Showing posts with label Bucket List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bucket List. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 September 2015

Chasing down the Sun

One of the things that I wrote down on our summer bucket list was sunsets, sunsets, sunsets. I just love how the sky turns so many shades of pink, orange and purple, it's kind of magical and I wanted to capture those little moments. Having these nights together where we were literally chasing the sun as it began to dip were wonderful. Some nights we sat on benches and watched, others we stood in wheat fields and snapped photo after photo. Anna even got in on the action and had her friends trying to watch the sunset from our backyards as they played into the evening. Some nights we went for a walk afterwards and other nights we found ourselves driving down gravel roads checking out the countryside. A couple nights as we drove we ended up missing the sun as the clouds took over and that was always a letdown but we were forced to go to Dairy Queen instead. ;)

These little trips are some of my favorite moments from the summer and hearing Anna talk about how beautiful the sky looks make me so very happy. I hope to continue this little tradition and see what we can chase down throughout the year. 

St. Albert
 St. Albert
 North of Edmonton, down a back road.
 North of Edmonton, down a dirt road, around a corner, down another dirt road beside a wheat field.
Stettler

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Bucket List - See Pink Live - Check

Awhile back, Cory asked me if I had a Bucket List. I am not sure if I had ever thought about it, thought about all the things I wanted to do before I.... well you know. I was on the spot, I couldn't think of anything. Then I stopped and looked at him and said "I would love to see Pink live." A few weeks after that conversation it was announced that Pink would be bringing her Truth About Love tour to Canada and to Edmonton. I scrambled to find a phone and call Cory at work... omg, omg, omg. Then came time to buy the tickets and with all the ticket hoarding websites out there it was nearly impossible to get a ticket through Ticketmaster. I tried for 3 days through all the presale venues and then finally on the last day of presale I saw a link for VIP, clicked it and found 2 tickets. My heart was racing and my poor hands were all sweaty. I NEEDED these tickets and if I took too long they would be snatched up (they only give you what feels like 5 seconds to buy the damn things). 

Victory! I literally squealed and jumped up and down- for real! 

It was October 22 and I got a text that the show for October 23 was cancelled... I thought I might burst into tears (I didn't). The show was rescheduled for January 16 and we were off. 

This was the most incredible show I have ever seen. I knew every word to every song and danced the night away. She is completely inspiring. The singing, the Aerial, the acrobatics- unbelievable! I was in awe! I help my breath on more than one occasion as she flew through the air or hug upside down using just her leg strength. 

I took a video (probably not allowed to do that) as she opened the show and watch it over and over just to relive that excitement as I saw her shoot out of the stage. 

Amazing! 
(photo credit- Ginger)




(photo credit: Ginger)