Oh summer is good for us. We are glad that summer has finally come and brought daddy back to us. It has been busy so far too. For those who are not aware of the drama that is going on Alberta on. On June 21 the Bow River in Calgary, and in many places around Calgary, Canmore, High River and other places flooded beyond anyone's imagination. Homes that were in the on-flood areas found themselves flooded. High River (the entire city) has been flooded out.
Well the clean up on this catastrophe has been something else. I have had the opportunity to be apart of the "Mormon Helping Hand". I've been out to High River gutting basements and shoveling people once precious things, now turned garbage, into piles lining the roads. I've also been out to the Siksika Nation (first nations reserve) just past Strathmore. Many homes were washed away, and many more under water. Tomorrow I will be headed out again to gut another house. It has been a really gross, worth while cause, and I've been proud to help out.
Getting organized out in Siksika
Ok onto the fun parts of summer so far.We went to Edmonton for a few days to hang out with Chelsea and her family. It was sure hectic with the 2 families in such small quarters, but it was fun. For my birthday, we had some good friends come over for cake ice cream and some epic "Things in a box". Then the next night, Chelsea, Daniel and I headed out to see Les Miserables. It was fun. And I talked briefly with tthe girl who played the Innkeepers wife as we waited for our train. She was fantastic.
We are gearing up for some more fun this summer too. We will be heading down to Magrath for Magrath days soon, and then Aric and I will be leaving the kids and heading for a little vacation in Las Vegas without the kidlets . We are looking forward to that very much. Then after that we will be heading out to a family camping trip in B.C. with most of my family. Should prove to be a fun and interesting time.
Alright time for some photos
We got the kids some camping chairs for the trip we will be going on. Sylas st in his in the kitchen for like 45 minutes one day. He just loved it.
Our 1 year old photos. What a handsome little man
Naina-BAA! (peek-a-boo in Japanese)
Naomi needed to have some photos too after Sylas' photo shoot
We have had sooo much fun in our new little swimming pool. Seriously we have a couple of water babies on our hands.
On Canada Day we put the kids to bed at their normal time, then woke them up for the fireworks. Here we are heading out to see them.
Naomi fell in love with fireworks. She is so excited to see some more at Magrath days
We went to the splash park the other day and it took Sylas a little bit of time to get in there
Just watching all the fun
Naomi got surprised when this sprinkler turned on
Finally in the water, and frozen... he wouldn't move
Naomi got bored at the splash park pretty quickly so we headed over the pond next door to throw some rocks in it. A new favorite past time I think
Joyously choosing our rocks to throw
And one more of the boy enjoying the pool
Well there you have it folks. We are enjoying our summer and looking forward to seeing many of you
in the next few weeks.
So fun! We sure enjoyed having you visit us. I really love the picture of Naomi after Sylas' photo shoot!
ReplyDeleteI'm just a few months late with the comment but I sure enjoy the photos.
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