We have just gotten back from two weeks in Canada. We had a great time with Family. We enjoyed a couple of days in Carstairs with my dad's parents, where we fed baby goats, road quads and were pulled in a train that my grandpa built. We also swam and played with kittens at my uncles house. Then we headed to Edmonton for the majority of the trip. There we stayed in the country at my grandparents "cottage'. My mom stayed with them in the city. We rode the gator a LOT and fed the horses and played with the dogs and yep that's right rode the gator some more. Brayden got to go and have some fun on the tractor with my uncle hauling hay bales. Then after a bad storm he got to help with the clean up as well. There are lots of good times on the farm. Riley learned all about male horses and that as well. And Brayden got "hugged" a lot from the dog. They also had so much fun with my grandparents and cousins. There was wrestling and berry picking and golf ball picking up as well. We also spent some time at the park across the street from my grandparents condo and it was amazing. Every park that we saw was amazing. Then we headed back to Carstairs for a couple more days. That is where my children's lives were changed. You see Brayden has been saving for a four wheeler for almost 2 years. And he is doing pretty good as well. Now, he is still saving for a four wheeler but he has something else that he has decided he needs to. A Dirt bike. Yep that is right. My cousin Justin used to race motor cross and has just gotten back into it. So, he was practicing down the road and went to watch. Amazing. And then he took B for a ride. Well, we hear about Cousin Justin at least once a day. And not only is my son hooked. Riley is now saving for a pink dirt bike with a pink helmet. She wouldn't go on it because she didn't have a pink helmet. But, she can't wait. Justin also took B over the BIG jump. They stayed on the ground but not that it would matter because Justin said B was hanging on so tight he wouldn't have fallen off.
I know many of you are wondering how long of a trip that is and how did we do it. Well we drove. But we had my mom and sister on the way up and mom came home with us. (Jodi is staying due to her boyfriend living up there) My kids are troopers. The travel very well. (Correct me if I'm wrong mom) They had there moments but did well. We looked for wild animals but didn't see anything other than deer. I will add pictures. It was a great trip. Now the waiting for the hubby to come home has begun.
I will not be going to Colorado to meet the soldiers as was originally planned. But, he will be home soon.
Auntie Jodi's pretty toes after letting the kids paint them in the hotel.
A stop to stretch and cool off on the drive up.
