Month 6 Week #3 - School Year End activities

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Sam graduated from kindergarten

These were the teacher thank you's we made this year. owls that said "thanks for making me wiser", a timmy's giftcard and homemade oero pops.

Andrew playing soccer.

Sam playing soccer.

Month 6 Week # 4 - Canada Day

Canada Day wasn't much of a celebration day for us this year. We were in Black Beauty most of the day travelling to Edmonton. The highway was super crazy busy. We avoided as much busy-ness as possible just trying to get to Uncle Dwayne and Auntie Trixie's. We even packed our lunch and pulled off the highway to eat it. One exciting, but scary thing did happen though. We had an accident on the highway between Calgary and Edmonton. We were in the passing lane and all of a sudden traffic came to a standstill without much notice. Ken hit the brakes and in slow motion, it felt like, we bumped into a Ford F150 truck in front of us. Black Beauty is such a heavy beast and we had her loaded to the max which made it hard to stop so suddenly. Thankfully we were all okay and we never got hit from behind. The truck we hit didn't have any damage, just Black Beauty got a dent in her bumper from the trucks hitch. The boys assessed the situation and figured Black Beauty would be fine with a bandaid and they insisted on wearing their bike helmets the rest of the trip.

Daddy and the girls getaway

So Ken and I are so thankful that we could have an overnight getaway to celebrate our anniversary and have a break. We didn't waste a second and before we knew it we were back home tucking kiddos into bed. We packed up Emma and the bikes and some yummy food and headed to the cabin. After a salmon dinner, a fire and a good nights rest we headed out in the morning to Waterton to do some biking, hiking and icecream eating. We are so blessed to be able to go to the cabin and to have family that helps us make getaways happen. What a beautiful place to go to getaway.

Emma's bedhead in the morning. I can tell already that we will have some challenges with this hair.

On the drive to the cabin.

Peek a boo!

Got a few bites.

Our "don't waste a minute" Waterton Getaway

We biked from the townsite out to the park entrance and back on the scenic trail, 16km.

 

This biking trail has some of the best views and landscape in the whole park.

The happy couple celebrating 8 years marriage.

 

The sights and smells were divine.

Hubby up ahead.

I pulled Emma one way and Ken the way back. It was hot. Thankfully we didn't have to pull Isaac this time.

After a picnic lunch we climbed Bear's hump. Boy we are out of shape.

The view of the town. Isn't it stunning?

Along side the paved road that you see is where we biked.

Daddy and his precious girl!

 

We spotted a bear as we were leaving. What a perfect day! 

A Saturday Outing

First family shot at Indian Battle with the timer. Pretty windy up there in the top of the coulees.

 Andrew and Sam and Luke on an adventure.

Daddy and Isaac.

 The boys doing some mountain biking on the trails.

Our Annual Road trip to Edmonton

Can't get any more prairie than this...

 or this...

or this. This is what it looks like from where I live on the drive to Calgary. Miles and miles of land and big open sky.

Baby Emma travelled so well.

I was teaching Andrew how to read a map on the way.

Lots of bike rides.

Emma meeting her cousins.

Painting rocks.

Dress up.

Freezies.

Uncle Dwayne's famous pancakes.

Climbing trees and reading.

Quad rides.

Campfires.

and even real diggers in the yard to watch.

Swimming at the local pool.

As usual we had a blast in Edmonton once all the adults recovered from strep throat. The weather was hot and sunny and the kids burned so much energy playing outside everyday with their cousins. Us mama's are getting the chance to relax more and more on these trips with the kids getting bigger and entertaining themselves so much more. Thanks Uncle Dwayne and Auntie Trixie for always welcoming us with open arms and for starting the summer off so great.