Med Hat!

 

Every other month Justin has his Academic Days in Medicine Hat. He goes there with all of the other residents and they have 2 days of lectures or courses or presentations just to continue on with their book learning too. Since we are in a rural residency, they pay for the family to come with! So we went and "partied" in the hotel room while daddy was at his classes. The kids had fun eating out, going on the water slides and in the pool, and playing with their little buddy Karsten.

They really did used to sleep in the same crib! This one in fact, for about 4 months. Or less? I can't remember. All I remember is that is was cute.

 

See! Aw! My little ones.

Zach had his own huge bed to himself.

He was pretty happy about it. Actually, he really wanted me to come sleep with him. I don't know how the pioneers did it in those one room houses. I go crazy!!! Just go to bed!!!!! Maybe I just need to work my kids harder so they are so tired that when their heads hit the pillow they are OUT.

Just an evil picture of Kate taken by a sibling. Whenever the kids get the camera they cover the flash with their finger, making everything in the picture red. Scary!

Oh the phone...Kate liked this phone.

Little man in a BIG chair.

Silly girls.

This is Karsten, the cutest little guy ever. He is so sweet. He is the son of one of the other residents in Justin's group. Eliza (Karsten's mom and my awesome new friend!) and I hung out the whole weekend. I hope I haven't scared her away from having more children. She is due in a couple months, so she's already stuck with at least one more! :) We had a blast with them. Thanks for hangin' with us! Your weekend probably might have been a little more sane without us, but DEFINITELY not as entertaining, right? :)

I really like this shot! Some random guy saw me taking the pictures of the kids and offered to take mine. He took one, and only one. And it turned out! Maybe I should learn a lesson from him?!

I walked into the bathroom and found Kate like this. She was getting ready to go swimming! That was one thing that bothered me. They had this great pool and water slides, but I just can't do it all on my own! 3 little ones and me. It scares me. I felt sad and wished I could have grown another body.

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This is also what having twins after one does...3 cute little leashes backpacks!! Growing up when I saw kids in harnesses I thought that is ridiculous! They aren't dogs! I would never do that! But now that I have 3 adventurous little ones, we have invested in 3 cute little backpacks. They like them usually and if I am out on my own I feel MUCH safer. I try not to have to use all 3 at once though...I really do feel like a dog walker...CRAZY MOM!!

Thursday night there was this DELICIOUS catered BBQ (ribs and chicken! YES PLEASE!) at the Med Hat directors house. Kara got some pictures for us! :) Anyway, it was SO nice because not only did we get dinner, but since there were several kids there the director had arranged babysitters while we were there! Smart man! We mingled a bit, but I hung out with the kiddos most of the time anyway because I felt a little out of place and there were too many kids for the 2 babysitters to watch anyway!

He even had a putting green at his house. Whoa!

Look at that form!

And look at THAT form! :) Oh Kate. We love that you dance to the beat of your own drum...or however that saying goes...

Justin and all his resident buddies in their new shnazzy RAS jackets.

This is the babysitter Zach chose for most of the night...um...yep! He loved the cork popper outer.

The girls checking out the amazing view...McDONALD'S! Playplace and all right across the street. Paradise.

On our way upstairs to pack up and check out of the hotel. Behind the kiddos you can see the pools and water slides. Fun fun!

Zach the Viking. He loves "How to train your dragon, so he loved this viking...
Luckily Eliza had friends in Medicine Hat that we could hang out with. I got to meet Jen and her little girl. They were so awesome! I knew they would be as they rode up together on their little moped. What a lucky little girl to have such a cool mom! So from checkout time until the guys were done at 5 we hung out with Jen and Callie at the park, Costco for lunch, and then their house where we played Wii and ate snow cones. Could a day get any better?! Thanks for saving our day Jen!

Kate looks more like some kind of cattle in this one. Nice horns Kate!



Jordana and Baby Kiera!!!

Earlier this month my brave friend and mommy Jordana brought her family on a 13 hour drive down to Southern Alberta with her 3 week old baby girl Kiera!! I was SO happy she came. She said if her baby was born early, they'd think about coming to So Alb to her grandparent's place, and she WAS! Yay! I always love seeing Jordana and it was so fun to see and cuddle her new baby girl. Awww!!! Plus, we need to keep Zach and Jayna in touch and remembering each other so they can get married someday. :) Or Kepler could have his choice of Kate or Kara I guess. This looks promising!



Me and Jordana...I remember when I just had the girls and she came over and held them for hours and we just talked and talked. Her hubby finally called and said Kepler (her 6 month old) needed to eat. Darn it!! :) It was fun. Anyway, we met up at a park by Henderson Lake for a bit to catch up.



And the rest of the crew...bad lighting...I know. All I have is a tiny point and shoot. Anyway, Zach needs to start growing if he is going to marry Jayna! She is getting so tall!! Kepler too! He is such a little man now! He was a new born when I first met Jordana. Where has time gone?!?

 THANKS FOR VISITING JORDANA! NOW JUST MOVE DOWN HERE ALREADY!!!! :)



Waterton!

After Justin's 10 year reunion festivities were over, we spent the rest of the weekend in Waterton. Justin's family has a week every other year at a cute little cabin there. This was the "other" year, so we decided to go enjoy! Justin's Aunt Kris was also staying there with her kids. They liked to play with my kids and introduced the world of pretend play, playing "Camp" with them. It was cute.

The highlight of Waterton is throwing rocks in Waterton Lake. It is a big, beautiful, FREEZING COLD lake. There are TONS of rocks there. Never a shortage, so keep on throwing. For some reason Kate and Kara were finding the biggest rocks they could to throw. They had a hard time even lifting them!

Action shot...can you tell?

Struggling! Well just pick up smaller rocks then Kara!

Zach found this cool hollowed out chair tree.

He kinda looks like the crazed squirrel from Ice Age.

They could do this all day. It is awesome.

This girl ALWAYS takes off her shoes and socks. Cali girl at heart. :) We never had shoes on. It is hard though, because if I am not watching where she puts them, I can't find them!

Cheesy girls.

Waterton Lake

Aw. Three Generations of Waterton walkers.

Watch out for fighting deer. They're aggressive! What a great sign.

Cameron Falls! GUSHING this year. So much water.

Every body's happy...but Zach.

Cameron Falls with Papa and Bama. Look how ANGRY Zach was. I forget why, but he was fuming. It will be a good one to show him when he's older. :)

The new spray park in Waterton is great. They also have updated the regular park too. It is a great one!

The last day we were there we went to Emerald Bay with some of the cousins and Aunts and kayaked around. The kids loved it. It started to rain on us, but they still played for a bit.

My 3 little kayakers.

Kate and Papa enjoying the scenery...and snacks.

Kara with Marley. She took all of the kids out and around. What a trooper! Thanks!

Look at that surfer chick.

We went back to the cabin at about 4:00 pm. I had to pack up so we could leave after dinner that night, so I turned a movie on to keep them occupied. When I came downstairs, this is what I found.

Tired girls!! They still need naps for sure!

They slept like this for a long time. Finally the other cousins came home and the girls woke up after a few minutes. This just shows how successful and fun our Waterton trip was.