2nd Annual Backyard Birthday Olympics

Saturday, July 30th

Flip your Lid
Team A: Cris
Team B: Steve
Flip the cup from the edge of the table and land on the neck of a beer bottle.
Winner: Cris





Baby Blockin'
Team A: Stef
Team B: Stacey
Stack 5 wooden blocks on top of a paper plate, on top of your head.
Winner: Stacey

Go the Distance
Team A: Emma
Team B: Kim
Using a tape measure roll a ping pong ball into three shot glasses at different distances.
Winner: Kim


Double Trouble
Team A: Cris
Team B: Steve
Bounce 2 ping pong balls at the same time, in one throw, into 2 pint glasses.
Winner: Steve




















Spudnick
Team A: Stef
Team B: Stacey
Insert 5 bendy straws into a raw potato and balance a mint on the end of each straw
Winner: Stacey










Cantagious
Team A: Emma
Team B: Kim
Start with 3 empty cans in one hand and 3 full cans in the other. Without putting them down, or using your body to steady them, transfer the cans to the opposite hand they started in.
Winner: Emma



Get Forked
Team A: Matt
Team B: Tyler
Roll a quarter toward the tines of a fork, and have it stand between them.
Winner: Tyler
Caddy Stack
Team A: Logan
Team B: Dean
Stack 3 golf balls
Winner: Dean


Ready Spaghetti
Team A: Emma, Stef
Team B: Stacey, Kim
Using raw spaghetti transport three cans by their tabs from one table to another.
Winner: Stacey & Kim









Puddle Jumper
Team A: Matt
Team B: Tyler
Blow a ping pong ball from one glass of water to another glass of water, at three different distances
Winner: Tyler


Team A:
Matt
Cris
Stef
Logan
Emma


WINNERS
Team B:
Steve
Kim
Tyler
Stacey
Dean

Logan's Birthday & Birth Announcement

March 12

10 Weeks 3 Days

Logan's 29th Birthday

Beach Theme Party

It was a birthday party, but we also chose this time to announce to everyone that we were expecting. Everyone was very excited for us!

Jason

Ruby Dawn & Emma



Tyler, Stef, Sarah & Jason

Aron, Dean, Jenn & Craig

Jenn, Stef, Matt, Sarah & Craig

Logan blowing out the candles.

Baseball BBQ

The first weekend of June we had a Baseball BBQ. It was great fun. Nearly every one's comment was "I can't remember the last time I played baseball". That being said, everyone did great - and the weather was also great.

There were many cops: (back) Troy, Baldwin, (Center) AJ, Logan, (Right) Alex, Craig.

We had enough people to have two full teams. Everyone got involved - here my theatre friend Mark is pitching. Mark, Aaron (TD at Theatre Calgary) Matt (from Do It With Class) were all on my team - let's say team TFD (so named by Steve).

Stef pitching and AJ on the other team-team 2.

Team 2 - Craig, Alex and Logan. Steve, the runner on third, on TFD.

Logan's partner from Vancouver arrived with his wife Pam and daughter Madison.

Jason on Team 2, Aaron (Tech Director) TFD.

Craig and Logan in the field.

TFD waiting to bat :Matt, Aaron, Steve, Kate (Troy's wife),Mark, Andy's Wife, Kendal (Baldwin's wife) and Nathan (Kendra's husband, Auntie Brenda's step-daughter).

Andy and his wife are fresh from the UK and had never played baseball before. They were great fun.

TFD again.

Tyler batting, Kendra catching (Auntie Brenda's step-daughter)

Stef, AJ and Jason - Team 2. Kendra (my good friend from Regina) on first.

Team 2 - Miranda, Andy, Baldwin, Craig.

When we called the game, Team 2 was ahead by a couple of points. We finished our beers and walked back to our house for hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad, spinach strawberry salad and trifle for dessert.

AJ, Matt, Aaron.

Tyler, Stef, Jason and Craig.

Mark. (Mark and Matt were in town working on "The Producers" at Stage West.)

We had some food and some beers. Many people stuck around into the night for a fire.

A quick trip home

Logan, Dan and I just returned from Regina. Logan and Dan (Lindsay's husband) went on a boys camping trip with Lorne, a boys trip.

I joined them for the ride, leaving them at Chaplan where Lorne drove them to Diefenbaker.

I continued on to Regina and had a quick visit with a number of different people! Usually when I head home we have limited time and spend one day with my family, one day with Logan`s family and then we drive home. This time I had the opportunity to visit with friends (as both sets of parents had visited us in Calgary recently).

Mom and Dad hosted dinner for Grandma, Grandpa, Janet and I. It was wonderfully delicious.
I also had lunch with Kendra, dinner with Lisa, lunch with Janet and drinks with the ole Do It With Class gang. I had a great couple of days. They always go by to fast.

Late Twenties

Yesterday was my 27th Birthday. Were does time go. Think back to high school. How far away does 27 seem then? I graduated at 17 years old. "What do you think you will be doing ten years from now" is a common question. I am married to a man that I love and is my best friend. I have established myself and am very successful in a career that I chose, that I love and have proved to many (that I am sure doubted) that I could earn a living working in professional theatre. I have a house that is everything I could have hoped for, that I am slowly decorating to my taste. I have a little puppy who loves me unconditionally. I have a family that loves me and will make the effort to drive to Calgary to see us, to the city we chose that took us away from that very family. Family that have been brought together by our marriage, that don't have to see each other except when Logan and I ask them to be, that will hang out together, go for drinks or go to concerts together. I think that the 17 year old me would be very happy with where I am at now.

My birthday was fantastic. The weather was the best it has been...maybe all summer. As I had mentioned in the last post we sat on the deck in the heat all day. Logan pulled out the pool and we had a great time watching Charlie and Robyn. After our classy meal of McDonald's I opened up some presents.

Logan got me the newest and coolest in scrapbooking, a Cricut Cutter. I have been asking for one for a bit, doing my research and trying to find the best deal. It is like a printer but works without a computer. You select the shape/letter/design and insert paper and the machine cuts it out in any size. Very intricate shapes and letters. I am very excited. Everyone watch out, homemade cards are on their way for years to come.


Leah and Marc headed on to the family they were here to visit and Mom, Dad, Logan and I had supper before heading over to Meagan and Stef's place for my party. All I knew was that they were working their tails off...no idea on what. It was a Musical Themed Party. I was very excited. Not many people I hang with now know the musical side of me. It was a huge part of my life for so many years. It is primarily the music I listen to by myself. It was great to let that side of me out for the night.


Everyone was dressed up as someone from a musical. They even were able to steal my Marty costume from "Grease" that was hanging in my guest room closet. They had it there ready for me to wear it. (It was a bit warm, but you can see my pink ladies jacket on the chair).
Logan, Sonny from "Grease".

Dad went as a Greaser.

As you can see from the comments below, I was corrected (and apparently uninformed or not a very good guesser) Mom went as one of the ladies from the new musical 9 to 5.

The Hosts of the Party Stef and Meagan, along with Raveigh dressed as Diamond Dogs from "Moulin Rouge".

Cris dressed as Ash from "Evil Dead: The Musical". (He was not the only one, Ruby Dawn arrived later in the same outfit - only she had just spent three months working on the show)

Meagan's Mom May also attended as Annie Oakley from "Annie Get Your Gun". It was great that she came, we have been doing a circuit workout two/three times a week (Meagan leads May, Stef, Auntie Shelley, Rackhee and a couple other friends of Meagan's).
They went all out with the details. Music playing all night.

Mom made Sangria, the girls had Pink Lady Punch, Technicolour Shots, Carousel Jello Shooters.

And a whole table of food.

Yellow Brick Road out of cheddar cheese, A Taste of Siam eggrolls,
Oliver olives, Diamonds are a girls best friend Veggie Diamonds from "Moulin Rouge" and my favorite the Venus Fly Trap Audrey Two made out of pickles.
And desserts, Rumblin' Sharks Gummies from "West Side Story", and Phantom cupcakes.

And This is my boomstick "Evil Dead" cake.

I had such a good time.

A little fABBAulous bubbly ala "Momma Mia"
They even had a game (because "what Stacey party would be complete without planned activities"). They had a crazy difficult Musical Quiz. I didn't do very well. The questions were so detailed, but great. I even had to perform.

So Long, Farewell from "The Sound of Music"

The Hand Jive from "Grease".

With Meagan and May you will also see Rakhee who also does the circuit training dressed up from "Bombay Dreams" and Craig as Roger from "Rent".

I opened up some great, extremely thoughtful gifts.

Ate a delicious cake, Chocolate with Raspberry center.

After cake we went out for a fire. It was a beautiful night, still very warm. Not at all like a normal Calgary night.

Ruby Dawn as Ash from "Evil Dead". She joined us in time for cake a the fire.

I wasn't the only one that enjoyed myself. Stef and Meagan dancing to each other through the kitchen window.