Fernie Friends

We stayed at a chalet in Fernie for 3 nights. There were 12 adults and 12 kids...relaxing. Haven was the oldest and the youngest was Griffin Chapman at13 months old. We had a great time. The kids all got along great as did the adults. The girls got some mountain biking and shopping in and the guys did some rides and runs. The little ones had fun going on nature walks and frog hunts and spent HOURS in the "warm tub".

Note also the top picture from Jenna & Garret's wedding in Calgary...bunch o' lovely lads...

Andrew & Reba's Wedding/Laurier Lake

Off to the lake for fun times! Lots of visiting with friends and family...and of Course Andrew and Rebecca's wedding. The wedding day was gorgeous and the wedding itself simple, sentimental and lovely. There were beautiful white tents set up with fairy lights, orchids, white linens...you get the picture. It was like an Oprah Garden party...I am sure andrew planned it that way. There were no funnels and andrew kept his panties on- so a great time was had by all.

The kids had so much fun at the wedding and at grandma & papas lake...

Breton

Check out these cuties!!!!

E-Town

After arriving in Calgary we spent a few days in Edmonton visiting with friends and family. We went for a few tours on papa deweys river boat down the north saskatchewan and had dinner with some friendly friends...

Viva Canada

Well 5 weeks came and went like that! We had a great time and are back "home" over the jet lag and back to reality it seems...

In canada we managed to see everyone we wanted to see, go everywhere we wanted to go and overall loved being back in Canada. It is strange that as everyone goes into fall we are gearing up for summer. It's a hard life sometimes...

Prince Bronson had 3 parties for his third birthday. The first was at Riley park in calgary with his calgary buddies, the second in Edmonton at Grandma & pappas, and the third was at the lake. His lake birthday party was shared with cousin Jazzy who turned 15-yikes! John spent the first week in North America in Houston taking a course so was only in attendence at the third party...

Whale watching at Flinders Bay

We had a great weekend away- south of perth about 3 hours. We went whale watching...the bad news is the prairie people didn't fare well in the swells. Haven was the worst and spewed a good amount...The rest of us just felt nauseaus. We saw 4 humpback whales and a great southern or two. They were playful around the boat. As you can see it was tough to get a good picture of them- The ones we saw are said to be approx 13 meters long and weigh about a tonne per meter...big fellas... it was very cool. We stayed at a lovely secluded place called Hamelin bay in a beachside cabin. The kidlins had a blast frolicking in the waves.

Happy Canada Day!

We had a Canada Day BBQ with about 30 guests. Johnny slow cooked ribs on the bbq (this is where I am supposed to mention that they were much better than J Vaughans and KCs and Mikes...) It was great fun other than a 3 year old with a broken ankle from adventures on the trampoline. Lots of Aussies in attendance and a handful of canadians. A work colleague of johns brought a stuffed seal and a club...very amusing. We struggled to come up with "canadian" food so went with burgers, ribs, corona and sangria...