Comic Con Trip 2013

Comic Con Trip 2013!
Our summer vacation this year took us to San Diego for Comic-Con 2013.  Talia stayed with Kandi and Grandma Trudy.  We had such a great time.  Pictures:

Outside the Tea and Spice shop from the tv series Grimm

By the water fountain at the convention center

Super awesome Justice League painted cars:

Aquaman car.

Flash car

Wonderwoman car

Costumes.  This picture was filmed on CNN.com

the 11th and 10th doctor from Doctor Who costumes.

Our costumes: The 11th Doctor and Clara Oswin

Behind me is the REAL Oswin costume!

Thor's hammer and Asgardian warriors at the Marvel booth

McCord using his sonic screwdriver on Iron Man

All the bicycle taxis ("BC taxis") were dressed up and souped up their carriages.

Random Costumes that we loved:

Dave Lyon.  Our new friend.

Ender's Game props from the movie and the Ender's Game experience:

Pictures of Actors at the Panels:

Bones panel

S.H.I.E.L.D. panel

Tom Cruise!

Hunger Games panel:

Hugh Jackman!

Yvonne Stravinsky.  We are big fans.

Dr. Who Panel: Matt Smith, Jenna Louise Colman, Steven Moffit

Community Panel: Allison Brie, Keo Jeong

Community Panel: Keo Jeong, Danny Pudi

My favorite picture of the trip.  We had so much fun!

During panels.  Picture taken by our new friends from Phoenix.
Jenna and Dave Lyon

Happy 4th of July 2013

Talia 14 months old

Update: June 10th-22nd

- I'm taking a summer class. It's a 8 week intensive course. It will be full of papers and take up a lot of time, so I may not be posting on the blog as often. The class ends August 8th. But, I'm ahead 2 weeks in my class!

- WE GOT APPROVED FOR A MORTGAGE this week!!

- Yesterday Tali dumped a whole thing of salt IN McCord's work shoes. Ha ha ha. It truly made me laugh so hard, I had tears in my eyes.

- We bought our hotel reservations for comic con.

- I'm doing a buttload of training at work and am done interviewing people for the new director position. 

- I've applied for a promotion and hope to apply for another promotion within the next month. I may not get either of them due to lack of BS degree, but I'll apply. 

- My apartment is a mess.

- Lastly,  I've been cooking vegitarian meals all weekend for a friend who is in diar need of some help. She works 60 hrs a week just to make ends meat, and is always super tired when we get together because she works so hard. I've made enough to feed them for a week, all vegitarian. It's been a BIG service project and I've been so happy to do it.

Tracy Aviary Trip Summer 2013

June 2013 Family Trip to Tracy Aviary

Today we went to Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park (SLC). It was so fun. Talia loved seeing the birds and watching them fly around. The raptors show was the best! A falcon flew right by my head and McCord's. it was awesome. McCord's favorite exhibit was the owls. I liked the tucan and all the weird looking varieties, also the show. I did get to see a string of baby quail following heir parents as they crossed the sidewalk. I loved that too. Talia liked the peacock and the flamingos. I took many pictures:

Talia watching the falcons

Golden eagles

LOVE this picture.  This was at the Raptor's show.

Raptors show!  This is the falcon that flew past our heads.

McCord talking to Talia about the eagles and our country.

French fries at lunch time.

I love our national bird!

Flamingos! They were so cool.

Talia watched this peacock for a long time.

McCord's favorite was the owls