Vulcan City... the "Mecca" for Trekkies!

Those of you who know my Dad, know that he is a BIG Trekkie. He has all the collectible Christmas tree ornaments and has seen every episode of Star Trek, and all the series that came after, Starship Enterprise, Deep Space Nine, Voyager to name a few. His family owned a hotel in Canada where the actor who played Captain James. T Kirk came in. He was able to meet him, and Captain Kirk even asked his sister out on a date :) haha
Needless to say, I grew up watching Star Trek at night, because, well that is what my Dad was watching. At first I would complain because I would have rather watches something else, but then I started getting into it. You start to know what is going on. I was predisposed to be a trekkie. I didn't even have to try, I just know alot about Star Trek because it was all around me growing up. Nerdy, yes. But every family has its quirks. So when we found out there was a a city named Vulcan not too far away from Calgary and they had a whole Star Trek thing going on there, we couldn't resist. I really wish Trevor had been able to go on this trip to Canada with us, because he would have died to see us all at this place. My dad was in Star Trek heaven and the rest of the family thought it was pretty cool too since we know all the characters and story lines. It was an entertaining day to say the least, and we had a lot of fun running around this hole in the wall town that had little Star Trek Spots, with murals of Star Trek characters, and even places to put your head and take a pictures, haha all around the the town. It was a blast!

 Me with a pair of some original Spock ears!

Me and Captain Kirk

Brandon as Wharf!

Me and Dad with the Original Spock

Me with the "newer" Spock

Two Classic Characters that I love from the shows.

Some Vulcan Sisters :)

Dreamy....

Sorry Trevor...

We ate dinner at the "Enterprise" Restaurant.... hahahaha

Me and My Dad

The original Spock's hand print

Yes..... this is my family. HAHAHA :)

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER EVERYONE!

Twilight Eclipse

Alrighty. Where to start. My sisters, sister-in-law and my mom and dad and me all went to the midnight showing of Eclipse on opening night. It was uh-maz-ing! Really it was. It was SO good! It was by far the best movie of the saga yet.... *sigh*
We bought a bunch of Canadian candy goods to munch while we watched which was just the cherry on top for the night. Me and my sisters were squealing and swooning, pathetically yes, but it was fun! There is nothing like going to a movie opening night, first showing. Everyone around you is a fan!

(In case you can't read it. My shirts says "My heart belongs to my husband. My neck belongs to Edward!")

The whole Gang. We didn't have to wait TOO long in the line. We ate a bunch of yummy popcorn twists and chatted so the time went by fast :) Then we all ran in like crazy people to fight for seats!

CAUTION BELOW: GRAPHIC!

Ironically on the way to the movie I got a massive nose bleed. Sorry for the gruesome picture (I could have put up an even grosser one) but I couldn't help but post it seeing that I was bleeding on my way to see a movie about vampires. Yup... see this is what they call a true fan :)

 I was really just trying to get Edward's attention...

Just to clarify....
In the books (which is the most important) I am Team Edward.
In the movies, I would have to say I am Team Jacob.
If the movies were done exactly how the book was, everyone would be Team Edward. But it isn't. So lets face it. Jacob is ten times hotter then Edward in the movies. But while reading the book, you can't not be Team Edward. Oh man it is even a hard choice for me. I feel for Bella :) haha

a bunch of wild animals

 

My family and I spent a warm (very warm) afternoon at the Calgary Zoo! The grandbabies loved it of course. Our grandpa drove all the way from British Columbia and surprised us at the Zoo! I was so excited to see him, because I don't get to see him nearly enough. He gives the best hugs, and calls me pumpkin. It was a great afternoon and we had a lot of fun walking around talking and looking at all the animals.
After the Zoo we went to a pretty well known spot in Alberta called Peter's Drive Thru. It has been around for forever and would say it has the same appeal as an In-n-out does to Californians. It is that place people just have to go when they are in town or if you live Calgary just a favorite local spot. My dad will go on and on about this place and their amazing shakes.... which if I might say, were pretty dang yummy :) It was fun to go there and see that it has hardly changed after so many years!

Such a fun filled day :)

An evening in Cochrane.

While up in Canada we were able to go to Cochrane and see my Grandma Leavitt. I was really excited to see her since it has been so long! I absolutely love going to her house because it is such a cool and beautiful place. Her house is just full of interesting things, it is almost like a museum, you could just spend hours looking at everything on the walls and around the house. She has so many collections! The house is on a farm located in a very beautiful part of the country! I love being there. For dessert Grandma Leavitt made these amazing homemade donuts... they were... indescribably amazing! SO GOOD! It was a great night of conversation and enjoying each others company.... and getting a massive sugar high on these homemade donuts!

(I made sure to get the recipe from her! They are SO amazing!)

(Just part of her candle stick collection. She had some that were as tall as an 8 year old!)

(Part of her amazing spoon collection)

Grandma has an extremely large bush running down a fence of Lilacs. They are gorgeous! She cut me some to take home with me :)

I made them into a bouquet haha

The Leavitt's (minus Alex and Ben)

At one point Hayley just started doing this hilarious spinning thing. It totally reminded me of our dog Bridget who use to do this to scratch her butt. hahaha she is hilarious :) I love her. Enjoy.