Catching Up...

Wow there is SO much to catch up on! We have been gone camping, and then off to Calaway Park, and are now finally getting back into the swing of thing. I don't know where to start...so things might be random.

Here are some pictures of us camping at Wasa Lake. We had so much fun there! The weather was HOT...just the way I like it. This year we rented a boat and took the kids on the tube, they had a BLAST.

I bought this water trampoline a few months ago at Costco thinking that the kids would have a lot of fun with at the lake. They sure enjoyed playing on it. Tyler wasn't so thrilled with having to haul it there and back...and now his dilemma is where to store it. LOL!

Here is Tyson on the morning of his 6th Birthday. I made him a special Egg McMuffin...with a candle in it. I thought it was a pretty great way to start off the day, and so did he!

Here is Carson chillin on the beach. This little boy LOVED to play in the sand. He spent hours just diggin and playing with his trucks.

Next we were off to Surveyor's Lake. This is probably our favorite place to camp. Usually the weather is SO nice and HOT...but this year it wasn't so great. It was rainy and cold for 2 days. So we spent lots of time playing cards and Risk. But it didn't stop the kids from riding their bikes. Good thing mom remembered to pack the gum boots and rain coats. And thank goodness for DVD players.

We couldn't keep Carson off of his bike. I can't count the miles he put on his bike while we were camping. Thank goodness we brought it, it entertained him for hours!

It is always fun to take a walk around Hidden Lake and look for turtles. The weather was nice and sunny so the turtles like to come and get warm on the logs. We were able to see quite a few, but the boys didn't because once we stopped the dog would run in the water and scare the turtles away. Grace enjoyed being wrapped with close to daddy. She had a good nap.

One evening we went to an interpretive program. Carson was SO tuckered out that he fell asleep right on the bench. My kids will fall asleep anywhere if they are tired. LOL!

We did manage to have 2 nice days to spend at the beach, although it was too cold for me to get in the water. It didn't seem to bother the kids though. Overall we had a great holiday and I was surprised at how I was dreading coming home. Usually after about 1 week I am wanting to come home, but not this time. It seemed to go buy way to fast and we were enjoying ourselves so much that I could have spent another week camping. Oh well...I am already looking forward to next year.

After we got home from camping we decided to go to Calaway park as Tyler didn't have to work. The kids LOVE the rides. It is a toss up though with every ride between Tyler and I to see who is going to ride with the kids. We both used to love rides, but as we get older...LOL! we don't seem to do as well on them as we used to. Usually Tyler will ride with them though...and I am thankful.

And finally here are a few of the pictures I had taken of Grace & our family. I love how they turned out!

I just wanted to share these 4 pictures of Grace that we had taken by Rebecca Cooper. I am SO happy with how they turned out & I can't wait until the rest of the pictures of been edited and I have the CD in my hands. LOL!

Kalispell Adventure...

This past weekend we went to Kalispell, MT with the "gang." Tiffany & Trevor, Ryan & Heather, Dez & Nicole, and my mom. It was a BLAST. We all camped at the Glacier Campground. This is a great little campground with all the comforts of home. There is power and water hookups for those who have a trailer, and they also have a great shower house as well as laundry facilities.

We arrived there first, on Thursday evening. Friday we decided to take the boys up to Big Mountain to rid the gondola up to the top. It wasn't NOT a nice day at the top. The wind was blowing and it was chilly, but it was a fun ride up and back.

After that Tyson was dying to go and do the MAZE. The kids had so much fun trying to figure out which way to go. I wasn't quite sure how Carson would take to it, but he LOVED it. At first I wasn't all that thrilled about doing it. I thought that the kids wouldn't last and I was tired, but actually we ended up doing it in under an hour. I was impressed!

On Saturday we headed to Big Sky Waterslide (minus Tiffany, Trevor and my mom). It was a PERFECT day. The weather was great and there weren't too many people there, so you didn't have to wait long in the lines. The kids had SO much fun. They probably went down the slides 30 times...easily. We couldn't seem to tire them out. We arrived at the park at 11:00 a.m. and didn't leave until 6:30. So they had a long day and were tuckered when we got back to camp.

Another fun thing to do at the waterslide is to go on the bumper cars. Carson was SO excited to go on these...he is obsessed with cars and going fast! Unfortunately he didn't meet the height requirement...or so we thought. Carson was bound and determined to ride the cars, so after waiting his turn he just hoped into one. We thought for sure the attendant would tell him he was too little...but he didn't! What do you expect when it is a 16 year old working. LOL! Carson was so excited. I was elated that he was able to go on the cars. It seems he is always missing out on doing things because of his size. I was so happy that he didn't have to miss out on this. He has a perma-grin the whole time he was driving it around. He loved it SO much...we let him go on twice.

Sunday we spent relaxing around camp. We took a short little drive into West Glacier and let the kids throw some rocks into the river. It was a really nice HOT day and it was WAY to temping for Tyson to get into the water. At first he slipped a bit and got only his pants wet, but by the time we left his was TOTALLY wet. The power of temptation...it is so strong. This little incident although very innocent really made me think about life and how the adversary using his cunning little ways to make us succumb to temptation. At first it is so little of a temptation that we hardly even notice it. Then we slip and fall and before we know it you are trapped by his evil ways. This was a life lesson I hope to be able to share with Tyson when he is old enough to understand it.

Monday everyone went in to Kalispell to shop. It was fun to go to the stores that we don't have here in Canada. One of my goals was to get Tyson all of his school supplies. Some things were SO much cheaper than here at home. How can Walmart up here compete with $.22 Crayola wax crayons. They were a STEAL of a deal. I managed to accomplish this task about 50%. I had NO idea what some of the items were and I couldn't believe how specific the list was. The school wants specific colors for scribbles and different ones for duo tangs. I mean come on...this is grade 1! So I decided to just get what I could easily find and understand and get the rest at home. Even though the things I purchased were relatively inexpensive I couldn't believe how fast it added up. Of course it would though when you have to buy 10 JUMBO glue sticks, and 5 black erase markers!

After shopping everyone headed back to Canada, except for us. We decided to stay another night. Tyler wanted to take the kids to the drive in movie theater to see Space Chimps. So we packed up the lawn chairs and some blankets and loaded back into the truck. The kids had alot of fun at the movie and I was surprised they managed to stay awake...mom didn't though. LOL!

Well that about sums up our weekend. We all had a BLAST and hope to do it again next year.

And one more thing...Baby Grace is 1 month old now. I can hardly believe it. Time is going by so fast. She is changing more and more everyday. I am so in love with this baby, and so is the rest of the family.