Planet Comic-Con

 I saw the billboards, the ads skipped down my feeds and I was tempted, but decided I was not going to Planet Comic-Con. We had too much going on...it was too expensive...etc. Then they announced this:

  As you may or may not recall, I missed seeing Alex Kingston at the last con I went to due to John Barrowman's inconsiderate nature and the con's inability to keep a schedule. Why no, I am not still bitter, thank you very much! So when Daniel mentioned it, I jumped at the chance. I purchased my tickets and the photo op. It was a mere weeks before the con so I didn't have time to get a cosplay together. Then a week before the con Mrs Tate had a schedule change and I was refunded for the photo op. A subsequent email said an opportunity to have a photo with the other two would be coming. That email never arrived, and I emailed to inquire, but never got a response. This did not excite me for the con, especially when I found out that they were only speaking on Friday and we were only going on Saturday. Gah! So now I could not see them nor get a picture with them. Why do I bother?!?!? 

    We went anyway and I was surprised at how well it was run. Plenty of staff and other than getting lost a few times due to the size of the event, it was quite pleasant. We saw Don Bluth and Phillip Glasser who sang the first line of Somewhere Out There. That was so cool. We learned about armor and cosplay lighting, how to build droids, and mostly community. I love these crazy people. I couldn't stop smiling. There is something wonderful when you see people just loving something so much. They glow. 

We saw Margret-Ann and she was sweet but a little confused at times. She kept growling at the crowd. in a playful way. 

This was my favorite cosplay. They were perfect!

Spidy out saving the day.

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

I found Him!

Turns out there were several Waldos and quite a few Loraxes, I was surprised by that.

It was great. I remembered just how much I love being surrounded by passionate people. While my quest to see Alex Kington is as yet unfulfilled, I live in hope that one day I will.

 

Spring Break

 We started spring break, with Pi Day! Then St Patrick's Day.

I sported my Irish pride.

This year Lizzy made the meal. She was a little disappointed at how much work was involved, but she did a great job.

We went to a few parks and the Zoo.

Henry loved the lobsters and eel.

The Blacks came over and took my oldest to the temple with Grandpa Ron, and I got to go myself. 

Lizzy and Henry mixed some dirt for the garden.

Lizzy was DM for our little D&D session that only had one person rage quit, so it was mostly successful? I guess. We didn't get very far, but it was fun.

All in all, it was a fun week.

This and That

 While picking up something at the mall, We saw this fun machine. It was neat to watch.

The school had a service day.

My crazy kids, they have many comfortable places where they can sit to play on their tablets, or watch something, but they choose this...

Emily's class got to go see the Junie B. Jones musical!

We went to the High School end-of-season wrestling ceremony. Lizzy won Most Outstanding.

She really enjoyed working with this team.