On Wednesday I took a day off of work and drove downtown to attend the comic con press conference with my costuming club.   There were maybe 150 cosplayers there and we basically marched around, clapped when they made announcements of guests, and then stayed after for pictures, lots and lots of pictures. My picture was on several of the local news websites as well as printed in the Tribune.

HEROIC

We had a full day on Saturday.  In the morning Ruth competed in the Freedom Festival speech competition.  She submitted her speech via video and was selected as a finalist.  She got 3rd place in the competition and was happy with how she did.   Then we drove up to the U of U to attend an orientation for the Business Scholars program where we learned what cool experiences she'll have in the program but also how expensive it will be. 

Ruth accepting her award.