammer. Here is what they sent us about his character...

Henry is an imaginative, goofy, bright-eyed boy with way too much energy in his little body; as Tilly (Mom) says, his teachers call him "hyper-imaginative." Thrilled to think that there just might be some ghosts in his family's new old house, Henry finds that the idea of ghosts is a lot more frightening at night than in the daytime, and comes to his parents' room for some comfort. He's a bit baffled by his dad's method of getting him to go back to sleep, though he's delighted with Maddie's (sister) wry joke on their father.

Keeton Had a great time working on this script. It is really fun and silly!! LOL, actually, this character reminds me a lot of Keeton!!! HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE!!! He had a private with his acting coach, Patrick, at noon...thank goodness he was available at such late notice!! He really helped Keeton to develop this character even more! Now we wait and wait more until the next thing comes along and pick right back up where we left off!! Thanks again for staying with us, we really appreciate all of the comments and we like to hear anything that is going on with any of you as well! On the slow days we miss home a little more so when we know that you are reading, it means so much to know that you are thinking of us!! We miss you all!!!

Thinking Outside the Box!

So today we didn't receive the news we were hoping for about the callback yesterday...Unfortunately, that isn't a good sign. It isn't a definite, but I am almost certain that if it is taping on Sunday or Monday, that with a wardrobe fitting in there somewhere, if they had chosen him, we probably would have heard something today on the commercial...Oh well, I suppose that just means that there is something bigger and better on its way for Keeton! So today was pretty mild as well, we did some schoolwork and Keeton swam. Thank God for heated pools!! It's only in the 60's here all week but I don't think that child would stay out of the pool at any temperature!! Later in the afternoon, he had his Thursday night class with Patrick Malone down in North Hollywood. Patrick has truly started to bring out another actor in Keeton...He really thinks "outside the box" now when we are working on scripts. He will actually use more of the floor and use a chair in the room and stay focused in on his character or characters if he is working with someone instead of shifting his eyes around the room. WOW! What a difference a little training by a professional can make. He has brought up things that we have just never thought about before. Keeton is truly evolving and I am more proud of him each day! Keeton does private lessons with Patrick if he has something big come up or sometimes for just a little polishing...it is so worth it to see the changes in him! He will even bring me in towards the end of the session as a "producer" to distract Keeton to see if he will stay focused and in character with the person who is reading with him. I am excited to see what else he brings out of him before we leave! One more day until the weekend...fingers and toes are crossed! XOXOXOXO

Moms and Dads & sisters OH MY!!

So today started out with some schoolwork...yuck, I KNOW, but we are trying to stay on top of it!! Then we got all ready and and headed to Santa Monica in the pouring down rain and traffic with BIG SMILES :) on our faces!! It was Keeton's first callback in CALIFORNIA!! When we got there, I got a better idea of what was happening. There were "mom's and dad's there." They were finishing up, and tons of "sisters" were filing in along with "brothers" (this is where Keeton would come in! Apparently they are casting a family. A mom, dad, sister and a brother for this commercial. There were a lot more sisters than brothers there at the time that we were there, but what it will all come down to is a look and a little luck. Whichever parents they choose, the children will have to match and vice versa. The boys were all so different it was hard to see what they were looking for. There were boys that were shorter than Keeton, blonder than Keeton, darker than Keeton, etc. They were all caucasian but that is about all they had in common. All of the girls were pretty similar with the exception of a few blondies. In the audition, Keeton had to "jump for joy with a smile." Like he was happy to be on a green lawn, is what he said that they told him, lol. He also had to kick the soccer ball around again. That was about it other than talk a little with the 15 or so people that were in the room with him this time. That was about it as far as the callback went. We don't know anything. If he books it, we should know in the next day or so because it shoots the 8th or 9th (depending on the weather). After that, it was raining so we decided to get some chinese take out and head home!!! His fortune cookie said, "When opportunity knocks, answer the door." So I am hoping that means that Mr. Opportunity is going to stop by soon, we will be happy to let him in!!! Love to you all!! We miss you! Thanks for reading!

GREAT NEWS!!!!

Hi everyone!! First, I want to say thank you for staying with us in those, not so interesting times. Believe me, it is hard to find something interesting to write about when there is NOTHING AT ALL going on!! HOWEVER, today, something positive happend! We aren't there yet, but...remember last week, Keeton had a commercial audition for Scott's? There were approximately 400 boys that auditioned for the original audition and now they have narrowed it down to an approximate 20. Keeton was one of the 20!! We go back tomorrow for a callback. Here they will take another look and probably have more people there than just the casting agents, like the director and/or producer and maybe someone from Scott's. In the commercial, Keeton is a kiddo playing soccer on a beautiful "Scott's treated" lawn. The callback time is at 3:10 LA time which is 5:10 DFW time, so please be sending those positive vibes this way!!! Thanks again for staying with us through those not so exciting times, each day seems to bring something new!! I will let you know anything as soon as we know!!! XOXOXO

ABC's & 123's

Today started out as a cold and rainy day. So sad after our beautiful 80 degrees yesterday!! We got up early and started on school. We have gotten a little behind with everything that went on last week, so we devoted today to school. However, we were dressed and ready, just in case something came in. We got tons of schoolwork done and I am feeling so much better about that. Unfortunately, the phone didn't ring, and we didn't hear anything about any past auditions, nor did we get any information about any new ones. We had an early dinner and then headed to his Monday night acting class. His acting coach felt that he could handle the older kids class as well as his age class, because he was mature enough and because of the fact that we wouldn't be here very long he was going to push him a little. Keeton actually enjoyed the older class a little better. Anyone that knows Keeton, wouldn't be surprised by that, lol. He just felt that the older kids weren't as silly and got their work done when they split up into scenes instead of goofing around. Keeton is all about BUSINESS!! After class we found a RedBox and rented a movie. Sorry, not very interesting these past few days and no pics for you either. Hopefully, if you stay tuned in and we don't lose you from lack of interest, things will pick up soon!! Love to you all!!!

Sights to See!

Well, this weekend, friends from Sacramento came in to visit us! We went to Ashton Kutcher's restaurant,

"Ketchup," because Joni's neice had seen it on "The Hills" and had to go there. We had seen it several times, it is on Sunset Blvd and we pass it on the way to Keeton's agent's office. It is a really neat place. It is very inexpensive and you can wear anything from blue jeans to sequins. Our waiter, Eddie Finlay, was very nice and immediately took a liking to Keeton. He knew that he had a great personality and fit the mold of someone with a great future in acting. Eddie has been in many movies like Bad Boys II and Fast and the Furious II. While at Ketchup, we also saw Ross Matthews (Ross the Intern) from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He is so nice!! We talked to him and he loves Dallas and wished Keeton good luck with everything. We also spotted a few of the American Idol contestants that are on this season. Then, we went to the closest place that we could find to the HOLLYWOOD sign!! I have some pics in my camera that are stuck there until we get home, but Joni sent me one that I will attach, just to show you how close we were able to get. Joni and Mackenzie left LA about 2:30 and Keeton has been swimming most of the afternoon until he went for ice cream with a friend. We are a little homesick, so hoping we get back to busy this week to keep our minds off of home! Hope that you all have a great week!!!