Yahoo!

I know a lot of Calgarians roll their eyes when they hear the word "Stampede". I know I have! I just think of all the skantily clad women, the drunks, the carnies, the cheesy outfits, the money spent and think to myself, "I think i'll just stay in and watch a movie". But you know what? I received the itinerary in the mail and saw all the fun things going down at the Stampede and thought, "I'm taking a day off work and we're taking our butts down to the Stampede Grounds." After all, it IS the greatest outdoor show on earth. How could we miss out?

 Walking to the train, observing the jungle of weeds near an empty lot

 I love bumblebees!! I want to make a Bee Kite one day.

 Jordan after going down the UP escalator!

 Waiting for the train. It's nice that it's so close to our house now!

 Awww what a cutie!

 Wow...really? (as seen on the NE C-train)

We're here!!

 Amazing sand sculpture

Speed painter

 My little brother talking to the painter

 Mildly creepy bronze statue guy

 High dive 

 It just isn't the Stampede without mini donuts!

 So good but so bad!

 Ice skating/acrobat show

David Pelletier and Jamie Sale

 Trampoline wall

Human cannonball (seriously...how do you get a job like that?)

 Deciding what to do next

 Baby chickies!

 Aww so cute!

 I think it freaked Jordan out a bit!

 Mini horse!

 Super dogs

 Impressive motocross

 I think I was holding by breath the whole time

 Serious talent

 It was nice to meet up with my mom, my brothers, and two of my sisters

 Pretty fireworks

 Getting scared for the ride (we just went on one)

 Ride time!

Crazy food like deep fried oreos...good thing we passed on that one.

For those of you who hate Stampede, I think you should all stop being pickle suckers and go next year! If you're organized and figure out what's going on, you can have a great date day! 

I love my Cowboy and have been having a great summer with him. I'm sad it's almost back to school time :(