Renaissance Festival

Well it's been a busy week with lot's of happenings, one of the most exiting being the Renaissance Festival that we went to on Saturday. I had a show Friday night and Dave went for a cycle Saturday morning so we got a slow start but eventually got to the festival at sometime after 12 which was fine since we would be there till it closed around 6ish, it would be a long day, a long hot day, golly was it hot !!! I felt bad for those people dressed up in costume, they must have been cooking !!!

I took millions of pics as you can well imagine, there is so much to see but I am only posting a few before I bore you all half to death. Jade had her usual fun at the petting zoo feeding the animals but I think the highlight of her day was riding the elephant. She actually did this last year too but we didn't get photos so thankfully we got some pics this year. I was also relieved to hear the elephant was from Asia, coz imagine come all the way from Africa to the USA to ride an African elephant here (hehehe) !!!

It's weird but we have been to this festival a couple of times and this was the first year that I actually realized that the rides that Jade was going on were manual rides, there was people power running all the rides (hehehe) must have been a blond moment for me :-)

Jade had such a ball drawing on this ladies skirt, I almost couldn't pull her away from there :-)

There was so much to see, much of course that we had seen before but still we enjoy it so much every year, I think next year though, I will get a babysitter and Dave and I can go by ourselves, there is so much adult stuff going on that we miss out on having Jade with us, actually I see so much more because Dave takes Jade on the rides and I walk around a bit more, it would be nice just for him and I to do it by ourselves one year.

We bought Jade this little bird whistle, it was quiet expensive but is well made and sounds amazing, I will have to video her so you can hear it, it really sounds like birds, now that I am thinking about it, we should have bought Sion one (hehehe) he might have appreciated that :-) Anyway everyone was enjoying the whistle but I think it's just a matter of time before we are tired of it, it has a great sound but too much is too much right ?

Then they had the usual jousting event which we all enjoy, I went and got us all lunch so we could eat while watching which worked out well, Dave had his usual huge turkey drumstick, Jade had chicken tenderloins and I had sausage on a stick which I hadn't had before but it was really yummy. I had the most amazing Italian Ice, a mango flavor, now that was the yummiest !!! I also did a video or two that I am going to post here but they aren't great since it's a new camera and I am still learning how this one works ... you will see what I mean :-)

Something that was new last year which still blew my mind this year, I must do one of these one day ... it's the hand wax moulds, they come out so cool, I think when Jade is a bit older we may try one with her :-)

This was another show which I watched, it was pretty cool but you can't get the complete effect, this guy was obviously up the ladder but he had fireworks strapped to his body which he eventually lit and then all the kids around the stage had water balloons that they had to throw at him since his chest would have been really hot from the fireworks, I am glad Jade didn't see this one. He also juggled using chain saws, scary !!! I also went to watch the hypnotist show but it wasn't as good as last years show.

Here are just some general pics :-) I could have pasted a lot as I said but Dave always tells me I am boring everyone and since no one seems to sign my guestbook anymore I am wondering if he isn't right !!!

Sunday was a pretty relaxing day, my neighbor had her daughter and son in law visit with their two kids and they play so well with Jade so pretty much most of yesterday afternoon we sat outside and chatted with them and let the kids play. Oh one funny thing happened, TD was up here chatting with us when all of a sudden he saw this big shaggy bunny run by and between him and Dave and Jade in toe of course, they chased it down and caught it. Obviously Jade wanted to keep it but there is no chance of that ... so TD has it now, so I am sure Jade will be visiting down there quite a bit :-)

That's me for this time, hopefully I will update again soon :-)

Oh golly I couldn't get the two video's loaded, I will try again later this afternoon when I have more time :-) In the meantime you can enjoy the pics :-) I hope.

Ok hopefully this one works ... I am still working on the other one.



Ok here's the other one ...

Been Pretty Quiet Lately ...

Hi There

I have been pretty busy lately so have been really quiet on here, sorry about that but in all honesty, there hasn't been much going on.

I have been subbing at Jades school quite a bit, not in her class but in the 2 year old class, it's been fun but they now found a permanent sub in that class so thankfully I won't need to go in as much as I was. I am still on their sub list so they will call me whenever they need me. Even though I wasn't in Jades class she has gotten a kick out of me being there, every time their class goes potty to to the playground or even to chapel, they pass my class and I hear her all the way down the passage 'did you see ... that's my mom' !!!

Other than that I have had a good amount of jewelry training on lately which has kept me busy, this past weekend they had a big roundup of over 700 people at the Cabarras Arena for a training session, our founders Andy and Joan were there too so that was a good treat. I was out from just after 8 Saturday morning till 5h30 the evening and well when I got home, I realized Dave had gotten a good dose of Jade and he was worn out !!! Welcome to my world :-)

October and November are going to be busy show months for me since we have a wonderful Christmas promotion on and I have a ton of booking, how exciting :-) it's going to be tiring though, one weekend I have a Thursday, Friday and Saturday party scheduled ... gosh !!!

Jade and I have both been battling the sniffles the past two weeks, it's just the season for that, too warm for sweaters and well the mornings are getting almost too cool for just T-shirts. I have packed all Jades shorts and Summer clothing away, hopefully some of it still fits her next year but most of it has been packed aways since for the most part she has already grown out of them. So with this weather that is so confusing right now, the sniffles had to happen, it's also a bad allergy season for me so I am hoping it won't be too bad.

With the weather being cooler the kids are all outside again which is great, I cannot believe that because Jade didn't ride her bike much in Summer since its way too hot, she has almost forgotten how to ride, hopefully with lots of practise she will be back on track again soon and will be having less falls.

On the cycling note, Dave has bought a mountain bike and has been cycling with some guys at work, not as much as I think he would like but it's too hard for him to cycle every night when we still need to do dinner and bath time etc. before bedtime for Jade at 7h30. Maybe he needs to get up earlier in the morning and go out but it's dark early in the morning now, so I don't know how much time he would really have, also I don't like him going out there on his own. He had a really bad fall the other day, thankfully he didn't break anything but he was well grazed up, poor guy so yeah, that's why I don't really like him going out there on his own, it's not like he is on the road that if he falls people will see him, he is on a trail but if no one takes that trail when he is out there, no one will know he is hurt if he is badly hurt. It was enough for me to get him to take his cellphone, what is it about men that they don't take their responsibilities in life that seriously, anything could happen, Heaven forbid of course.

This weekend we are going to the Renaissance Festival, I can't remember if we went last year, I think we did, yeah I definitely think we did, we have been a bunch of times and it's really a wonderful day so I am hoping the weather holds up and even though we need rain desperately, I hope it doesn't rain that day. I will as usual take lots of pics, ok now I know, we did go last year coz Jade rode the elephant and our camera battery died or something but we didn't get her on the elephant, maybe this time, we will see :-)

I guess that is me for now, oh yeah, I wanted to add three pics to show my Fall creativity which I have had fun putting together :-) The first one is for our front door, the second one is just outside our front door and the last one is a centre piece I put together but I have it in front of the fireplace right now, these are nice because I can swap out the flowers ever season to make it look different :-)

Oh and I almost forgot, we had another milestone birthday recently, Jessica, Dave's sisters child turned 13, wow, a teenager. Happy Birthday Jess !!! So this year we have had Dave's Mom and Dad turn 70, My Mom turn 60, David and his brother in law Sion turn 40 as well as my folks celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary, My Brother turned 30 and now Jessica turned 13. It's been a big year for us !!! Oh and Jade will be 5 soon too, not that that is a milestone but still :-)

That's all for me for now.