This weekend was ridiculously chaotic… we went to the horse races on Saturday, then off to photograph a friend’s wedding in Whistler, and Sunday was our engagement party at my parents’ house. I’ve got a huge photo backlog but hopefully I can get some up over the next couple weeks.

The Horse Races is an annual event that Allan and his friends have been doing for several years. This year was my second (you can see last year’s horse races post here)… and it is always an amazing time.

The best part of the annual Horse Races is getting to go to Hastings Racecourse and dress up! Big hats, pearls, and your Sunday Best is a must! Here I am with my huge hat!

Of course, betting and cheering for your horse is all part of it!

Here’s a great shot of our accessories and the racing sheet, taken by Sheena!

Every year I take profile pictures of everyone who goes, so bear with me… this is gonna be a huge photo post! Here’s Venus…

Allan…

me…

Amy…

Crista…

Kim…

Sheena…

Claudia…

Przemek…

Trev…

Chad…

J…

Max…

The boys and their moustaches…

Crista and Trev…

Sheena and J…

Allan and I…

The group!

And the BEST part of the horse races… the MASCOT RACE! We bet on the mascots

It’s always freakin’ hilarious.

This past weekend I got to attend my first ever stagette (a coworker’s stagette)… and it happened to be a Madonna themed stagette!

It was, without a doubt, awesome.

The costumes were awesome.

The limo was awesome.

The karaoke was awesome.

The entire group of girls were awesome.

Crashing another karaoke party was awesome.

More limo-ing was awesome.

Library Square 80s night was awesome.

Awesome! Now I definitely cannot wait for my (awesome) stagette!