Adv. in Edm - Spray Park in Devon

We also headed to the spray park in Devon one afternoon. What a great way to cool off. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, us moms or the kids.











Healthly Luke! I'm not sure what it is about our kids and their rolls but we never have to worry about them getting enough to eat.

















You can see Andrew and Sam in the distance. Andrew has orange shorts on and Sam has yellow. To the left of the bigger guy.











Can you see why people mistaken them for twins?












Cousin Brennan who was so happy to have some boy cousins around to play with.

Adventures in Edmonton - The Zoo

Last week we went to Edmonton and stayed with Uncle Dwayne and Auntie Trixie and their kids. Ken had to mark achievement tests for the week in Edmonton so us mom's and our kids had lots of adventures together. One day we went to the Edmonton zoo (3 moms and 11 kids ages 6 months to 11 years old). What a blast! This is Kailyn and Curtis on the train ride. We actually took up almost the whole train with just us.




Some of the cousins watching Lucy the elephant.













On a display train with all the cousins.













Checking out the armadillo with one of the zookeepers.












All set for an adventure!

Ken Swam the Dam

Ken completed his first ever triathlon in Magrath AB a few weeks ago. We are so incredibly proud of him for setting this goal and achieving it. It took a lot of work and time getting ready for this big event. He signed up and started training in March after Mel suggested it. Ken's sisters Ang and Mel also completed it.

The race consisted of a 750 meter swim in open water, a 26km bike ride and then a 5km run.
Ken did very well coming in 35 out of 129.



Ken and Mel before the swim.


















Go Daddy Go!




















The boys and I got together with our nieces and made some signs for cheering them on. They were quite a hit with the fans. Andrew was so enthusiastic that he was waving his sign "U Rock Dad" for almost everyone that crossed the finishline.

Another thing to check off of our "To Do List" this summer.

At the Park!

Birthday boy turns 4!

It was a week full of birthday celebrations around here. Tuesday our neighbor Karl turned four and Wednesday our buddy Noah turned four and Thursday Andrew turned four. Poor Andrew was anticipating his birthday all week and everytime we went to a party I would tell him " soon it's your birthday, after Karl's birthday and after Noah's birthday". As soon as we left Noah's birthday Wednesday afternoon Andrew was convinced that it was his birthday. I had to explain that first he had to go to sleep for the night and then when he woke up it would be his birthday.

Our birthday plan was to go to a park in Lethbridge to celebrate with friends. They just built a new Toddler playground at one of the parks, it is about 5 times the size of our house. Pretty cool. Well due to the rain and thunder and lightening storm we postphoned it till Friday. Poor Andrew had to wait a whole other day to celebrate.

Ken is in Edmonton all week marking achievement tests so Daddy wasn't around to celebrate with us either. I decided we would go to DQ for lunch and then we went to visit Uncle Pete and Cousin Kevin at Adora Kitchens where they work. We also had a visit from Auntie Ang, Karina, Tara Lee and Andrea.

Yesterday we went to the park and met up with our friends and had a great time. We did get Sam a few gifts so he wouldn't feel left out. He was convinced that it was his birthday too and would argue with everyone that it was. It was really cute to see how excited they both were.

Andrew got swords, guns, a kite, croqs, a hoodie and lego. Lots of fun toys. I asked what his favorite present was and he said "all of the presents Mom!"










Luke trying to blow the birthday horn. Thankfully none of the kids figured it out.

Hang'in with Grandpa!

We went to Auntie Ang's this afternoon and who appeared in his tractor but Grandpa. You wanna see two little boys eyes go huge? Just bring out a tractor! And riding with Grandpa is such a bonus!
Andrew Leffers Sr. and Andrew Leffers Jr.








Sam and Grandpa
I love these pics. It brings back memories of me going in the tractor with my Dad. I remember I used to fall asleep in the harvester while he was driving. I saw Grandpa rubbing the boys heads a few times. I also recall my head bouncing off of the windows! Thanks Grandpa for the special treat!

Our Escape- Day 3

On our third day we slept in and had a big breakfast. Did I mention that Ken did all of the cooking the whole time? He's the breakfast man and the BBQ man. After lunch we headed out, parked the van on the side of the road and started our bike ride. We biked 60km in total along the mountains. It was beautiful. There were a lot of hills. Thankfully for everyone we went up there was always one to go down.





This picture of us reminds me of a picture I have in an album of us when we biked the Cabot trail in N.S. We actually haven't changed our looks too much.









Just when we thought we didn't need to worry about bears anymore.....I spotted a grizzly and her baby cub in the ditch about 200-300 feet in front of us about to cross the road. Ken was ahead of me and hadn't even noticed until I quickly brought it to his attention. All I could think about was Ken's description of a worst case scenerio with bears. You get between a grizzly and her cub!!! Yikes.....the Mama heard me warn Ken and then she quickly scooted her baby back into the woods with her closely behind. We were going uphill when we spotted them, so we continued on as fast as our little legs would pedal!
















Ken's contribution to the holiday pictures. A beer between his feet. On our last night we had pizza and leftovers, and I had the best night's sleep yet. I think it had something to do with the fact that we were heading home alive to our children. The next morning we took the longer way home to drive through the triathlon course that Ken will do in a few weeks time. It was an awesome holiday!