Stampede 2010

Right before I almost died!!

Jay & Erica

165 Ft of scary ride..

The best & only shot with all our faces...

So close to Mariana's Trench.. and we got even closer too!

Look at this boys face.. So funny. Not sure if he was meaning to do this or what...

This is how far back we started.. and this is with my camera zoomed in all the way..

As if the little Michael Jackson wasn't bad enough...

Creepy. . .

Playing Bingo

Corn Dogs. . Yum Yum

What is summertime without at least one day of Stampede. Although it's always more or less the same every year, I still love it.. so I'll continue going. This year we headed down to the grounds on a windy, rainy, Monday evening with our good friends Jay & Erica Johnson. Although it actually didn't really rain on us other than the in consecutive spitting, it sure was dead there. The one thing I "used" to look forward to at Stampede was the crowds of strangers.. since their is always new and interesting people to chat with there.. but this year due to the weather it was unusually quiet and crowd less. Fine by me.. no waiting in line for Anything. We walked the grounds, vegged out on all the wonderfully greasy and delicious foods the Stampede has to offer. We played a game of bingo (not to sure if that counts as gambling.. hopefully not), but I did win at my first try, then we got to play a second free game :)

We watched Mariana's Trench play at the Coca Cola stage, and apparently that's where everyone was hiding, cos it was packed. And I still stand beside my theory of Never standing and waiting for hours at a all standing concert to be at the front. Because we made it from the Very back, all the way to about 6 people from the front through strategically weaving in and out of bodies every so often.

So those were the highlights of Stampede. .. but lets not forget the "low lights" of Stampede - Skyscraper ride. Yep as you all know just how terrified of heights I am, I was dragged against my will on this ride. And it was as awful as I make it sound. I was so terrified, I closed my eyes as tight as they would go, squeezed Bryan's hand, and held on for dear life.. Lets just say that was the first and most defiantly the Last I'll be going on that ride!

Bryan becomes a Journeyman

This past April/May Bryan went to school for his 4Th year Glazing. He did really good on all his assignments and tests. After class was done he had his Journeyman exam, and his IP (Inter Provincial) exam. He past both of them :) And recently he got his Glazing Journeyman certificate from the government. He still hasn't received his IP certificate. He is happy to be done school and to officially be a journeyman. Good Job Bryan!!

New Calling

I guess it's not so new anymore - but a couple weeks ago I got called as a sunbeams teacher, thankfully I'm not alone, my friend Corrine is a teacher with me. So far it's been great, our kids are so sweet and smart. Occasionally we have the crying, screaming kids, but they settle down. I forgot how much fun primary is, and singing time is always fun with all the actions - however I realized how many primary songs I don't know.

New Phones

For a while now Bryan's phone had been not working on and off, and mine was randomly turning off. So since we had them for a while we were able to upgrade them. So we went to look - not really planning on getting the iPhone.. but it was fairly cheap, and our plan is cheaper with the iPhone than it was before. Mine is the white one and Bryan's is the black one. It is really handy having our scriptures, church manuals etc all in the same place, on top of all the many games and silly free apps there are. It's amazing how you can loose track of time playing on the phones.. let alone the photoshop app I downloaded. . . .

Canada Day

Happy Canada Day Everyone!!

This year we went to the parade - we were all a little late getting there so we only had a chance to get to the beginning of the parade. It was a little disappointing, but not horrible. However it was super COLD out. We were all huddled up in blankets trying to keep warm. This kids would hide under the blankets till someone came throwing candy, then they would jump up, run, and gather up the candy. It was cute to see them excited for candy - and they were both really good at sharing the candy they gathered with other kids around us if they didn't get any.

It was a pretty good day - Plus we got a 4 day weekend.

Garage Sales

Two 14 x 20" wood picture frames - I plan on replacing the photos with ones I've took

($5.00 each)
New prop for photos - I can't wait to take some cute pictures with this desk. It will be Perfect for back to school photos and/or Kindergarten Photos
($5.00)

More Photo Props - Long stemmed flowers

($0.25)

Large tin can - I can't decided whether I want to use this for photos or paint it another color and put some sticks, and use it in our bathroom as a decoration...

($0.50)

Travel size Trouble ( $0.25)

Total Spent $16.00

Last weekend Bryan went on a white water rafting/camping trip in B.C. with all the youth. They left Friday and came back Sat - And he had a lot of fun! They had class 4 rapids, and luckily they all got home safe. Unfortunately Bryan didn't take a camera so we have no pictures.

So that left me home alone for a weekend! It actually wasn't to lonely - I had some friends over on Friday night, and Saturday I went to check out garage sales with our good friends Jay & Erica. There was so many of them we didn't even have time to catch all of them in the couple hours we were there. I got some good deals - and now I just can't wait till another nice weekend for more sales..