Tea Towel Fashion

Rowan's entry for "How many ways to wear a tea towel"....one of her new found games.

Our Summer Holiday

For a bit of a summer holiday we packed up and headed north up to Baptiste Lake to spend a week with Brad, Cath, Kate and Colin at the Finlayson cabin. There was lots of space for the girls to run and play, which was great as it resulted in good eating at mealtime, and good naps and bedtimes as they were all played out. We went for walks, played in the sandy beach, took some boat rides, and hung out in the cabin with good food, wine and friends. A few laughs were had along the way, and all in all it was a week well spent.

Ice Cream!

Mmmmmm, ice cream in the summer....need I say more?

Adventure Girl!

Turns out Rowan is quite the adventure girl as she displayed no fear taking part in some of Tato's favourite activities. We put her on the quad just to see if she could take the noise, and seemed to like her 2mph ride the 20feet they went....easy does it on the first try.

She also loved the boat rides, and would fuss with me until she could be face first to the wind so she could raise her arms and yell to the lake gods! I had to keep a good grip on her just to keep her from ending up overboard as she attempted to get as close as she could to the water.

There was also lots of dancing with Kate and playing ball in the grass.

More Pics From the Lake

Sunset at Baptiste Lake and a few shots of some goofin' around....

Pra Baba's 82nd!

Just before the May long weekend I was lucky enough to be able to schedule some work in Calgary so that we could be there May 13th for Pra Baba's 82nd birthday. Everyone was over to the Tityk's home for dinner, and Rowan was able to spend a couple of days re-aquainting and playing with her older cousins. Jack and Makaila are getting so big, and they both love to wrestle with their Uncle Yani! Nice to see all of their grandchildren being enjoyed at the same time....here's to many more Pra Baba!

May Long Weekend

For the May long weekend we headed to Cranbrook for a family visit. Us, including Teak, Chad, Michelle, Kayden and their two dogs all invaded Mom and Kasper's house for the weekend, literally forcing them to take up new residence in the motorhome for a couple of days...don't know what we'll do in the wintertime! Anyways, given Spring had hit, Andrian requested time on our drive down to fish in the Crowsnest Pass for a bit, which we did. After having a picnic lunch, I introduced Rowan to the Frank Slide and to the river (where she watched from the bank as Tato fished). Andrian assures me he and Rowan will spend much quality time there fishing together...

Then on to Cranbrook for a weekend of visiting. The family shot that I am posting here is a picture of a picture....as part of Mom's redo for her 60th we went and had some family pictures taken of everyone, so being this is one of a few pics of all of is in it, I thought I would post it.

And finally a couple pics of Rowan and Kayden as they had discovered Nana's Sirius Sattelite radio and spent some quality time one morning pushing buttons and lights to see what happened. Scary to think this will likley be somewhat obsolete by the time they are old enough to care.....