The Calgary Stampede!!

Let me tell you something, when the Calgary Stampede comes around the city is completely different. There's no work to be done, and all you need to do for two weeks is HAVE FUN. We decided to go to the Stampede three days this year. It was so much fun every single night.

The first night we went was the opening night. We went with a group of friends; Andrew, Chris & Monique. We went earlier in the afternoon and just enjoyed being there. We walked around the BMO centre which is a huge trade show. We ended up buying a couple things, but some of the stuff was hilarious! Randy's really good friend was also in the art show, so we went to visit him and his wife.  Then we hung around the stage until Our Lady Peace started playing!! They were so great live, and we had a blast with all of our friends.

 Eating a HUGE piece of pizza.

 A view of my walking shoes. These trusty Toms got me through two weeks of walking!

The Coca Cola stage!

My sister and I all dressed up and ready to Stampede!!

 Andrew and a bit of Randy

 Our Lady Peace

 Raine is so hot! His voice isn't bad either! :)

Monique and I attempting duck faces? I'm not quite sure.

After the show we all walked around finding all the great carnival food. Between the five of us we had deep fried oreos, pizza, corn dogs, pulled pork parfaits, and deep fried pickles! The oreos were the best! I definitely ate WAY TOO MANY.

The next night we met up with Elaine and Drew. Please don't judge me but I wore the same outfit as the night before. It was my best outfit!

 Elaine and I just taking some pictures!

 This describes our relationship to a tee. We are just random people!

Andrew put me up on his shoulders to watch Awolnation. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!

 The third and final night was actually the last night of the Stampede. We went with Andrew, Elaine, Chris & Monique.

 Chris, Randy and I representing some theChive shirts!!

 We also got a caricature drawn of us. It's so cute!! Andrew and Elaine got one too!

After we watched Awolnation we just walked around and enjoyed the fireworks!!! I miss the Stampede so much, and I can't wait for next year!

Part two coming up next...

Summer Part One! (Plus a whole lot of pictures!)

 Welcome to Summer Part One! We had a blast this summer. First, I started it off with RED HAIR!

 Then I took cute pictures of Theo. What can I say? I'm a happy cat lady.

 We hung out with Tanner, Desiree and Maclin as much as we could. We went to Joey Chinook to celebrate Desiree's birthday!

 I watched, and Randy played a lot of baseball! I'm the official scorekeeper, and it kept me busy all summer.

 We also had as much fun as possible with Annaleen this summer. This is a picture of her "ice skating" at an indoor play place here in Calgary. This time we met up with some friends and had a blast!

 Elaine and I went walking as much as we could. This night we walked way too long but walked all through the park here in Calgary. It was really beautiful, but a tough walk!

 I took a couple pictures of myself. This has to be my favourite of the summer!

 TANNER AND DESIREE GOT MARRIED! They surprised everyone and eloped. They looked so amazing and were really happy! Randy and I were the only people there with them and it meant a lot to be the ones they chose to come be the witnesses. I love this couple so much!

 The happily married couple! I've been waiting for them to get married forever!

 Cutting their cute little cake!

Randy and I at the afterparty. We had a blast! I'm so excited to post about the rest of summer!