Day 1 - Dec 3. Drove to Grand Forks, North Dakota to spend some time shopping. By the time we continued driving to Fargo, North Dakota, a wicked snow storm blew in. Highway became so slippery nearly slid past Fargo!
Day 2 - Dec 4. Started the Day off with some shopping at the West Acres Mall in Fargo. While having lunch, the NDSU Concert Choir showed up like a flash mob and started singing! It was pretty cool to be there!
Rest of day was shopping day, Fashion Mall at Albertville and then Mall Of America in Minneapolis.
Day 3 - Dec 5. Minnesota Vikings beat the Buffalo Bills at MetroDome in Minneapolis. Awesome entertainment => the football game, the celebrations, & Cheerleaders. 1 Week later a snow storm destroyed the MetroDome roof!
Day 4 - Dec 6. Jingle Ball Concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Performances by Mike Posner, Selena Gomez, Taio Cruz, Sara Bareilles, B.O.B., Enrique Iglesias, and 3OH!3. Loudest Crowd Ever!
Day 5 - Dec 7. Return home to Winnipeg after stopping to shop at Mall Of America, Albertsville, Fargo West Acres, and the SuperTarget in Grand Forks. Luckily the roads had been plowed and made for a quicker and easier drive home!
Home Sweet Home =D
Dec 12. Drove around admiring the Christmas light displays.
Dec 14. Shireen's mom and sister Beth came over for an afternoon visit. Beth, now an inspirational speaker, spent time trying to encourage Shireen to improve her health situation.
Dec 24. We celebrated our Christmas on Christmas Eve with Ryan, Randi, and Kherri.
Dec 26. Christmas Celebration in Dauphin on Boxing Day! Family pic with my 2 brothers (Don, Ken), my sister Laurie, and my parents. Ken's wife Leeta, Michelle, Kherri, Ryan, and Randi also joined us. Fun time by all with lots of food and bugging. Early in the morning on the way to Dauphin, nature presented her beauty with sun dogs.
Nov 1. As Winter starts to set in, all you can do is find a comfortable position and just dream about the days when the temperature is hotter and the sun is blazing.
Nov 8. Hand In Hand : Military Tattoo
A Concert Celebrating Our Freedom at the
Centennial Concert Hall, November 8, 2010
including a performance by Sierra Noble.
Nov 12. Hardworking Ryan giving my truck a well deserved Oil & Lube job.
Nov 13. Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade
We stood and watched in the bitter cold as the parade passed by the Portage Place Mall. I hope Santa will bring us presents even if we have been naughty. A couple of floats shot flames into the sky (providing some much needed warmth). Watch the video. =)
Click HERE to view few more Santa Claus Parade pictures.
Nov 13. Manitoba Moose beat the Rochester Americans 6-2. It was so much fun to watch the Moose. Shireen even many to record one of the goals with her phone, make sure you watch the video!
Nov 14. We won a pair of tickets to the Bling Jewelry Show in St. Boniface.
Nov 15. Little River Band performs at the McPhillips Street Casino. Shireen used her new BB Torch to capture a few clips which I joined together to make 1 video. The other video I recorded by just leaving the camera on the table. (Security is really tight for recording)
Nov 16. Roxy and Zhayna get their Vet Checkups at the Henderson Animal Hospital. Roxy's dental surgery is planned for early 2011.
Nov 20. Ozzy Osbourne performs at the MTS Center. (Halford from Judas Priest was the opening act) Such an incredible performance by Ozzy even though he is 62! He had such a great time especially when foaming down the crowd! The video below of War Pigs - a Black Sabbath songs is one of my favourite.
