Day 2

Pat got up early and went to the convention center so he could get in line to get on the floor so he could buy some more toys. Karri and I took the bus (which took way too long) and arrived at the convention center about 15 minutes before they opened the doors.

We got our picture with Pikachu!!!
There are always tons of actors at Comic Con. Usually you have to have a ticket to get signatures and pictures, but we were lucky in that actors from Battlestar Galactica (BSG) were at a table and we could walk right up and get pictures taken (for a small fee).
This is actor Michael Hogan, he plays Col. Saul Tigh on BSG!

And Edward James Olmos, who plays Admiral William Adama on BSG I was totally shaking afterwards! It is such a thrill to meet someone that you have watched for years and love their work.

This is Bear McCreary. He is the composer for BSG and his music is AMAZING!!! I was able to snag a picture with him before the BSG panel.

In the BSG panel: Luciana Carro aka 'Kat' (far left), guy with mic is Richard Hatch (whom I met last year), then Bear and 2 others.

Afterwards we went back down to the floor and saw James Callis who plays Dr. Gaius Baltar on BSG. He's Pat's favorite and Pat was wearing his Baltar shirt too!! James thought it was cool!

Pat & I outside the convention center waiting for the bus.

This one is for you Stefanie!!!!!!!!

We were going to stay for a few more panels (like New Moon and Robot Chicken) but decided to leave earlier than planned so we could get on the road to Disneyland! It was Karri's Birthday and she got in free!!!!!

On the parking tram.

With the Mickey Flowers

All of us with the Celebration Balloons.

I was trying to be artistic so I got a bunch of random pictures!!!

Walt & Mickey

Karri on Buzz Lightyear. She got an amazing score! (I'll find out what it was and post it later)

In line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad The Birthday Girl and BTM

Disneyland has a new fireworks show for the summer. We were on Main Street, so we didn't get the best pictures, but it was cool anyway.

Then we headed over to Downtown Disney, to get some last minute things at the World of Disney store and the Lego Store.

There was this awesome Lego mosaic of the castle with fireworks! I love it!

Mine and Pat's scores on Buzz Lightyear. My score is really sad :(

We got back to the hotel after midnight, and my cousin Catherine had flown in and was already in the room when we got back! Day 2 was alot of fun, and there's more to come.

Comic Con Day 1 - Preview Night

We left last Wednesday bright and early and got on the road by 4 AM!! We stopped for breakfast in St. George then made our way to San Diego. On the way we stopped in Baker, Home of the Worlds Biggest Thermometer!! At almost 11 am it was already 99 degrees!!!!!

While on the road we saw this truck, and I loved the saying so I had to take a picture!!!
After getting to San Diego, we headed over to the Convention Center. There was a bus stop across from our hotel that ran especially for the convention. It was nice on the way back to the hotel, but it would have been faster to walk the 1 1/2 miles to the convention center, then to wait for the bus and sit in traffic to get there.

We got to the convention center and got our badges early. We waited for about an hour or so to get onto the floor. This is a view of some signs in the coolness that is the convention center. This place is HUGE!!!

We started watching the first season of Dexter before we left, so I was excited to see banners for the show.

And we have seen the first season of True Blood too and there are banners all over for the show too! I loved it!

When we finally got onto the floor, Pat went over to buy his stuff and Karri and I wandered. We found a booth promoting a new video game Marvel Super Hero Squad!! (like my Indiana Jones Guys) The game was fun to play and it should be out before Christmas!!

We also played TMNT Smash-Up! It's like Smash Bros Brawl. I was April and I totally beat Karri!!

They were promoting the new LEGO Rockband game coming out soon, so there was a whole guitar, microphone and drum set made out of Legos!!

Lego is also making Toy Story sets too! So there was a giant Buzz Lightyear!!!

In the Mattel booth there was a He-Man's sword. Pat ignored the sign and tried to take it.

Here are some of the Lego Toy Story guys.

We found yet another game to try out! The new Indiana Jones Lego 2 game. They have re-done all of the levels and added Crystal Skull to the game too! You can even play the game split screen if you have 2 people playing!! I'm really excited about this one :)

The floor was only open for a few hours, but Pat was able to get most of his toys that night. Here we are waiting for the bus to take us back to the hotel.

What a cute couple!

I'm still editing pictures from the other days, so I'll get them posted as soon as I can.

We're Back

We got back on Monday night and have been busy since. I finally copied pictures to my laptop tonight and have started editing them to post. So I promise to have pictures up tomorrow :)

Check List

Pack my clothes
Take pictures off the camera
Pack food
Pack kids stuff for overnighter at grandma's
Pack my stuff still
Pack kids stuff for overnighter at cabin with Mana
Pack
Pack
Pack*

*The one thing I really need to do, and I'm waisting time not doing it. And that word looks really fake right now!

Night of The Living Dragonfly

Last night we got together for dinner and celebrated Karri's birthday (it's on Thursday). After dinner we all went outside to play for awhile. Karri got a picture with all of the nieces & nephews. This was the first picture taken, notice how my kids don't smile and look at the camera on the first try, but Max, Conli, & Sawyer do! I don't get it! I am always having to tell Xander to actually smile, he thought that was a smile, and I'm always yelling at Mara to look at the camera! Whenever she does, she'll squint or make a face.

Oh how my frustrations grow when I pull out the camera!

The traditional Funny Face Picture.

Conli took this picture of us girls sitting on the steps! I love it!

During the summer, whenever we are outside in the evening, Pat always grabs the net to catch Dragonflies. He was successful last night, but was too rough and damaged one of the wings on this one. It wasn't able to fly away, but did get passed around a bunch, and it made the boys happy.

Brent grabbed my camera and took some cool pics of it.

This picture is really pretty! Thanks Brent!

I took this one.

The boys were in heaven but the girls were really nervous to be around it.

I took this one too!

You can see that part of his wing broke off. It was sad.

Overall it was a great night!

Now just two more days until our vacation to San Diego!! Wahoo!!

Comic Con here we come!