I am really sorry for the lack of updates, something pretty bad happened here at my house.. electrical stuff, luckily we got everything fixed so I am really thankful and blessed. Anyways, yesterday David posted a blog for us!

New Years Resolution?

I hope everyone’s having a great new year so far!  I have an official resolution I have set which I’m going to try and keep up with this year, but I’m going to keep it to myself to see how well I do until the end haha…  But if you guys don’t mind sharing your resolutions feel free to!  I think it’s fun to know about those kinds of things.  I performed at a thing in Orem, Utah called Newphoria which was great.  My parents, little sisters, and a bunch of my friends were able to come and celebrate!  I sang ALTNOY and Crush, and there were some other really neat acts there.  My friends, The Osmonds 2nd Generation who were also performing earlier, got a hold of me and invited me to do it.  I thought it was a really fun way to celebrate while at home, and I was sooo happy to have my friends and family there with me.  We had a blast!  Ashley Tisdale was also there hosting.  We danced like idiots, and I got some good exercise out of it.

This weekend I went to San Diego to visit a girl for Make-A-Wish who was having a very difficult time battling cancer.  It was probably one of the most special things I have ever experienced, and incredibly touching.  It helped me even more to be motivated and act.  We need to keep ..ing those who battle against such sicknesses.  I want to thank those of you who are so strong in facing those kinds of obstacles, and are such an example of hope and strength.  Something like that reminds me of what matters most in this life, and I hope to never forget that.  I want to thank her and her family, and I want them to know I’m strongly keeping them in my prayers.  I’m also so appreciative of Make-A-Wish for allowing incredible things to happen for kids and let their dreams come true.  And THANK YOU!! to all of you guys for your donations that you’ve been sending for such great causes!  A lot of you have made donations in my name, so thanks for doing that.  I always think about how those donations will help out, even if it’s not a huge contribution.  That small amount can help change someone’s life one way or another, and just thinking about it gives me the chills. But anyway, sorry for going off on that,  I just felt like it was something important to let out.

While we were in San Diego, I got to meet up with one of my friends who was there on vacation.  Their family was going to the Chargers vs. Colts game, so we decided to go too!  It was such an exciting game, and I’m really glad I was able to see my friend haha.  I think it’s cool to meet up with buddies somewhere different from where you live.  It was my first NFL game, and the crowd was nuts.  The really cool thing about it is the game was at Qualcomm Stadium, which is where I first auditioned for American Idol!  It brought back a lot of memories of a lot of waiting lol.  But it was cool, and neat to think about how it all started.

Today I’ll be singing at Utah’s Governor Huntsman’s inauguration, and even though it’s FREEZING… it should be a good time.  I actually sang at the Governor Huntsman’s inauguration the first time lol.  But yeah.  It’s actually so hard to sing when it’s cold!  I tend to lose my voice in cold weather, and I must be cold-blooded because I just don’t do well with low temperatures.  I’ll let you know how it went in my next blog, but I better get going here.  Unlike my last blog, this is pretty long haha.  So I’ll talk to you guys later!

P.S.  Before I go I wanted to mention one thing real quick.  I was hanging out at my house when my parents called me in to watch a story on Oprah about this girl named Charice.  I had seen her on youtube before and she was at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, but it was amazing to hear her story and her voice!  She seriously has one of the best voices I’ve heard in a long time, and I had chills the entire time I was watching about her life.  So instead of a song for the day I think you should check her out!  It’s more like a person for the day haha.  She was really inspiring and for those of you who haven’t heard her yet I think you’re in for a real treat!  She sang My Heart Will Go On during her appearance on Oprah, and it’s amazing to see how much passion she has for what she does!  I also loved how she talked about how important her mom was to her.  I hope you guys enjoy!

David got to post us a new blog! I just wanted to wish David, his family and all other Arch Angels a Happy New Years Eve! Anyways, check out David’s new blog to all of us:

Happy New Years!

Hola a todos!  I hope everyone had an awesome holiday season!  I’ve been spending time with my family, and it’s been great!  It’s been so nice to finally relax and spend time with all of them.  We’ve been in Vegas for the last little while.  I’ve been eating WAY too much, but hopefully I’ll be able to lose some of it lol.  Anyway,  I wanted to thank everyone for incredibly thoughtful things you’ve been saying wishing me happy holidays and also happy birthday! haha.  I just had my birthday on the 28th, so I’m now officially 18.  Thanks sooo much for all the comments and videos that you guys have sent!  It was way cool to see them!!  For my birthday we ate Thai food for dinner, and then saw the Blue Man Group which was really cool and creative.  It was cool to go to a show with my family and have a fun time doing something together, so I had a great day.  On our way to the show my siblings and I found out that we all happened to know the Harry Potter Puppet Pals and the Mysterious Ticking Noise and had enough of us to do the different parts… haha.  We’re dorks, but we had fun.  But thanks again for all the things you guys have done for me during the holiday season!  And hope everyone has a Happy New Year!! I’ll be making an appearance at the Newphoria New Year’s Eve Dance in Orem, Utah for New Year’s, so for those of you going I’ll see ya there!  But anyway my mom’s telling me to hurry up because we’re going to eat now so I’ll talk to you guys later!

P.S.  Thanks for making the Crush video hit 10 million hits!!!!!!  I was like.. floored when I found out! haha.

P.P.S. This blog is way shorter than my other ones! Hooray for not rambling insanely!

Song for the day - If This Isn’t Love - Jennifer Hudson

This is a really cool song.  I like listening to it. haha

Rumors are circulationg online that David will be having two tours in 2009, one where he will be headlining his own and a second where he will be opening for someone. One tour will be at the beginning of the year, and the other tour at the end of the year… none of this has been confirmed yet! David… come to Maryland!

I will keep you all up to date once more information on the tour becomes available! Also, buy “ALTNOY” Music Video on iTunes now - and gift it!

Happy 18th Birthday, David! All of us at David Archuleta Web hope you have a awesome birthday and all your dreams come true. You’ve continued to make all your fans proud from day one, so we hope you have a really great birthday! We made you a birthday book from all your fans, who signed messages for you to read. Thanks a lot David for being such a inspiration to your fans, and being so down to earth and humble. Good Luck on everything you want to accomplish and Happy Birthday! We will always be here at David Archuleta Web to support you! Happy Birthday!!

We hope you enjoy your birthday book, David! If you happen to see the journal and want to let us know in a blog.. it would be awesome to know you saw it! Either way, thanks for being awesome David and have a happy 18th! Hope you enjoy your book!:

Hey guys.. hope David and his family and everyone had a really good Christmas! Mine was great, anyways.. I am going to be remodeling the site in a few days, it may take a few days to get it all finished before I launch it, but I will be working behind the scenes. Also, if anyone has video of David for our youtube channel of him at the parade, please e-mail me at davidarchuletaweb@gmail.com thanks again!

David will be at the 2008 Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade on December 25th (Christmas Day) - I think this was pre-taped and I think David is spending time with his family for the holidays. Happy Holidays everyone!

Also, go buy “A Little Too Not Over You” Music Video on iTunes Today!

Be sure to go to itunes now and buy several copies of “A Little Too Not Over You” MUSIC VIDEO for your ipods and computers! It’s super HQ and it also helps support David! Don’t illegally download the video - if you have, make sure you buy it from itunes now!

Also, for the holidays why not GIFT the music video to others for the holidays - you can do that at itunes!!

Hope David and everyone has a great Holidays - see you all in a few days!

David sent ALL his fans a video blog from his official web site, wishing us all a Happy Holidays! Thanks Archie! We hope you have a great one too! You all can watch it on the player below!:

Awesome! David will be attending Barack Obama’s Inauguation Day on January 20, 2009! Barack Obama’s great, have fun David!

The Recording Industry of America will be at the 30,000-foot D.C. club Ibiza for their party, which is set to include guests like Courteney Cox and David Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer, Lance Bass, Mariah Carey, Matthew Perry and American Idol star David Archuleta.

Also, I am looking for 1 really good co-web, if you are interested in updating on news and/or photos please e-mail me. Also, e-mail me your birthday messages to David for the Birthday Project! Hurry, he turns 18 on December 28th!

David had time to fill us in on his new myspace blog. Thanks and Happy Holidays Archie!!

Jingle Ball wrap up

Hey All! I hope everyone’s having a fun time during the holiday season. I did the last few Jingle Ball shows this week, and it was such a blast! Sunday was Philly/South Jersey for Q102, and I was stoked because I got to run out and take a picture of a few things before I had to get ready and leave for the show. I got to see things like the first U.S. library and the Liberty Bell which was way cool. Then on Monday we went to Minnesota for KDWB, and it was the first time I got to see T.I. perform. It was soooo cold! I think it was like -27 with the windchill or something. It was fun though, because in downtown Minneapolis they have indoor walkways that go from building to building with shops all over. That way you don’t have to cross the street in the freezing cold haha. On Tuesday we went to Chicago for the B96 show, and it was really cold there too. It was my last show with my buddy Shontelle, who’s just a really cool girl haha. It was fun doing a lot of shows with her. After the soundcheck in Chicago, I had to go back to the hotel to get some stuff, and normally it takes like… 10 minutes to get there… But with how bad it was snowing and all of the traffic, it took us over an hour to get there. It was pretty painful lol. But luckily I made it in time to do the meet n greets and be prepared for the show. Wednesday in Atlanta for Star 94 was the last show for me, and it was sooooo much fun. I had a really great time, and during my set after I sang A Thousand Miles, the band and crew surprised me with a birthday cake since it was the last time I’d see them before my birthday. The crowd sang happy birthday and I tried to blow out the candles, but they kept lighting back up because they were trick candles haha. It was really cool of them to do that for me though, so thanks you guys! It was so awesome working with them on all of these shows. I felt really privileged to get to work with all of them who were really easy to get along with. My family in Atlanta got to come to the show too, and it was GREAT to see them again! I brought my cousin backstage to meet everyone, and she was really shy haha. Rehab, We the Kings, Colbie Caillat, and Gavin Degraw were all performers, and she got to meet all of them besides Rehab. It was a really cool laid back group of people, so it was a really enjoyable smooth show. Shawn Johnson, the olympic gold medal gymnast, was at the show too. So we got to meet her and she was really cool. During Gavin Degraw’s set while he was singing I Don’t Wanna Be (Which I love by the way) he called Colbie to go up and sing with him when she was standing on the side watching. So she went up and it was awesome! I loved it haha. Oh and another person who got to come to the show was Alexandrea Lushington from top 24! She left before I got to say hi, but I’m really glad she was able to come. So this week has been fun, and now it’s time to relax and spend time with the fam for the holidays. I’m not sure where we’re going to go quite yet, but we’re probably going to go somewhere that isn’t snowing haha. I love looking at the snow, but it’s no fun when you don’t have heat in your house. Oh and another thing. I have this drawer in my room where I keep a lot of memories in, like tickets, cd’s, papers, letters, etc.. and I open it up to put some more stuff… When I open it, all my papers are chewed up and there’s a nest mice made from all of my memories! I tried saving as much as I could, but there was a lot of damage done and I had to throw a lot away :(. But it’s ok because it was an excuse to clean up haha. So now I’ve been decluttering my room, which is taking forever because more things keep coming into it. I still haven’t gotten a lot of the boxes that I sent home during the Jingle shows, and most of the stuff from tour is in boxes elsewhere. So my room is pretty much uninhabitable. But I’ll hurry and clear things up before we leave. But anyway.. I apologize for my disorganized rambling that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. But I’m going to a Christmas party now, so I hope everyone has a good week! If you have any fun stories let me know about ‘em! Adios.

Song for the day: Snow - Amie Miriello
This is one of my favorite songs of the year. I thought it’d be appropriate as I now wipe the windshield filled with snow haha.

I found out the video of David trying to blow out his “trick” candles haha, it was all in good fun! Happy *early* Birthday Archie! Watch the video below on the player: