Canada Day!

Since Canada was only a short drive from where we were staying, we decided to venture up there for one day.  This was probably my favorite day (even more favorite than reading by the pool!).  More pictures, with captions as needed.

Bear!  We were in the car, so no danger.  There was also a baby bear, but I couldn't get a picture

John and me before our first little hike

Ben in Red Rock Canyon

Collin's genius plan to use the self timer for a group shot!  

John fashioned some walking sticks for crossing the streams

Collin and John very close to some sheep - one of the coolest moments of the trip!  

Collin's picture of the sheep

Collin's picture of the sheep

Prince of Wales hotel - gorgeous!

This is the view from the hotel

Ben by the police station - we saw no actual mounties.  

Waterfall in Waterton 

 you can see the guys up near the top

Needless to say, it was sort of gorgeous up there!  Way to go, Canada!  

Oh, Galveston!

Hi there!  I may have gone on vacation last week, and I didn't tell anyone.  I'm so sneaky!  I'll be recapping vacation for the next few posts, and then I should be back to normal posts again.  We shall see.

Anyway, we flew down to Houston on Friday after work, and then hopped a bus to the Port of Galveston on Saturday morning, to catch the cruise ship.

On the Bus

We walked around Galveston for a bit before we got on the boat.  The most interesting thing that happened was when we got in trouble at the train museum.  We thought the lobby area was not part of the museum, so we were walking around in there, and of course, I had to take a picture with one of the random statues.  Then the lady at the ticket counter scolded us and said we needed to pay or leave.  We left.

Once we got on the boat, we got settled into our room, and then the boat started heading south.

One of my favorite things about cruising is the amazing sunsets, so I'll probably be inundating you with sunset pictures.  I just love the big sky and big ocean!

And finally, my dinner outfit for the first night on the boat.  This is my new $6 dress from Kohls and I quite like it!  It came with a drawstring waist, but I thought it needed a contrasting belt, so I removed the drawstring and grabbed the white belt.  The scarf was purchased after dinner at the gift shop on the boat.  It wasn't quite as warm as I expected it to be in the Gulf of Mexico!

Dress: Kohls
Belt: Chinese Laundry
Sandals: Carlos Santana
Scarf: Princess Cruise gift shop

Office Olympics

Last week, my company held the annual Office Olympics.  We do ridiculous things at work sometimes, like Rock Band Tournaments and Office Chair Parades.  The Office Olympics are just one of these things.  The day of this event also happened to be one of the first chilly days of the fall.  I thought it was a pretty good excuse to bust out my new Ben Folds Five hoodie.  (Seriously, blogger doesn't think hoodie is a word!)

My team got 8th out of 14 total teams.  This basically means we are the winners of the bottom half.  We also couldn't think of a clever team name, so the organizers just called us "Team MLDJS", which is the first initial of each of our last names.

Every year, I hope to discover a talent that I hadn't previously known about.  No luck this year.  I did learn I'm not particularly skilled at catching a ping pong ball with a lint roller or throwing a pool noodle like a javelin.  Maybe next year...

Shirt and Jeans: Gap
Hoodie: concert souvenir
Shoes: Converse