We finally attended our very first LPA National Convention! How could we miss it since it was in our home state. It took us about 8 hours to get to Anaheim, CA and it was totally worth it. They were so excited to get here and register as you can see in their faces.
We had lots of activities and people to meet. We finally met Tonya from Missouri. She is such a sweetheart!
The kids were in the kids room for only 1 day during the week long convention. They liked the kids room but enjoyed the arcade room and swimming too!
Aidan finally met Miss P….Peyton Tumbiolo that is. She is even more adorable in person!
Aidan FINALLY got to take the wheel and drive himself with the help on pedal extenders!
We met up with the Wymer’s from Minnesota and had dinner with them.
Aidan found his friend Alex Dino from the Los Angeles chapter. Alex is such a character….so loveable, like a little bear.
Matthew Cortez also from the Los Angeles chapter and a very good friend of Alex decided to join in.
There was an archive display of LPA that we had to check out. Some great photos were on display. It was wonderful to see how far we came from the first ever conference initiated by Billy Barty in Reno, NV. The 2011 conference brought in an attendance of over 2700 people. Below is a picture of our chapter treasurer Jim Kay. He was the responsible party for the archive room.
Ashleigh met up with Sam once again. They are really making a great lifelong friendship.
I couldn’t resist but getting a quick picture of Sam’s sister Anais here! What a cutie.
More arcade time!
We met up with the Hedger’s too! Liz is a sweetie. This picture was just too cute of her, Caty and Aidan all huddled together on a beanbag chair.
Oh, and yes. Mr. Caden from Washington. Aidan finally got to meet him and show him just how things are done!
Maybe I need to purchase some beanbag chairs because it appeared to be quite entertaining to many there!
We could have spent our entire time at the convention just meeting new and familiar faces. Next post are some pictures from DAAA, Downtown Disney, and the 4th of July party.
When I look at these photos it's like looking at family pictures. I love you guys all so much.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing these photos from the convention!! We really missed going this year and getting to see everyone! It looks like Aidan had such a great time at his first convention, and it looks like Ashleigh had just as much fun!
ReplyDeleteLove that photo of Aidan, Caty, and Liz on the beanbag chair - too cute! How cool that there were pedal extensions on the arcade games! I'm sure it was fun to see how far the conventions have come since the first one!
I hope that we'll finally get to meet you guys in person in the next year or two!!