Stampede - part 2- The Rodeo

Monday wasn't near so nice a day. It wasn't too cold, but the rain was torrential when it came down, which was often. We watched the big screen from here for awhile, but the area had to be cleared for safety reasons. The rain did let up long enough for the steer wrestling so Keith and I left Daniel with his Grandma and joined Dad & Melissa in our assigned outdoor seats.


Since Justin was a competitor, we had access to a special seating section right on the track, within spitting distance of the infield. They were great seats, but we didn't get to enjoy them for very long.








Here is a textbook dive-off-your-running-horse-onto-a-running-steer manouver executed by Justin. Unfortunately, his horse broke the barrier and he was given a ten second penalty on top of his 3.6 second time. A very expensive speeding ticket.



The rain started up again not long after the steer wrestling so it was back inside to watch it on the televisions.



Daniel had a good old nap during all of this, and wasn't bothered by the rain at all. After he woke up, we waited for another break in the rain to make a run for the other end of the Stampede grounds where we checked out the trade show and then headed for home. And somewhere in there we managed to try out the deep-fried oreos. How could we not?



That's all for now folks. :)

Stampede- part 1- The Rangeland Derby

This past weekend my sister's fiance was competing in the Calgary Stampede steer wrestling event so we took the opportunity to meet up with them and my parents in Cowtown. Sunday evening both Melissa & Justin had the night off from being competitors, so we all went to the Rangeland Derby Chuckwagon Races on the grounds. It didn't start until Daniel's bedtime, but he did remarkably well. With all there was to look at he seemed most interested in Grandpa's cowboy hat and my hoodie strings.




A gorgeous summer night to look at, but there was a bit of a cool wind.






Daniel enjoyed getting reaquainted with his Grandpa.










Every once and awhile he watched the races.




But mostly he just played with my hoodie strings and looked cute.

Daniel's First Canada Day

Canada Day was the first official day of Keith's summer vacation this year. Daniel was so happy to have him around all day! We hung out at home for the morning & then while Daniel had an afternoon nap. Around 4pm we headed to Henderson Lake to take in some of the Canada Day festivities while we went for a walk around the park. For supper we enjoyed a BBQ at a friend's house followed by playing on the lawn. Daniel wasn't sure about the grass at first, but quickly got over it and had a lot of fun. We're now looking forward to the rest of the summer and spending lots of time outside and with friends and family. We'll be busy with visiting in July, and then packing in August. We have offically bought a new house now, and look forward to be in it before the end of summer. For now though, we're just going to enjoy the long days of sunshine. Hope you have a great summer too!