Rocky Mountain Highs

The three of us spent the weekend in Denver, Colorado. We drove two hours southwest to Mount Princeton Hot Springs for Matt Barton and Rachel Werner's wedding. We also met Tex's cousins Ella Rose and Audrey in Buena Vista. We had a great time! There were too many pictures to share, so we grouped them in a short slide show. Enjoy!

COMIC-CON 2009!!!

Comic-Con 2009 was four days of larger-than-life pop culture booths, celebrity encounters, and full-on sensory overload. It is a sold-out, multi-media extravaganza. Each year over 125,000 attendees flock to the San Diego convention center in an overflowing frenzy of horror, animation, video game, and fantasy novel thrills. Nova Bella de Lovely brought Texas and me to the opening night party once again to get a taste of the magic that is unique to Comic-Con.

Did we meet Robert Pattinson at the Twilight booth? No.

Did we hang out with Imperial Storm Troopers and Jedi Knights at the Star Wars booth? No.

Did we get Stan Lee's autograph on a vintage X-Men comic book? No.

What did we do, you ask? We played with the trash cans, of course.

Here are some highlights of this year's adventure, starting with Tex's favorite part. Enjoy!

Love

Comic-Con trash cans:

Saving the cheerleader and saving the world; Texas and Voltron; Texas and Emily the Strange; giant green swamp dude.


Ugly dolls (they were a big hit because they hang out in trash cans, too).

Saying hello to an Imperial Storm Trooper; giant gold squishy monster thing.

Face of Ronald McDonald, body of Jessica Rabbit, hair of Oompa Loompa... Texas was definitely freaked out by this person.

Texas was chillin' with Lilo and Stitch.

Stargate took Texas a million light years from home.

Finally, here's some vintage footage from last year's Comic-Con, where Texas was featured on the San Diego news.

A super week in Sayville!

Texas spent a week with GramZ and PawZ in Sayville, New York. He went to the park with Dodo Jon and Doda Jess, played with his cousin Hazard, met his newest cousin Brody, visited Auntie DD Danielle at the library, played in the backyard with Chloe, bought new sandles with GramZ, touched all the flowers in Sayville with PawZ, and ate a delicious dinner at Friendly's. Overall, it was a great trip!

Texas also went into New York City for two days with Mommy and Daddy. The highlights were dinner with his friends Joey, Benjamin, and Little Anthony, and riding on the ferris wheel at Toys R Us in Times Square. He also enjoyed meeting Mommy's friends at work. Here's a short video!

4th of July

Happy birthday, America!

Happy birthday, Grandma Star!

Here are some pictures from our patriotic festivities.
It was a great weekend!

Grandma's birthday dinner:

The annual 4th of July Parade in Mission Hills
with my cousins Benjamin and Max: