July Part 2

We got back from Kimball and 4 days later headed to K-Country to meet up with the "Rus" family.

The landscape, temperatures, and wildlife was quite a contrast to prairie Saskatchewan.

Our campsite.

The Rus family are quite the adventurists so before long we were off on bike rides and hikes and loving every minute of it.

The Rus family have 4 girls and one boy opposite of us but the dynamics still worked out great. I think it was really good for our boys to hang out with some girls. Their Daughter Jess even showed the boys how to set up their tent.

 Climbers.

Beautiful views. God's creation never disappoints. Such variety everywhere you go.

So part of one of our trails was washed out so we had to brave the mountain creek water, numb our toes and legs and plow through the currents. I didn't even make Ken carry me. I was quite proud of myself for not being wimpy.

Sigh...I love this picture. It makes my heart smile. Ken is such a great Dad and so patient with Isaac in every aspect. I have numerous pictures of them bonding over the summer. Isaac excelled in so many areas this summer that it blows my mind. His therapists hardly even recognized him from the kids they met in May. All the quality time as a family and our adventures probably benefited him more then any of us.

My brave husband who never shys away from a swim in Mountain lake or creek water. Not for me. I can barely dip my toes in.

Huge bike rides.

Mrs. moose that we saw. Thankfully we were in our truck and passing by and were able to snap a picture.

The gang on a trek.

I was at the back with Isaac. Can you guess that he was tired. It was hardwork.

Contemplating life?

Leffers family. Facepainting compliments of the Rus girls. They are super talented painting camo faces and guns on the boys faces by request.

So many wonderful memories with another great family camping.

Lunch on the beach.

Selfie.

 

 

This was the cold beach we hung out at for maybe an hour...Brrrr...

Dads and daughters. So cute.

Emma the explorer caught a flower.

We overlapped holidays with the Rus family so when they packed up and left we did a few more hikes, tried to have fun in the cold and rain for our last few days.



Thankfully another shot from our truck.

Love these monkies!

July 2015

 We had a jam packed summer full of adventures, special bonding with friends and family, and made a lot of fantastic memories. We did not waste anytime starting our summer holidays when we headed to Coaldale to celebrate Uncle Pete and Auntie Ang's 25th anniversary. We took our trailer and had our first camping experiences in Uncle Pete's backyard. It was a top notch resort with beautiful scenic running trails, a refreshing salt water pool to play and cool off in, great food, amazing company and every night had late night bonfires.

 

Emma and Daddy enjoying the pool.

We got to re-connect with some great buddies that we miss dearly.

Little Paisley Senneker is growing like a weed and her and Emma quickly hit it off.

Ang and Pete's celebration. Ken and Paul having some great laughs. They have been buddies since school days. Pretty neat that they are still making memories together!



We spent July 1 with the VanderHeide's. It was super windy (imagine that?) but the Dad's still managed to take the boat out with some of the older kids. We had a picnic lunch together beside the lake.

It's so great spending time with these guys. Our kids play great together and our pretty close in ages.

Auntie Tracy spoiling Emma with her nails.

Seth is quite the carpenter and has his own tool box, belt and tools. Him and Luke decided to build a table together. Quite the masterpiece! With Seth's hard work and Luke's charm maybe they will be business partners someday.

 

Buddies.

We headed back to Edmonton and cooled off with our mini pool in the backyard. Ken did marking for the government again this year for a week and the kids attended Vacation Bible School while I helped out at it. They had so much fun and we hope to do it again next year.

Andrew celebrated his double digit birthday with some buddies. He got a pretty fancy bow for his birthday and he showed his friends how to shoot it. They also went swimming at Terwilligar pool and had lunch with us.

Sometimes Mommy and Daddy enjoyed the pool  as much as the kids.

Mid July we headed to Kimball Saskatchewan with 3 other great families. This was our first real camping trip with the trailer and it was a hit. It was also our first time camping with friends. It was so neat bonding with these families and their kids. There was a fireban until the last night and we had mixed weather...rain, smoke, and a few sunshiney beach days.

We bought 2 kids kayaks and what a hit. Some of us adults even gave them a try.

The sandy beach was great, the trails were great, and the icecream was great.

Don't mess with this sailor!

Friends and Cousins by family.

What can I say?

Isaac was so happy in the water, biking and playing with Mason's digger in a dirt pile.

Our last night there we had a steak dinner as adults. We decided to meet at the DeHaans site for the event after the kids were in bed. 

It was also Ken's and mine 11th anniversary. Our friends set up a special table with wild flowers, wine and candles and a privacy blanket from their table. 

 

That was super sweet and made our anniversary quite memorable.

It wasn't always hot and dry but the kids still had fun.

Silly girls.

Beach fun.

Meet our friends the "Gunnink" family.

Meet our friends the "Tiggelaar's".

Meet our friend's the "DeHaan's".

and US!

Group shot!