Origins

I didn't get a chance to take a lot of pictures from Origins, things were hectic to say the least.
Origins is one of the shows Nigel loves to take his kids to since it's a huge gaming show. The kids love it and enjoy both the hotel pool and going to different gaming platforms throughout the day. On top of it it falls on Xavier's birthday which is quite perfect.
Well it being Xavier's 13th birthday things did not go quite as planned, the day of his birthday he managed to slip on some slick marble and cut his hand on the bottle that he was holding. Nigel spent the day at the hospital with him and we both spent the night there as well. In the morning Xavier was released and he was able to have quite a bit of fun for the rest of the week-end even with his arm immobilized.
We did have a very good week-end and had quite a great time with the art show staff who were great throughout the whole thing and put up with us running around like chicken with their heads cut off.
Am excited about maybe at some point having enough money to get originals from a few of the artists that I've met at the show... we'll see.

Port Pirate Festival

Yup, I promised an entry and never updated until today. Things have been more than hectic, and I don't have my computer with me, so it makes things a bit hard. I now have to find time to borrow a computer and an internet connection in order to update on anything.

Let's see Port Pirate Festival was quite a blast despite the weather. We had tornadoes throughout the week-end, but while it did dampen customer attendace a tiny bit, it did not dampen our fun. That week-end was Nigel's birthday, so we made sure to have as much fun as possible.
We met Joel and Dawn there and since it was also Joel's birthday, we spent quite a while celebrating both with him and Nigel.

Everyone, especially Nigel had a blast living up to their pirate-ness by being fairly destructive.

When it wasn't him hacking things with his sword, it was Xavier destroying set pieces at the end of the fair with a 2x4.
The rest of the time Xavier enjoyed grossing everyone out, especially his sister with his dirty feet of doom.

This awesome couple, brought some rum balls that were to die for. But not only was Jenn an awesome cook, they both were absolute sweethearts.

We did get a chance to spend some quality time with the kids, when they weren't off enjoying the hotel pool.
I did manage to stop Auna for a second to take a pic


At the end of the week-end, every one got airbrush tattoos
I really liked mine :)
Xavier learned to be careful who he trusts when getting a tattoo on his back, hopefully he learned his lesson



As we started packing up, a torrent of rain came upon us, and we were all drenched, some more than others, but we kept fairly happy throughout it all.


All in all, even with the weather being temperamental, we had a great time and I quite enjoyed meeting the whole crew. Joel and Dawn were absolutely great to hang out with and I can't wait until we get to see them again.