Sorry for my neglect of this blog. Trying to get settled has taken all our time and then some. We are still waiting for our final grade and by next weekend we will be able to actually use our driveway. We are excited for that! But then we need to better organize our garage...the to do list is never ending and some things are out of our hands, so I learning not to worry and waste time on those things. We'll plan and save and then move ahead when ready.
Here are some of the things that I've missed blogging about:
Aaron and I went on a field trip to the Aerospace Museum in Edmonton. It was something different he isn't really into planes especially ones that just sit there in a museum. There was lots of information and I was able to read some of it but we had to keep moving to keep it interesting.
You couldn't touch hardly anything but this airplane was one that he could sit in. The planes were pretty rustic and very basic. They even had a wooden plane that was neat to see. Some of the history of the Edmonton City Center Airport was interesting to read about. On a scale of 1 to 10 with one be blah and ten being amazing....I give it a 4.
We can't forget about the selling of our home and we did it ourselves!
This is a sideways picture of the highlevel bridge trolley car that we rode on. That was Spencer's first time. It was a bit drizzly that day but still a fun experience. It rides from Old Strathcona to Jasper Avenue.
Here is a picture of what it is like to ride on the top of the highlevel bridge! Once upon a time there used to be 4 sets of rails on the bridge. The CN rails were in the middle and the two trolley rails were on the edge. Yikes! You are really high up and no rails/fences on the side for extra safety. Before they cross the bridge they stop to make sure that the bridge is still there and safe to proceed.
The St. Albert Children's Festival. We went to this a few years ago and then our schedule never seemed to mesh right but this year I decided that this was worth it for our kids and so I took them on a little field trip on a Thursday afternoon. We bought tickets to the show "Drums of the World". It was different types of drums and drumming from around the world. It was a loud show but very good.
Here is Aaron playing in one of the tents where you can build and try new toys.
Here is the "silver man" that acts like a statue and moves only occasionally; enough to make you laugh and scare you. Evan had a good time fooling around with him.
Here is one of the site activities that we did. They made "wax art". It was a good thing that all the activities were mostly in tents, since we did have a downpour for a while that day and had to stop our hula-hooping and bouncy house jumping.
Of course no experience or fun outing would be complete without some cotton candy!
A trip down to Calgary included a temple session with a few of my siblings and parents and then a birthday party get together to celebrate my mom's 70th Birthday.
Here is my mom with her two cakes....a black forest and a German Chocolate cake. We had quite the fun day. We went swimming at the leisure center and then back to my brother and sister in law's house for the party. We had a pasta dinner with all the trimmings, present opening, hanging out and cake eating. A fun busy day. We slept over and went to sacrament meeting with them in the morning then headed back home.
Well I knew that this move would pretty much be our summer but we needed to get away and the kids wanted to go to the Cardston parade 'cause they throw candy. So that is where we headed. But first we made a stop at Calaway Park!
Lesson learned....go to calaway park when it threatens rain, as hardly anyone else is there and you can walk onto any ride.
The park did shut down earlier but we were good with that as we pretty much went on every ride that we wanted to and we still had to finish driving down to Cardston.
I'm pretty sure that the population of Cardston doubles when their heritage day festivities are going. Lots of people return home for the fun...as we did this year.
We spend most of one day in Waterton....hiking, watching beautiful waterfalls, having a picnic lunch, playing at the park, getting wet, and eating ice cream cones. The weather was awesome.
Here is Evan cooling off in some water while trying to collect as many "special and pretty" rocks that he could.
We even made friends with a chipmunk. I remember feeding chipmunks here when I was a kid....this might be the same one! (or at least a relative)
We endured many pancake breakfasts and then enjoyed a candy laden parade that's not too long and not too short. The kids were catching candy in their buckets!
Our journey continued as we drove to the US to visit with Spencer's parents.
We drove up through Logan's Pass....of course it was breathtaking...and also very busy. We couldn't find a parking spot at the top to stop and hike around so we just kept driving.
Grandma and Grandpa were very generous and gracious hosts' for taking such good care of us. We went hiking, shopping, Costco visiting, cheap and giant ice cream cone eating.
One day we took off and went to a family amusement center and had a blast....we almost did it all (except for the basketball activity). Evan and I rocked the go-carting. Megan was thrilled and scared at the same time to be able to drive her own cart. Yikes! If that is our dry run for when she really drives....look out!
Mini golfing and we all conqured the frustrating maze! Megan finished it first, then Aaron and I and finally Spencer and Evan.
Then there was the bumper boats. Evan and I had a funky boat that wouldn't spray that far needless to say we all were pretty wet when we were finished.
We watched a movie, enjoyed A/C, had BBQ's, and swam pretty much everyday. We were all sorry that we had to leave by the end of it.
