summer highlights

 Well, our Alberta summer has come and gone and it couldn't have been better!

We traveled throughout Alberta visited many of Alberta's national and provincial parks and Lakes- Waterton, Kananaskis, Elk Island, Park Lake and Sylvain Lake

 The girls had an amazing time bonding with their cousins- they took swimming lessons together the first two weeks of July and had lots of time to play together at Grandma and Grandpa's.

We supported Alberta tourism with visits to Fort Edmonton Park, the Calgary Zoo, the Provincial Museum, the John Janzen Nature Centre, the Lethbridge Nature centre. 

 Annika learned to ride a bike! 

We spent a day at the Calgary Stampede including the evening chuck wagons and Grandstand show

 We got re-aquainted with these long-lost great friends and also got to spend many evenings hanging out with friends and leaving the girls with their grandparents.

the girls had some pretty great play-dates with their long lost buddies (and I had some great coffee times with their moms!)

We easily conquered jet lag and it somehow it shifted the girls' clocks so that their average wake-time was 8:00 (as opposed to six during these school year). It was heaven!

Auntie Rita and Uncle Steve took the girls for a night and put us up in a hotel. THANK-YOU!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!

We enjoyed the hospitality (mooched?!) off of many and slept in lots of different beds over the summer (Edmonton, Strathmore, Lethbridge, Calgary & High River)

The girls loved the cotton candy at the zoo, but we loved so many delicious BBQ'ed burgers and steaks! I was looking forward to summer BBQ's and it didn't disappoint! I think I may have gained a few pounds...

We were humbled and blessed by the hospitality and times we spent with our family and friends. It made it that much hard to say good-bye. We feel loved and are so thankful to have such special people in our lives!