Mardi Gras, Pictou County Style

After being postponed a week due to weather we were finally able to celebrate Mardi Gras in Pictou County! It was held at The Palace, above the Stone Soup Cafe (who catered the event) and was a super fun time.

Greg was decked out in the finest mish mash of Frenchy's attire and I was a bit more modest just wearing lots of purple and a mask. While I didn't make the mask I'm wearing (below) I learned that having a mask on a stick is challenging and it's best to go with a mask on a string. Thankfully our friends came prepared with extra masks:

Snazzy friends (top), we made up a game: who can get three strings of beads on their bottle the quickest (bottom) - endless creativity at this table:

Headbanging in his grandmother's wig, really just showing how well it stays on. I was impressed:

There was a band, so there was lots of dancing, the food was amazing and we paraded around the room showing off our costumes. A colourful and very fun night!

Halloween Party

Like many others Greg and I had our Halloween party on Saturday night. Here's a look:

I made some pumpkins from styrofoam balls, yarn, acorns and a bit of hot glue:

Some of our costumed guests:

Greg went searching for old lady glasses and came back looking like a hipster, but it works! We went as Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf:

Vacation Phase Three

Summer vacation was split into three phases this summer. The first was our trip to Maine, the second was heading to Fredericton for my convocation and the third was to Miramichi for an epic birthday party and a wedding.

The birthday party was a 50th for Greg's Aunt, Kitty. It was an all day adventure with TONS of food, drinks, washer toss, karaoke and even fireworks.  You can check out the karaoke display on the side of the shed, pretty ingenious I think:

Greg and I took a stroll downtown Miramichi and I spotted a very appropriate sign hanging beside the door of a law office. If you can't make it out it says "Gone fishing, re-open Monday"

The Irish Festival (which is a pretty big deal) was going on the weekend we were visiting, so we checked out the super decorated rink. There was dancing, moderate amounts of drinking since it was only early afternoon and lots of booths with people selling stuff.

The wedding was held right on the Miramichi River, it was a short but lovely wedding:

Greg and I took the opportunity to take a photo, you know since we were already 'dressed up':

The reception was held at the Rodd and for some reason I didn't take any photos other than of the sun setting, it was also really lovely, but my pictures don't do it justice:

Summer Wedding #2

Another weekend, another wonderful wedding! This time Greg and I ventured to Mill River, PEI to party it up with friends Courtney and Melanie on their super exciting day.

Rather than forking over monies for a hotel room at the Rodd, we decided to rough it and camp in the Provincial Park just next to the hotel. Both fun and economical! The only downside was the rain and the SWARM of flies the next morning when putting our tent away.

The weekend was really fun and it was great to see friends we haven't in awhile.

Pre-wedding lunch at the Rodd

More wedding fun after the jump...

BEd. Graduation Dinner

Last week was sad and happy week, maybe even bittersweet. To celebrate the almost done-ness of our BEd. program us teachers threw a party. And like any end of the year party having to do with education there were pictures taken, this was like our second prom but only the 'just about teachers' were invited.

As this glorious event was a "Graduation Dinner" there was a delicious meal (really the BEST catered meal I can remember) followed by a long string of peer-voted awards. Since there are a ton of those photos they are in the next post.

So view on:

Group picture!

Lots more pictures after the jump!