Lazy Summer

I didn't post last week because our lives have been pretty non-eventful.  All of our big summer things are done and we've been just sleeping in and hanging around the house, except for Chuck who still has to work.  Ruth has also been putting 15-10 hours in at her job, Jared has been making YouTube videos and playing the drums, and I've been playing Overwatch on the Xbox.  It's just lazy days for us.

Gaming Con

Last weekend was Gaming Con and my maiden voyage with Pharah.  I've been working on Pharah for over a year now and I was excited to get her out there and seen.    When I started working on Pharah the video game Overwatch had only been out a couple of months, what I didn't know then is that Overwatch would remain the #1 game for the next year, and when I went to gaming con that some voice actors from Overwatch would be the main guests. So not only was the suit a success but the timing was perfect.   I was out in the parkinglot putting on the suit and someone yelled out "Pharah!"  That was only with the legs on, so the Gaming Con crowd recognized and appreciated Pharah.

After a photo shoot with other Overwatch cosplayers they said the Overwatch voice actors wanted to meet us, so we were escorted to their autograph tables.   They were really nice and took pictures with us.  I even got tweeted!

Chuck went with me and helped me all day because I can't really function in the suit.  I can walk really well, but I can't handle things and manage the helmet and rocketlauncher very well.   He was super kind and patient with me all day as I was stopped over and over for pictures.  I couldn't have done it without him.

This was my first time competing at the Masters level.  The competition went pretty well.  I had a few technical difficulties; there were a few kinks I'll have to work out before the next con, but over all it went okay.   I won the Master's division, but not Best in Show.    Still a good win and mostly I was thrilled with how the day went.


Meet Link and Peaches

Link (above with Jared) and Peaches (with Ruth) are sisters and they are around 8 weeks old.  They are a lionhead/lop eared mix.  We adopted them on Friday after Chuck spent a few days earlier in the week painting the hutch and getting everything ready for the new arrivals.

Family Reunion

In spite of being burned out of our first location, my sister was able to find a second location on very short notice and we had a fun family reunion with my siblings and their families. We had a lot of fun evening activities with skits and games (I don't have any pics of those).   Here are some pictures from our outdoor adventures:

We spent one morning at a pioneer museum.

The water was so cold that it numbed our feet. 

This hike up Kannara Creek Canyon was the most fun hike I've ever done. 

Beside the waterfall was this death ladder you had to traverse. 

We saw some dinosaur prints.  It was super hot.

Spending an evening hearing stories from grandma.  I learned a few things I didn't know.

Trek

We had to leave the family reunion a day early so our kids could go on a Pioneer Trek with our church youth group.  They only get one chance to do this every 4 years so we didn't want them to miss out.  They both said it was okay but they didn't love it.

Jared front right.

Ruth on the back 3rd from the left. 

Happy Late Aniversary

Chuck and my 19th anniversary kind of got lost in all the wedding planning. So the day we sent the kids on Trek we took advantage of the alone time and spent the day at a fun center driving go-carts and playing mini golf  (not to brag but I did get the highest score on my laser tag team) :)