Sunday Brunch

Uncle Bob and Aunt Lola Fay are back in town for the winter.  It was nice to have them join us for church and brunch afterward.

 

 

Universal Studio City

The welcome party for the conference was held at Universal Studio City, and it was a blast!  All the food, rides and arcade games were free to us.

 

My friend Jennifer who now lives in Boise.  Eating ribs at the Flintstone's BBQ.

My friends - Ben & Jerry

Posing with the crew of Apollo 13

The series of escalators that took us to the lower level for the rides and backstage tours

The bear I won getting a ball into the hoop.



Last Day of the Conference

We had an appearance by Max Page.  He is the little cutie pie that was the "Little Darth Vader" in the Super Bowl car commercial that just had to make you smile.  He has quite a medical history at the age of only 7.  He was born with a heart anomaly and has several surgeries already, the most recent one this summer to replace a valve.  He and his mother were quite articulate.

 

 

The last speaker was Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of Gabby Giffords

 





LA

The Magnet Recognition Program was in LA this year.  It's allowed for time to connect with friends from across the country and experience new adventures.

 My room was interesting - the hotel is a Moroccan theme, but with a metal cactus in the lobby.

Glass door knobs - I love them!

A little bling at the convention center

A High School of the performing arts - one like Glee is based  on.

 Melissa Gilbert welcoming us to the conference Wednesday morning

 Guacamole created table side

 Interesting lights in the restaurant

Filming of NCSI-LA on the way to the convention center Thursday morning.  You can see we had clouds and some rain in sunny LA.

Mark Feuerstein, the star of Royal Pains Welcomed us on Thursday morning.  He was a hoot and the crowd loved him.