The Last of Summer Vacation

Since I go full fledge back to work tomorrow, ie. students are back, I thought I'd show the last of our summer. I forget that this blogger uploads pictures backwards so we will wind back.


Last weekend, Jazz and I drove to Edmonton for the CariWest Festival. It was very hot, as it should be since it's celebrating the Caribbean.

Here we are trying to enjoy the music of the day.

Here I am eating Doubles -- we used to eat these everyday for lunch when I was in Trinidad. Thankfully, they were done well here as well! YUM!

One of the elaborate and ginormous costumes!

And me with a humongo costume.

The tail end of the parade.

And some more costumers.

Then there's been another fun part of summer: our new tennis courts! Jazz and I like to play one another a couple of times a week.

And luckily, we got to spend three weekends in a row with Christen. Here we are in Edmonton enjoying the heat on the patio!


Boo hoo! Even though the hot weather keeps going, that's it for summer vacation! Now I'll go and enjoy the last of it!

Jazz Goes to Steinbach, Manitoba to Meet the Family!

Summer is the best time to drive half way across the country and visit family in Manitoba. It was a first for Jazz; first time to drive 12 hours + in one day, and first time for him to meet my family there.

Jazz taking the wheel.

The first stop: Medicine Hat, Alberta

The second stop: Regina, Saskatchewan

Almost there: Winnipeg...45 more minutes until Steinbach.

Oh, we're there! There's Friesen Ave!

We had a wonderful welcome with a gathering on Sunday. Here's Uncle Smoky, Uncle Marty and cousin Connery.

Here's Auntie Bettie and Uncle Allen

Here's Meranda and Tony with their baby Margeux.

Monday we had dinner with more cousins and their growing families!

Now to show all the relaxation. 

Grandma had finger lickin' good butta suppe ready for me right away! YUM!

We really enjoyed chillin' out and reading in the backyard every morning. 

This is the most peaceful place I know on earth.

What perspective!

Grandma also made us a pie! YUM again!

And we sat back and played a lot of Skipbo!

Grandma treated us to a day at the Mennonite museum. 

Lots of learning and a little playing!

Weeeee!

I love my grandma!!!!

And my husband!!!!

Jazz's First Stampede!

Our good friends Kiely and Craig accompanied us to my first experience of the Calgary Stampede- the world's largest rodeo show and championships. We saw plenty of horses and cattle, small, large and XXLarge! There were art exhibitions and live music performances and although we didn't get to see much since we went quite late we hope to go again on Friday to 'probably' see a rodeo show. I say probably since I now have certain reservations about how they get the horses and bulls to 'buck'. Look up bull riding on Wiki...Not all that nice if you think if it were done to you! But all in all it was kool to see cow boys and gyals from the world over with stetsons as far as the eye could see. YEEE HAAAA!!

Those crazy cowboys want to be riding bulls with horns like these?

Terra and Kiely put on their own bucking rodeo show!

Even had my own little business running :o)

Silly Cow Girl!

Crazy Long Time!

It's been such a long time since we updated, people are probably not checking anymore! I don't blame ya...

Jazz and I in Horse Shoe Canyon yesterday...we went to Drumheller with our friends Tara and Dan.
A whole bunch of teachers who showed up to a Street Meet to support the Ups and Downs Society for kids with Downs Syndrome.

Us kids with daddy on Father's Day!

Erin and I at her University Graduation!

Me on my 27th birthday! My fabulous husband had 2 days of Surprise Parties for me!

I got a Wii for my birthday so they were checkin' it out!

Gotta love summer time!

These pictures are very out of order...Dan, Tara and I at the Royal Tyrell Museum yesterday!

Doodilee-Doo

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Can you tell that I chopped my hair off???

Jazz has been working his new job for 3 weeks now and we got the benefit of one of the perks: free tickets to a hockey game. Friday night we went to the Calgary Hitmen game (WHL not NHL) and got awesome seats (5th row)! It was Jazz's very first time at a real life hockey game! (I think he was busier taking a bizzillion pictures rather than watching the game though :)

Last weekend was Easter and dad came over and he and I made a feast together. We had fun all day playing games while the turkey was cooking. It was a great family day.

Here's dad with the barbeque:

Now it's snowing again. Jazz is pumped. He's hoping we'll find a sled for sale so that he can finally go hit the slopes! We'll let you know...