A busy weekend life
soo since last time...
i have witnessed a non-fatal though very serious car crash...the truck sitting at the lights next to us ran the red light and smashed into the side of a cab full of people, i will never forget the sound of the tires screeching, we were obviously pretty much on the scene so we went up to the car to check that everone was alright...the front seat passenger had some shoulder wounds and the girl behind him had a pretty bad head injury and kept repeating 'i just want to wake up' and all i could do was squeeze her hand and try and keep her awake....and then after this fairly traumatic incident i was trying to give a statement to the police who were grilling me on all the small details of the crash..and all i could think was the poor girl and could barely remember what happened before...
but on a happier note...i attended a real live full-contact jousting match with the knights wearing 125Lb of armour and smashing their lance tips and falling off horses ...it was all very exciting but a little repetitious...before this there was also a gala feast where we got to meet the knights in person and watched some sword fighting and fencing, as well as listening to harp music during dinner which of course we had to eat with our hands....
Grande Prairie also hosted the speedboat competition...where the jet craft race about 1 and a bit hours downstream and then all race the same course back upstream...the cumulative time of each leg determines the winner...i found myself as a ring in sitting on the start/finish line with all the time keepers helping to record the placings....
This last weekend was July 1st or Canada Day...where everyone gathers to shout 'happy canada day' as they watch a rediculously long parade of trucks and unimogs and people on horses...and then have fireworks at like 12.30pm because it is just too light out before-hand....also we undertook an extreme backyard makeover...unfortunately the temperature was 30+ most of the day...
however we managed to cut out flower-beds around the fenceline, construct a raised flowerbed in the corner (in which i transplanted a tree, dad you should be proud) re-layed patio tiles and generally cleaned up the existing flowerbeds and path tiles....all in all the job was all but done...a HUGE task in 3 evenings by two girls..i am super proud of us....before and after pictures are to come...you will be impressed too....
i have witnessed a non-fatal though very serious car crash...the truck sitting at the lights next to us ran the red light and smashed into the side of a cab full of people, i will never forget the sound of the tires screeching, we were obviously pretty much on the scene so we went up to the car to check that everone was alright...the front seat passenger had some shoulder wounds and the girl behind him had a pretty bad head injury and kept repeating 'i just want to wake up' and all i could do was squeeze her hand and try and keep her awake....and then after this fairly traumatic incident i was trying to give a statement to the police who were grilling me on all the small details of the crash..and all i could think was the poor girl and could barely remember what happened before...
but on a happier note...i attended a real live full-contact jousting match with the knights wearing 125Lb of armour and smashing their lance tips and falling off horses ...it was all very exciting but a little repetitious...before this there was also a gala feast where we got to meet the knights in person and watched some sword fighting and fencing, as well as listening to harp music during dinner which of course we had to eat with our hands....
Grande Prairie also hosted the speedboat competition...where the jet craft race about 1 and a bit hours downstream and then all race the same course back upstream...the cumulative time of each leg determines the winner...i found myself as a ring in sitting on the start/finish line with all the time keepers helping to record the placings....
This last weekend was July 1st or Canada Day...where everyone gathers to shout 'happy canada day' as they watch a rediculously long parade of trucks and unimogs and people on horses...and then have fireworks at like 12.30pm because it is just too light out before-hand....also we undertook an extreme backyard makeover...unfortunately the temperature was 30+ most of the day...
however we managed to cut out flower-beds around the fenceline, construct a raised flowerbed in the corner (in which i transplanted a tree, dad you should be proud) re-layed patio tiles and generally cleaned up the existing flowerbeds and path tiles....all in all the job was all but done...a HUGE task in 3 evenings by two girls..i am super proud of us....before and after pictures are to come...you will be impressed too....
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