Yee-haw

Summer is slipping by quickly. Sarah's camera died and she has no pictures to show from her trip to Mount Hood, Oregon. We have to take her word for it that the skiing was fun and the team had a great time together.

Alison went off to Fairmont for a visit that included cliff-jumping. I'm still waiting on photographic descriptions on that one.

I do have some pictures of Alison at Stampede, though. Sarah went with another friend and her mom, so it was just me and Mook at the grounds. We checked out lots of stuff and Alison even got to milk a fake cow. Fun!

Yahoo!

Stampede has returned!


Alison and I braved the crowds to check out this year's parade. Doesn't she look great?

The parade had a zillion horses and marching bands and floats and the shriners and all the other things that make parades parades. I snapped a photo of the University of Calgary Solar Car because it's really cool.


Afterwards, we walked through downtown Calgary and Alison got a balloon hat to wear on her cowboy hat. Cute.


This is her reaction to hearing how those branding marks got onto the horses behinds. I waited to click the camera until I said, "and then they take the hot iron and burn the mark onto the animal's skin." Yeah, we love the enthusiasm of the Stampede, but really don't support the way the animals are treated.

Canada Day

Happy Canada Day, a little late, everyone! We had to celebrate without Sarah this year while she was at ski camp, so the rest of us went to Prince's Island in downtown Calgary to check out the festivities. Here we are enjoying a picnic lunch.


And check out Alison's fingernails! (Did them myself, I really did!)