My hair was done'ish, I loved my make-up and I even wore heels.... Grandma came to the rescue (again) and picked up our sweet girl for a sleepover at her place (thanks Mom!).....yes, it was a night out for my husband and I.....which doesn't come very often when you have a two-year old child, when you have a husband that has insane deadlines with his classes and is writing a thesis and when I'm about 10+ photo shoots behind in blogging and editing....but we did it anyways.
Of course we had planned on a relaxing dinner first and then casually making our way to the River Cree Casino to see Shane Yellowbird, but instead we worked on our own separate projects (I was editing photos and Sean was talking all constructiony'ish with the guy building our garage) until it was about 45 minutes past the time we were supposed to be leaving....
But we were determined to still make it a nice night!! Yes, we were DETERMINED !!!!! So, two subway wraps and a bottle of oj later we were on our way (not the romantic wine and candles I was secretly hoping for, but we did share the juice with two straws if that counts for anything)....we both took a deep breath (after we ran across the parking lot) and said to eachother, "okay, let's get focused, we are here for a nice night out, so let's just relax and enjoy!" I then followed by saying, "I don't want to talk business during the concert okay?", and my husband said, "Well it will probably be too loud anyways."....sad thing is we did chat a bit about business, we talked about our weekly schedules, we also talked about how excited we are that our garage is almost done....we've only waited for 3 years...so it's about time. And we also talked about how nice it was to have a night out with each other and how we should take time to do this more often.
The Shane Yellowbird concert was amazing and this was the first time I'd been to a concert at the River Cree Casino. I loved The Venue and hope to come back for many many more. We were looking at the list of future performers and already penciled a few more shows in to our day planners...NOTE: We used "pencil" and that's because basically every future show sounds good, so we'll have to pick our top two, I think.
After the concert was done we made our way to the lounge for a cold beer and just relaxed on their ultra mod red leather couches...and to our surprise Shane Yellowbird came out to have a drink too. Because Shane is from Hobbema, Alberta alot of his friends and family were in the audience, so he was joining them for a few drinks. Well some of Shane's friends are also my husband's friends and next thing you know I am shaking hands with Mr. Shane Yellowbird...and of course, this followed by a quick photo on my iphone (yipee)...
Oh yea, and please forget that I mentioned my hair was "done" it looks wild in this photo, I'll blame the wind running through the parking lot, the loud speakers and a bit of humidity....yikes!
Here's a few iphone quality photos that I'd like to share with you. It was a great concert and I'm a big fan of supporting local artists!!! And he's such a nice guy, so down to earth and a great entertainer. If you have an opportunity to see him live, I highly recommend Shane Yellowbird's show. And the best part is that we had seats in row 4!!
