Rick Riordan

We spent our family night listening to and then meeting author, Rick Riordan.  The girls and I have loved his Percy Jackson series.  The girls have also thoroughly enjoyed the 39 Clues series he collaborated on.

We arrived early to get good seats and still ended up at the back of pretty long line so I entertained myself by taking photos.

.The girls aren't always happy about having the Momarazzi after them.

Mr. Riordan was a very entertaining speaker.

 He used to teach English in a middle school and I think his students must have loved him.

After listening to him talk about why he started writing children's books (to help his son) he read an excerpt from his newest book.  He then answered a few questions from the audience and one of my daughters was THRILLED that he picked her out of the audience.  She asked him a question about the new 39 Clues series and since he isn't in charge of this new set of books he said he didn't know the answer to her question but looked forward to finding out.  After the Q&A we waited in the auditorium for our letter to be called and then in line for our books to be signed.  This time the girls agreed to pose for pictures.

This is their silly pose.

And this is their "Bella hair swing" pose.
They make me laugh!

Despite the fact that Mr. Riordan was willing to answer questions from every person who came to have a book signed, the line went very quickly.  He was personable and very efficient.

Another great experience.

Tonight there are two more authors coming to the King's English Bookstore which the girls would love to see but they have a prior commitment to go to a Haunted House.  They lead a very rough life.  They are trying to convince me to go get autographs for them - but what's an autograph if you haven't met the person?

Loser

I'm very behind in my posts.

I never finished posting about the wonderful time we had in New York.

Or the cute kitty we adopted after we got home.

We named him Mister Eko after a character in Lost, one of our favorite TV shows.

Despite these relaxed poses he's a very active cat, full of mischief and definitely deserves his own post. 

Mister follows me around the house and when he isn't helping me sew he relaxes in my fabric piles.
And then there was the Health Fair that I attended with one of my daughters.

 We thought it would be dull but we ended up having a great time!

 I've also neglected to post about the wonderful BBQ we had in the neighborhood.
Lots of fun visiting with neighbors and lots of fabulous food.
There was even a freshly killed pig roasted on a spit.

 I couldn't eat it.
I prefer my meat to be anonymous and without a face.

And lastly I haven't blogged about the wonderful time I had at Quilt Fest
in Midway, Utah, at Zermatt Resort. 
I taught a class on how to design your first Art Quilt and the students were wonderful!
They all did a fabulous job and I have pictures of them all but I haven't blogged it all yet.

I've been busy with work and family and my computer has been stubbornly slow lately.

Not to mention it crashed and lost everything.

Fortunately I did have about 90% of everything backed up.

So one of these days I'll catch up.

In the meantime I'll just be a loser.