We finally took the boat out today with family and family friends and we went to Lake Pleasant. I have to say I was super surprised at how high the lake water was. While it was a hot 109 that day, being out on the water, it was nice and cool out. We had a new bimini to replace the tore one last year and it worked great!
I’m looking forward to the next time we go!
2019 was the last Phoenix Comic Fest/comic con… It’s officially Fan Fusion, but it’s still a comic con to me. In 2019, we had a larger group and had planned for an X-Men group cosplay, and with our recent success in Los Angeles at Gallifrey 1, we also did our Weeping and Meeping Angels.
Something awesome that Courtney and I planned out, was to have my brother fly out as his birthday gift. While he missed his family dearly, he got to video chat with them daily and also have a great time with us. He even got to hang out with some of his old friends.
Our other friend, who moved away, also flew in to hang out with us!
We had a full itinerary, helping out with Cosplay Fashion shows and other panels, seeing many friends and acquaintances, and just having a good time!
We had a business trip to get everyone together since the acquisition at one of the many Centene campuses. The St. Louis location has a lot of people from the Magellan side of the house who’ve been working there since pre-workfromhome, and that made it a great location.
I flew out the day before to hang out with one of my staff and avoid the rush of trying to get there Monday and I also flew out Friday evening so that I could stay an extra day just in case.
After visiting the Arch, we met up with the rest of the team
So, we went back to the Arizona Ren Faire so that we could actually enjoy it the normal way. We had a great time, the girls dressed as Fairies, and we did a bunch of shopping.
It was David’s first time there and it was Mariah’s birthday-ish (next day but whatever). Lots of fun was had and we ran into some friends there too.
I had a business trip to STL MO and it was actually quite a bit of fun and excitement.
Most of the time we worked, but the work was productive and exciting and the rest of the time was great to socialize and hang with people that I’ve been working with for the last year and a half, plus the additional new people that I’m starting work relationships with.
This party was quite far so we booked a hotel and since it was at our friend, Mariah’s house, we came early to help set up and came back the next day to help clean up. Awesome party!
Life is returning to normal. The Glendale Folk and Heritage Festival is back and we were invited to play for the crowd. A half hour is too short, but we did well for having short notice to put together a playlist and practice.
Here are a couple of photos from my phone.
We costumed up and headed out to the Ren Faire and spent the day being a spectacle. LOL, we even got paid!
More pictures coming, they are on the camera. We were only able to capture a few from published pictures we found.
Oh, we also won a costume contest!
Gallifrey One is an annual North American science fiction convention focusing primarily on the British television series Doctor Who. It’s our second time there. This time, we worked our butts off since early December, getting our outfits created. Wings take a long time to create! The whole team came together over months to get this going. Here are the costume progress pictures.
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