On the farm

While we were out at Rod and Linda's (Ricks Aaunt an Uncle's), the girls got to ride the horses.

Only the one horse, Flicka, is rideable. I was suprised when Rod just used bailer twine to lead the horse. Anyways, the girls had fun riding. They also got to feed all three horses some grass. I think I may add some sort of embelishment at the top right corner...but I am not sure what yet.

Sandcastles

Kaylee on the beach at Kipabiskau. She had a blast just filling up her pail with sand and then water. She tried dumping it a few times to make a sandcastle, but just wasn't really interested in building one. This page came together rather quickly for me. Its pretty simple, but I don't think it needs much more than that.

p.s. Thanks Julie for the inspiration from you Sand Woman page

Camping Holidays

Last week we went on a camping holiday. We went up to Kipabiskua Regoinal Park. Rick used to go there all the time as a kid. So we thought it would be a great lake to go to to see where he has some memories. We stopped at a couple cabins while we were there...one was the old family cabin-which is now his aunt and cousin's cabin. And then we stopped at a cabin that belongs to friends of his family. All in all, we had a really great time. Definitely have some memories from this trip, from almost capsizing the boat, and having a squirrel jump on Rick's leg. I don't feel like going into too many details today about those stories...sorry... :) We had a little bit of rain, but where our campsite was, it was very sheltered, so we didn't get very wet. Rick changed a strangers tire on our way out of the campground.

We stopped at his Aunt and Unlce's farm for a visit on our way home. Stopped in Melfort at another Uncle's house, and at his Grandpa's house. Went for supper with his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend. We stopped by the flower shop and got some flowers to put down on Rick's grandma's grave. It happend to be her birthday that day as well. Then we drove home missing most of a storm, but the sky around us was AMAZING....(see picture below). Anyways, that sums up our camping trip. Enjoy the pictures :)

Walking through the trail to get to the park

The new - old cabin

Kaylee driving the boat all by herself
Kaylee and her cousin Morgan
Kaylee fell asleep with Uncle Rod
Our chipmunk friend






My awesome man changing a tire for these ladies. Super Big Heart that Rick has...and love him so much for it.
Mack holding a baby sheep

We went and layed down a few yellow roses for Rick's Grandma's Birthday on Wednesday
The girls and their Great Grandpa Kucher

This is the sky we drove through on the way home...a little scary, but SO neat

Holidays

So this past weekend we wen on holidays. We went through Drumheller, stayed in Calgary at my Aunt and Uncle's, went up to Johnston Canyon, and Lake Louise, and went to the zoo. We had an incredibly busy trip while we were there, but SOOOO SOOO wonderful.


We went through the Royal Terrel Museum Friday afternoon on our way up to Calgary. The girls were very fascinated with the dinosaur bones. And loved driving through the valley. On friday night, we just got settled in at my aunt and uncle's place.


Saturday we went to Ikea, and I got to stop at a Scrapbook store on the way :) Spent way too much time and money in there (the scrapbook store). Never bought anything at Ikea...suprisingly. Then we came back to my aunt and uncles, and they had a few of my other extended relatives over for supper. It was great to see everyone too!!


Sunday we got up early and headed out of Calgary up to Johnston Canyon and Lake Louise. Rick and the girls had never been to either before, so I was excited for them to see the beautiful sights, as I have been to both places before. We went on a long hike to see the waterfalls, seen an elk on the side of the road...which the girls just loved as it was RIGHT outside their window. And Lake Louise was so beautiful, but yet so busy. We really enjoyed the drive and definitely the scenery. And it was great to spend some good quality family time together. When we told the girls where we were going, MacKenzie asked..."Where is she" meaning Louise....lol thinking that Louise was a person not a lake.


Monday we went to the zoo. The girls loved seeing all the animals. Their favorite part was feeding the giraffes. They also liked the adventure through the dinosaur park there, and looking for all the dinosaurs hidden in the bushes.


Tuesday we headed back home. We thought it would be too rushed for me to come back to work on Wednesday night if we left that morning. We stopped at Horseshoe canyon on the way back. Then we went to the fireworks that evening.

Here are a bunch of random pictures from our holiday. They are in no particular order cause I didn't feel that organized. lol. Enjoy!

This is us at Lake Louise

This was a little cave at Johnston Canyon. We had to climb up a little hill to get there, but the girls enjoyed it.

My Aunty Dawn helping the girls get ready for the day. Kaylee was putting on her own lipstick...lol. I remember doing this with her when I was a little kid. So when I walked in there and seen the girls doing the same thing, I just had to take a picture.

This was at the Museum in Drumheller

Kaylee and my Great Aunt Rogina

Kaylee and me at Lower Falls at Johnston Canyon

The little church in drumheller

Kaylee feeding the giraffe

MacKenzie feeding the giraffe

An elk on the side of the road

MacKenzie inside a cave at the zoo