21 May 2009

May Long

Our friends, Dan and Anna, graced us with their company this past weekend. Our first out-of-town guests since we've been up here in 100 Mile. It was so great! Here's the weekend picture journal:
Saturday morning after breakfast - checking out the local waterfall:


After breakfast, we went to check out the local street parade. These are a couple of the more exciting floats...

(Star Wars & ...... Belle ?? ....okay.)


(Cowboy Church!! We wanna go check that out one of these Sundays) :)




Then we checked out some cowboy hats at a local consignment store


After that, we drove out to Canim Lake to join some of my aunts & uncles at a BBQ. It was COLD!!




Uncle Levi striking his Mantracker pose.


On Sunday, we got this brilliant idea to straighten Russ' hair with Anna's straight-iron. haha.

Here I am brushing out Russ' hair:

Before shot:

Middle shot:

After!

Isn't it awesome?? He looked like such a skid. haha

The rest of the morning/afternoon, we spent at Hartwig Lake Ranch doing some target shooting. Russ got to sport that hairdo ALL DAY. And it was Anna's first time ever shooting a gun. She was nervous at first, but loved it and took no time at all getting the hang of it!


Skid Russ showing her which bullets to use:





We all donned one of Russ' SEVEN camoflauge hats. PLEASE everyone!! No more camo caps!!


The milk jug:





This is one woman NOT to be messed with!




The hummingbird back at the house:


Another barbeque for supper!


Saturday night eating dinner....Russ' straight hair was starting to get to him. After dinner he decided to wet it to get the curls back. He felt a lot better after that. Actually, we all did.

Ping pong in the basement:

Ping pong & mate, that is.

Monday, we spent the morning playing a game and checked out the newly reopened Ironhorse Pub in Lone Butte.
What a great weekend! Lots of fun activities and fellowship - plus an adequate amount of chill time. Thanks for coming out, guys!

10 comments:

The W's said...

Okay, that hair is CREEPY! Yeah, wow, no straightening when we visit 'kay?!

What a FUN weekend!! So glad that you could enjoy some adventures with friends.

Frieda Wedel said...

Looks like you all had a great time. Looking forward to a visit too!

MamaZ said...

Straight hair? - not! Yep, I think you gun-toters should try out the cowboy church.

Anonymous said...

Love the hair Russ!! It is not you and I think you should keep the curls. I agree with Frieda you should try out the cowboy Church. Maybe when we are there as your Dad would enjoy it. Looking forward to our visit and thanks Carmen for an awesome update. hugs Mum

rachel joy said...

oh dear. first, does the real Mantracker wear Crocs? I can't picture it. And the hair. Dude! So nasty. If you're tired of camo hats, we have a snazzy green and yellow one here somewhere. With mesh at the back. ;)

Russ and Carmen said...

Rachel - we have one of those from you guys already. And it's in hiding. :) thanks anyway, though!

rachel joy said...

oh, you actually took it? I thought you didn't allow it to go home with you. ;)

Anonymous said...

so great.. it sounds like a lot of fun.... love the pictures....
karleigh

Anonymous said...

I don't think Carmen you were planning to become a redneck when you grew up. Congratulations, I will bring up some paint when I come! Ha Ha. Russ looks much better with curls, but it sure is funny.

xo
Julie

Julene said...

Wow, it must be so nice to enjoy the cooler weather, the BBQs, the scenery after your time in Indonesia! What a refreshment!