UPDATED: Summer is a comin!

Howdy!

Here's an update on our progress with the Canada to-do list:

A week today and we will be in Winnipeg (or at least on a flight to Winnipeg). It has been almost 4 years since I've been "home" and over the last few weeks I have been compiling a list of things that we will do on our epic summer adventure:

- See how money is made at the Mint
- A day trip to the Winnipeg Zoo (to meet Hudson the Polar bear and climb in the dinosaur eggs)
- Celebrate Canada day at the Forks with our multicultural getups (VIP tickets sorted! Thank you Grandma!)
- Listen to Fred Penner sing at The Winnipeg International Childrens' Festival
- Kick back and chat with the old Laura Secord gang
- Enjoy a much appreciated Ice-cream at BDIs
- Brave the tiny rides at Tinker Town
- Zoom the slides at Fun Mountain
- Wade in the pool at Vimy Ridge
- Shop till we drop at Polo Park
- Enjoy the big rides at the Red River Ex!
- Get colour bombed at Colour Me Rad
- Visit Grandma at Camp Manitou
- Be a beach bum at Grand Beach
- Take a stroll down Wolseley
- Cruise down Portage on a Sunday night
- Belt out some hits at the Fox
- Enjoy a tim bit or two
- See if our table is available for dinner at Earls'
- Watch the Gold Eye's knock it outta the park
- Drink ourselves silly in the student section at a Bomber game
- Be civilized and check out exhibits at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Laugh our heads off at Rumors Comedy Club
- Check out some Bisons at the Fort Whyte centre
- Eat Bison burgers (found a free BBQ outside Grandma's house) at the Morden Apple festival (mmm)
- Be Sandy and Danny in the Grease Sing-a-long movie at McPhillips Casino!
- Cheer on our friends in the Dragon Boat Festival
- Swing like a monkey at the new jungle gym at Assiniboine Park
- Eat some gelotti like the mafia in Osborne Village
- Zipline at Adrenaline Adventures
- Hop aboard the Paddlewheel river boats
- Take a tour on the Heritage trolley
- Compare IKEAs
- Watch in amazement the talent at the skateboard park at the Forks
- Go see "aplanes" and "hichochocs" at the Aviation Museum
- Have a spooky evening out and hop the ghost bus
- Choo choo it up on the Prairie Dog Express
- Order $5 pizza from slices
- Bake apple pies with Granny
- Pool party bonanza
 - Meet some old and new friends

That being said, this list is potentially endless. It shall be a summer that will go down in the history books of the HH crew.

Here we come Canada!

A Royal hitchin' today

It was a big day in Sweden today. Princess Madeleine married her American new hubster Chris O’Neill and royal families, celebrities and some of the world’s richest people attended the wedding. That Chris is a well-connected man! A lady from the Walmart Walton family and the restaurant guy that dated one of the Olsen twins were there.

Can you tell I didn’t really pay attention? ;)

A little somethin'-somethin' from the P!nk concert

When Pink hit up Stockholm with her ’The Truth About Love-tour’ in the end of May, we were there. Both Shaena and I were completely amazed by the concert and I can safely say that her concert was definitely one of the best live concerts I’ve ever seen!

The video clip below is her encore where she is strapped in a harness and is literally flying across the entire arena whilst also singing flawlessly at the same time. Pretty wild!

You wanna know what our correspondents in Canada are up to?

It’s been a week and a bit since our correspondent team boarded their flight to Canada to get an early start to the summer. Since day one they’ve kept themselves busy in parks, malls, at Grandma’s camp, at the zoo and they’ve even been to a Bollywood dance recital! Full on in true Harrison-Helin spirit!

Here’s a bunch of photos of what they’ve been up to over the past week:

Shaena, Huddy and Kangaroos at the Winnpeg Zoo

Squeaky

Ethan the dino baby, also at the Winnipeg Zoo

Huddy and an Emu

Pretty Peacock

Another dino baby

Hudson the dude meets Hudson the polar bear

Happy campers

Barrelled Hudson

Represent...

...viking style

Two very excited Jets fans!

Hudson @ Hudson News