Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Out Visit to Lloydminster

We've done a lot of long Friday night drives but this one was straight like we've never done straight before.

So what to do when driving straight for a long time?  Self portraits of course!

And then make funny faces.


And then get bored with the camera.

Saturday we went to the world's largest border markers.  Super cheesy pose.

And here are our wonderful hosts!  They did way better with the posing thing!

Then we went for a round of mini golf.  The pro goes first.




Original Joe's for supper.  Our brilliant husbands decided it would be fun to see who could hold a lemon slice in their mouth the longest.


Then the chuckwagon races!  Les McIntyre was even there calling the races!  Best outrider hat.

One of the finish lines.  We had some fun picking which wagon we thought would win.  I bet based on the prettiness of the reins (very scientific I know), Leif bet on barrel one or two, L bet on the best looking horses, and poor C got which ever one was left.

Some adorable kids hanging out at the front.


This is the biggest house in Lloydminster.  The guy built it just so he could say he had the biggest house.  It has a four car garage.  I wouldn't want to live there, but it sure looks nice!

The guys relaxing and exclaiming about cars or something.  That's their favourite thing to talk about!

And we get to hang out again in nine days!!!!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Art

A long time ago, a very dear friend went to Italy and brought this beautiful mask back for me.  I really wanted to put it up on the wall, but it needed something else to make it stand out.


I have another friend who can work magic with paper, glue, and ribbon.  Her supplier also sells decor elements to stick on the wall.  I found some swirls similar to the ones on the mask, but unfortunately no leaves so I had to cut my own out of blank sheets.

And after much difficulty with skinny sticky bits, that's where my first attempt at art now sits in our house.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Heritage Park

What an awesome place to spend a sunny Saturday.  First we went to the delightful Cora's again.

Four mochas.  Yum!

Gasoline Alley's nicest car.

The men and their trendy Super Dry t-shirts.  It's like they called each other to coordinate or something!

Miss cutie on the swing.

Bobbin lace.  It looks so complicated!

Trying to see the horse.

View across the reservoir towards downtown.

Mister mack getting a ride from his uncle.

Being such a guy, getting excited about tires!

Drinking from the water fountain.  Nice and cool.

Waving like a superstar.

The two lovelies before the musical.

Family ride on the ferris wheel.  So surprised she enjoyed that thing!

While this guy had a much needed snooze.

Us at the top.

Some cute little girl liked to wave at us from a few cars ahead!

Hooray for beautiful weekends!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Cute Kids


We might just have the cutest niece and nephew on the planet.  We spent some time with them at the park on the weekend.








And cute nieces and nephews also come with some extra cute friends!







Hope these happy smiles brought one to your face too!