Nerd-Con 2008

So, we went to Comic Con last week. It was the first time I actually attended, although I have been downtown in recent years while Comic Con was going on and seen some of the "unique individuals" wandering the streets. Let me just say that I had so so so much fun! The best thing about Comic Con is that people just embrace and own their nerdiness. It's actually quite liberating. And trust me, you never realize how big a nerd you really are until Hugh Jackman unexpectedly shows up after your panel with some "Wolverine" footage, you see some playing cards fly across the screen and you scream out like you've just won the lottery "GAAAMMMBBBIIITTT!!!". I'm pretty sure this moment cemented my status as a nerd, and I couldn't be prouder. I didn't get to see the Watchmen panel, which kind of made me pouty, but I still had great fun hangin with my peeps. Jen (Darrin's sister and fellow Twilight obsessee flew into town to join us), Vanessa, Devyn and I were a might disappointed with the Twilight panel, but were all still happy we went, it was such a crazy experience. Next year, I think I'm gonna go multiple days and make some kind of game out of how many storm troopers I can find, they were everywhere! All in all, a great day, saw lots of cool stuff and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Here's two of my highlights...

Me and Ironman, don't we make a cute couple?

Me and my people with the Twilight cut-out. Twilight is my favorite guilty pleasure, it's kind of fun having a crush on a fictional teenage vampire. Notice how I positioned myself right next to Edward, completely blotting Bella out of the picture. I'm completely out of control and I love it.

Happy 4th of July!!

Hope everybody else had as much fun as we did celebrating Independence Day! It was a pretty chill day, which in my opinion, is the best kind of day. We hung out at home during the morning/afternoon then we went over to Vanessa's parent's house for a barbecue. There was lots of delicious food, burgers, hot dogs, salad, chips...all the barbecue regulars. But, my favorite part was the homemade awesome blossom than Jon made... pretty much cementing his lead in the "Best Friend Husband" race. Then Vanessa's mom made this ice cream cake that was so yummy, it had this totally delicious oreo crust, then it was basically vanilla ice cream with strawberries and blueberries, it was divine! After dinner, we drove over to Vanessa's dad's office, which is right across the street from Legoland and watched the fireworks from the parking lot. It was nice, we were far enough away that Lily wasn't a complete spaz about the noise, but we could still see them really well. All in all, a great day with great friends! Some highlights...

Here's the girls, Lily and Sydney, chilling in Darrin's trunk waiting for the fireworks to begin.

Here's our Baby Jane, or as Lily calls her "Janie Girl", hanging out with Uncle Giant on the swing. She looked so cute on her first major holiday and was, as always, a perfect little baby!

Here's Vivi proving that patience is not a virtue when it comes to ice cream cake.

Connor, in the most patriotic outfit of all, an X-Men t-shirt. He rocks.

The girls again, hanging out on the treehouse slide play structure thing. Everyone take note of Sydney's huge hair bows. I was so proud of Lily's little blue bows that looked like fireworks. Then we got to the barbecue and saw Sydney's...needless to say Lily's bows suddenly looked pretty ghetto.

This is my favorite video, it's Sydney singing "God Bless America" while America's birthday cake is being lit. Apparently, Sydney had already spent a goodly portion of the day singing "Happy Birthday" to America, so this song was a nice change of pace for everybody.