Alberta Summer Fun

Well I am back from the long lost bloggers. HA!HA! I don't know how everyone has time to do this on a regular basis but I love keeping up to date with everyone.

We just returned from spending 2 weeks at Richard's parents place in Watervalley, AB. It was such a wonderful time for all of us. We decided to drive which had its moments but overall went really well. I am including some pictures of the trip and hopefully will do a little better at keeping up.

All the cousins....Alex, Kristin and Nathan with Camryn and Carter (Richard's sister Sandra's little ones)



Going for a ride on the Quad with Opa. We had a major wind storm and some trees came down on the fencing so they were in repair mode.



We planned our trip so late in the summer so that we would have a chance to meet some of Richards relatives that were visiting from Germany. We had a great visit with Opa's cousins and enjoyed learning more German. Even Nathan got in on the action pronouncing some words better than the grown ups. HA!HA!

Nathan enjoying our ride home in the van. The trip was over 15 hours of just driving which in a 5 point harness car seat is not the most fun not that you would know it from this picture.

Here are the 2 other munchkins in the back. They were in their glory as thay had a portable DVD player and movies the whole way.

The Winnipeg Opera presents Madama Butterfly

What a magical night. One of the women in my ward at church invited me to go to the Opera with her. I have never been before and I promised myself that while I was in Winnipeg I would experience as many cultural things as possible so it was another check mark on my list. It was amazing! I was thankful for the english subtitles as it helped me so much to understand the characters better as my italian is a little rusty. HA!HA! Our seats were great and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Popsicles

At the beginning of May we had some really nice weather where it would go up to 18 or 20 degrees. Only lasted maybe a week and since has been rotten weather and COLD but we enjoyed it while it lasted. Here is Nathan enjoying his very first popsicle. He was sitting on some landscaping tiles in the back yard having a grand time and he thought that was great. He is getting so big so fast I wish I could freeze time.

Yahtzee

We have a Disney children's yahtzee game and we were all playing it together. Nathan was sooooooooo excited about rolling the dice that he hogged them the whole time and we ended up letting him roll for most of us. Then after the game was over I let him go to town with the dice. He thought it was too fun and watching him was a riot!

Richard's Birthday

Well I am going to throw some random posts at you as they become available. HA!HA! Our computer was in need of some TLC and now we are back up and running so let the posting begin!



Richard opening his big surprise present ( it is always very difficult to get him something he likes but doesn't know about in advance!)

Rich and the kids with his annual Black Forest Cake.

Rich and his new firepit. Plan was that we like to have bonfinres and now even though we have to live in the city we can still enjoy the outdoors in our little backyard.

The kids of course thought this was great!!


Nathan got in on the eating marshmallows but not roasting them.

Kristin loves smores...


But not as much as Alex! HA!HA!

Fine line between enjoying the marshmallows and dealing with the sticky mess it creates. Nathan was having no enjoyment of the mess! TUB TIME!

Kristin's 5th Birthday

One of Kristin's gift openings and a run in with Alex. True life at the Kinners! HA!HA!

The Ball Popper

One of Nathan's favorite gifts from Christmas.