FAMILY PHOTOS #3

Penny (Kevin & Natalie's puppy)

for some reason, this is how Penny likes to say hi to me - by wrapping her paws around my arm

reviewing the contract

you are my sunshine

Gma and Penny

Carmen

dangling toes

waiting waiting

Whitney and Emma

Missy and Whitney

Missy, Emma, and Whitney

MAGRATH DAYS

Craig invited us to Magrath to watch the rodeo, mutton bustin, greased pig chase etc.  The dust was so thick, and poor lighting, so we didn't get good pictures in the Agriplex.  But we did get some cute ones after.

Craig helping to 'grease' the piglet for the kids to chase.  They actually use shampoo to make it slippery.  Huh, who knew?

Cutie pie Colton

Missy, Cheyanne, and Cache

Cache and Missy

Marissa and Cheyanne

Colton

Cache and Cheyanne

(Marissa shows up in most of these pictures because I got them from her camera, and she loves to take self-portraits.)

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THE NEW CALGARY TEMPLE

As of July 2010 this was the site of the new Calgary Temple

Looks like it will still be a while....

GIRL'S CAMP

Photos in no particular order...

Missy at the top of Bears Hump in Waterton

Marissa and Brittany

Brittany and Marissa

Brittany and Marissa, oops...

Waterton Lake

Marissa with a short firehose

Emma jumping into Waterton Lake.  One of the Priesthood leaders didn't think ANY of the girls would jump in or get their hair wet.  He doesn't know these girls very well.  ALL of them jumped into the freezing cold glacier water - getting fully submersed, and going again and again.

Emma with a chicken from the overly friendly farmer that lived across the road

Emma and Charly at Cameron Falls in Waterton

Friendly chipmunks at the top of Bears Hump

YOUTH TEMPLE TRIP & ACTIVITY NIGHT

Charly, Elizabeth and Emma at the Cardston Temple

Parkland ward youth at the Cardston Temple

Ross trying to succeed at a 'Minute-to-win-it' game.  (Put a deck of cards on the top of an empty pop bottle, blow them off - leaving only the last card - ONE last card.  It's do-able, but not as easy as it sounds).

Emma at the same activity.  Trying to get the oreo cookie from her forehead down her face and into her mouth, without using her hands.

Emma at the same activity.  Cup stacking and back down in under a minute.  36 cups.

CATCHING UP - Random Summer Pictures

Cousins at Park 96.

We love having this park at the end of our street!

Emma at Park 96

Marissa at Park 96

Erica and I at the Jon Schmidt concert.  So talented.

Toby and "Gloria" his favorite stuffy that Ross gave him

Toby

Marissa, Sydney, and Jenna at EFY

Jenna, Marissa, Sydney at EFY

UNWANTED FRIENDS!!!

One night we looked out the window to see this, or rather 'these' digging around under our front porch, ugh!  Can't tell what you're looking at.....scroll down...

There was a momma, and her 4 kiddies!!!  YIKES!

Thankfully we haven't seen them for several weeks now, and we never did smell them!

(the babies sure were cute though)

UNIVERSITY FRIENDS & ROSEBUD

Traditions are good.

For the past several years we've had a reunion of sorts each summer with some of our favorite people.  Bruce had THE best roommates at University (back in the day...). Last summer as we sat around on the deck at Sylvan Lake chatting, while the 17 kids were inside playing games, it was decided that this summer we would go to the town of Rosebud, Alberta to see the play "Oliver" together, and stay over at the bed and breakfast.  The town of Rosebud is TINY!!  Apparently they have an acting school there, and put on plays several times a year.    These are just a few pictures from our weekend together.

L>R:  Hardys, Humphreys, Chiles, and Rolfsons

Renee, Christy, Carrie, Terri

Darryl, Bruce, Ross, Steve

The B&B we stayed at:  The Rosebud Country Inn

p.s. the play was actually pretty good, the B&B was delightful, and the company was fabulous