June Vacation

In June, we had plan to head to BC for a friend's wedding. Due to circumstances, we didn't make it out of Alberta but ended up having a very nice family vacation. We started out at the Windscape Kite Festival in Swift Current. By good fortune, our friends Heather, Steve and Colten (Katie's friend) from the Island were out at their farm near Swift. Heather and Colten were also at the Festival and we spent a really nice afternoon with them, including a little picnic at a local park.

Jacob, Colten and Katie

Colten at the spray park, Batman face paint and all.

Jacob testing the waters

The next day we went to the farm to visit Uncle Albert and Aunt Florence. Dean and the kids had never been so it was nice to show them around. Dean and I really enjoyed having a chance to visit one-on-one with Albert and Florence as we usually only see them at family events.

After our visit, we headed to Drumheller to stay with Scott and Ashley. We did the usual tourist-y things like visiting the Tyrell Museum and going to a reptile zoo. Katie and Jacob has such a great time with their cousins, Anderson and Addy. Katie and Addy share a love of Barbie and had lots of fun together. Anderson has a massive toy car collection and Jacob thought he had hit the jackpot! It was good to see all the kids together.

Dean's parents came to Drumheller as well (the initial plan was that they would watch our kids there while we went to BC for the wedding). While our plans to go to BC changed, Dean and I did take the opportunity to have a couple days to ourselves and went to Banff without the kids. We know they have fun being spoiled by grandma and grandpa and it was a nice break for us.

Overall, a good trip and a great time catching up with family that we hadn't seen in a while!

Three musketeers

Silly poses

Katie likes '3 horns' (she's a fan of the Land Before Time series)

At Lake Louise

Mac the Moose (Moose Jaw, SK)