Calgary Expo

Ok are you ready for a ton of photos from Calgary Expo??? Ready .... set ... go......  Maddie was lucky enuff to get into the expo on Saturday, when 1000's of people were turned away, she kinda just walked in??  It was an accident, she had a ticket and she was just looking for a way in, and when she opened a door, she was inside.... so..... off she went leaving the 1000's of angry nerds behind! Had she not got in, we may not have known the issues with fire marshals and crowding people, so we likely would have shown up close to our photo shoot and been sadly ( madly ) disappointed at not getting in. So we set the alarm for 6am, that gave us time to get up, dressed, ready, hair done, costumes on, meet Russy for Breakfast and be at the doors for 9am. It seems they had reworked their entry troubles overnight and it was actually smooth sailing, but at 9 am 1 hour before the doors opened, their was a line a block long! Just as we got to our spot, the line started moving and they were letting us in, not to the expo but but we were inside and in the area where the photos were being taken. So now I could relax, we were here!

 Off to Expo we go....

The first character we saw was Gir, (  Invader Zim ) Maddie was so excited to see him!

There's our Motley Crue, Captain Kirk, Spiderman, Steampunk ( Machinka ) and Russy! 

The ticket sales were selling out fast and furious for the photo ops. The 3 we had prepurchased were sold out today!

The crowd gathering...

I'm not sure who this amazing creature was...... but so Kewl!!!

Awesome!!!! Underworld!!! ( Selene ) 

We didn't get pictures in the Batmobile....

But we did in the Delorean!!!

and on the kewl hover board!!!

haha from one Spidey to another!

and another!!

Donnie Darko.... 

 Spidey and Korilakkuma

Kirk in the actual chair from the set, signed by the original cast!

In the TNG EXPosed show, Riker made a joke, that he was in the Yukon one of the first years of the show at a convention and there were Star Trek action figures. Picard was 50 bucks, Geordi, Worf  ect... $40 and then he saw a sign  said "buy any action figure, get Riker free" Poor Riker.... so a booth at this show made a sign, and I thot it was quite witty!

awesome Kruger!!

Eddy and Maddie

So then Dean went to see Picard in the arena and Maddie and I walked around the expo, who do we run into, Ensign Henry Kim from Voyager (Garrett Wang)!!! He asked me if he could take my picture... so I asked him if we could take his :-) fair is fair!

Alberta Ghost Busters were there testing your power of psychic ability, so he had to think of 10 cards and send the thot to Maddie and she would guess ( read ) his mind and tell him the card he was holding up. She got 1 out 10. But then he said not to fret, maybe she is a sender not a receiver so he gave her the cards and he had to read her mind, he got 10 out of 10!!! So Maddie is a good sender!

These are our Photo Op pics.... Jasika Nicole and John Noble from the Fringe.... I was a little emotional as you can tell by my picture, John was so sweet!! I was really looking forward to this pic, it was the first one we signed up for months ago....and we just found out Fringe got renewed for another year!!! Yay!!!

Mr Stan Lee.... my cheeks are red and my eyes are glassy..... but so are Maddie's I have passed my gift onto Maddie. How exciting to meet Stan Lee in a Spiderman costume!!!! He was also such a sweet man, I walked up and as soon as I saw him I teared up he gave me a big squeeze and had a huge smile for us.

And the prized possession.... the ENTIRE cast of Star Trek TNG!! It was so fast, and a blur, I had no time to get emotional.... good thing crying is tiring!! Fantastic experience..... awesome day.... once in a lifetime event! Maddie isn't a Trekky, nor does she know the characters.... but one day, it will hit her, and she will say..... I was there :-)