July 28, 2009

Banff National Park- Canada


Beautiful Banff. We thought we would head up to Canada since we all have passports anyway. About two weeks before our departure- we remembered Kai and the fact that he did not accompany us on any of our European Adventures- well he actually went with us to the British Isles, but I carried him the whole way. Fortunately two weeks is just the amount of time needed for expedited service.
















































































Lucky for us, we happened upon this group putting on a horse show. They had moves reminiscent of the Lippinzanger Stallions from Vienna. While we were in Vienna we got to see where they trained- but no performance, as they were performing elsewhere. It was fun to see some horses do some pretty spectacular moves.

July 27, 2009

Glacier National Park- Montana











Our family went on our first official summer vacation. Since I have always homeschooled the kids- we usually took our trips during the school year. We decided to visit some National Parks and do some camping. Our first stop was Glacier National Park. As you can see- it was beautiful.







We had a great time hiking, skipping rocks and Kai even did a little skinny dipping. It was like being in paradise- everywhere you looked it was so beautiful.




































Rolling with the Stones

Brigham's sister and her wonderful family followed us home from the Redd reunion. They were here for just a couple short days. We hope they will come back soon and stay MUCH longer. Thanks for coming! They helped us launch our first inaugural fire pit roasting. In the above picture you can see that our waterfall and trees are in. We still need to put in plants and mulch etc. I guess we will be waiting until Fall to finish it.


The boys set off bottle rockets and other "larger" fireworks on top of the hill. This one exploded a little early. Crazy boys and their fun with fire.

Kai couldn't believe how much fun Kaleb was having in the tub. He just had to jump right in- clothes and all. My little guys are so adorable!

July 16, 2009