Cheyenne Frontier Days

I went on a road trip with my best friend Adena to the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming.  We had the greatest time!

 Adena goes to school in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  The city has a huge bluff on the edge that we hiked on.  I didn't bring any shoes except for cowboy boots.  The hike went surprisingly well anyway.

 Mount Rushmore was amazing.  I had two ice cream cones that day... also amazing.

 We tried to stop at every state line for a picture, even if we had to pull over on the interstate. We were pretty pumped when we finally got to Wyoming.

 We saw this man walking through the crowds, and we were very disturbed by the shotgun he casually slung over his shoulder.  Then we found him posing for pictures, and we felt a little better.

 We were so excited for the Reba concert.  We made friends with the Texas couple beside us and they asked to take a picture to send to their son who is our age.  I'm pretty sure they enjoyed our company more than Reba's singing; they could not stopping laughing at everything we said.

 We ate this whole turkey leg and loved every minute of it!

Calgary

I spent a week in Calgary during the stampede with my sisters.  Michelle is now seven months pregnant.  Baby Sliv is doing great and growing bigger every day. I forgot how much I love wearing my boots.

 

I have huge news.... My sister Rachel is pregnant too! Can you tell I am happy? She is due in February.  I am so excited for both of my sisters to have their first babies.  They always joked they would have their babies together and now they really are.  God has truly blessed my family

Vancouver

I went to Vancouver with my two best friends from university.  The trip was a way for us to celebrate our first year as teachers.  It was so fun and we were blessed with great weather; it only rained one day! As you can imagine, we shopped until we ran out of money and power walked everywhere.  We went to the aquarium, Stanley Park, Sunset Beach, English Bay Beach, China Town and even stumbled onto East Hastings.  I wasn't allowed to navigate after our near brush with danger.  It was such a great trip.

 

These are baby jellyfish and they were adorable.

I was beyond excited when I saw this. Notice my Vana White smile.  It's a fossil of the coelacanth fish that was on the grade seven's final exam. This is what it looks like ladies!

We thought there would be a huge line to go to the Wet Lab so we lingered by the door for 45 minutes.  Our waiting was in vain as only three other people showed up.  We asked really nice so the man let us hold the star fishes.  We were very excited.

There were some beautiful totem poles in Stanley Park. 

The trees were humongous!

I'm not sure what these statues were supposed to represent, but we loved them. 

I was going to use this picture to let everyone know that I am coming back to Rivier in the fall but Sr Mary beat me to it. I would have said the greediest pig is back for another semester!

End of June

 

I baked for my second wedding this summer.  The bride's only request was a rustic feel so I pretty much got to do whatever I wanted.  I am so happy with the way my first wedding cake turned out.

 

After finding out my bones were not set properly, I upgraded to a dorsal splint with a 30 degree bend.  This pinkie injury is really starting to get old.