Beautiful Waterton!!

After our fun at Echo we came home for a few days and packed up...again!...for fun in Waterton. Before we left  however, we had to can our very ripe delicious peaches! This was the first time I had ever canned on my own. With me as the big girl in charge. It's scary being the grown up sometimes! I canned with Cynthia last year, but with a lot of calls to Cynthia and a very helpful site and tons of help from Justin we canned 18 bottles of peaches! :) Aren't they beautiful?!

We headed to Waterton and Jason and Kamry went up for the day too. The kids all had a good time swimming around in the FREEZING cold water. We went for a walk with everyone and then they decided they wanted to play in the water. They hiked up their shorts, yes, but they were all pretty soaked by the time we finished.


Beautiful rainbow in WINDY Waterton!

The kids had a lot of fun with Justin's littlest cousins.

Hanging out in the cabin.

Here we are with the beautiful view at the top of Bear's Hump with Kalvin and Rammie and Bree and Sarah. :) I am SO PROUD of Zach and Kate! They climbed Bear's Hump and did SO GOOD! Not surprisingly Kara didn't want to come with! ;) Instead she went on a walk around the lake with Bama and Aunt Kristine...and they said she sat for half of it! I did find one thing that energizes her. Cheerleaders! We were on a walk by the river in Cardston and the football game was going on. I heard them announcing the cheerleaders were going to perform. I told Kara and she RAN until she got to the field! We weren't very close either! Anyway, Zach and Kate did so good. It is a quick hike, but it is so steep, especially for little legs! But they did it!!! And without Daddy! He had to work but joined us on the weekend.

I do have to commend Justin's little cousins for their persistence in trying to win Addie over. She wasn't the biggest fan of all the attention she was getting. She LOVES Aunt Kristine though! Kristine's girls were so jealous of how much Addie loved her! They tried so hard all week. I think they got her near the end. ;) On this day they got brave and swam in Farmer's Bay. Pretty sure Kate got swimmer's itch here. Eeew. Itchy, red dots all over her legs. Poor girl. She loves the water though!

It's not the beach I grew up with, but it'll do.

Bree and Kate.

Those were some heavy towels I was folding. ;) Perfect angle. Ha ha! I will take my millisecond of definition!

 

Here are a few pictures from our hike to Blackiston Falls. Addie was such a good little hiker! She walked circles around Kara! Kara's not the woodsy, outdoor hiking type. She can last about...20 feet before complaining? Anyway, Addie was amazing! She walked the entire way back from Blackiston Falls!

See, she loves Aunt Kristine!

See? Addie had to help Kara finish the hike! :)

Papa and Kate just chillin'.

Chilling out and eating snacks at Red Rock Canyon.

The floods in June brought all of this grey shale into red rock canyon. It sure changed the look of the place. I guess a lot of it has cleared out, so we will see if it continues to clear out.

One night Cammie, Justin, and I left Waterton to go can our pears and we saw a mama bear and her 2 cubs!! There was a huge line of cars so we knew something was up. Anyway, pears. If we didn't go then they would have gotten too ripe! It was A LOT of work to do in one night and we were so glad we had Cammie's help!

24 bottles of pears on the wall, 24 bottles of pears!!! Aren't they beautiful! We all felt so proud of ourselves and so productive. So Suzy Homemaker!

  

The last day we were there we happened on a antler display the Park was putting on. The kids got to see and play with all of these different kinds of antlers.

Some of these antlers were MASSIVE! I forget what kind they were!

Even Addie joined in on the fun!

 

These were SO HEAVY! I was hoping not to drop and break them! 

  

We had such a great time in Waterton this year!!! 

...All thanks to these guys. :)