The events of the June 25/26 Weekend!

I love summer weekends! They are always filled with BBQs, drinks, going out for ice cream, beach days, and several things to do including events in Vic park! It seems weekends book up really fast with everything going on, and there really should be more weekends of the summer. And the weather has been beautiful!!

Because we have a wedding to go to this year, we have a few weekends of wedding fun. The last weekend of June we had Steph's surprise bridal shower. This is the end result of the good ol' bow bra! My thought these days is that I don't want to buy things for people that are not useful, they don't like or already have so I went with the trusty gift card. At least that way they get what they like. However, somewhere along the lines, I have  this idea ingrained that gift cards are impersonal, so I had to get a small gift along with the gift card, which I chose a picture frame and printed some pictures of them to put inside. Thanks to facebook profile pictures for those goodies!! With the shower done, next is bachelorette!! Wooo hooo!

Steph and I at her shower with her bridal veil/hat and bow bra!! 

Following Steph's shower, we spent the evening with Al and Steph and headed to the International Food Festival in Victoria Park. There we had Carribean food, Mexican food, some delicious ribs, and some deep fried dessert, which I was hoping tasted like elephant ears, but was not nearly as delicious :( There was also a band playing at the park that you could watch play as you were eating. Victoria park festivals are fantastic! Although, they all seem to sell the same things? I saw bed sheets at the International Food Festival, and the Sound of Music in Burlington a couple weeks ago. At this food fest, there was also a guy with a kiosk who was selling paintings of haunted buildings, houses etc. There's some interesting things!

 Deliciousness that was our Mexican tacos!!

 Mmmmmmm Bbq sauce drizzling ribs, flame grilled and all! And to the left is our chicken, rice, and curry dish that was from the Carribean kiosk... yummo!!

I don't remember what these were called, but definitely no match for the elephant ear (I love me some elephant ears!)

And to finish our weekend with a bang we headed over to the beach at Ipperwash on Sunday - the best beach to be because its not busy or monitored by the police, so you can bring your cooler and have a few drinks!! It was my second time to the beach and Aleksys first this year. Many more to follow!! Ipperwash also has a drive on, but its a little more monitored so we opted out... plus we had Aleksys brothers Eclipse... cool... but not as cool as the jeep! ha!

 Our spot in the sand :)

So cute, who doesn't love a an old couple walking along the beach romantically!?