Johnstone Canyon

I have fallen behind in my blogging so I will try and catch up soon.

When we were staying in Banff we went for a swim at the hotsprings in the morning and then for a hike at Johnstone Canyon.  You see, we had bought some Trail Mix and Ed really wanted to be on a trail when we ate it. 

Johnstone Canyon is beautiful, incredible and wonderful place and would be even nicer if there weren’t so many people that felt the same way!  It was a crowded walk and the trail was narrow and we all wanted to stop and take pictures which backed things up so it wasn’t the relaxing hike that we thought it would be.  Oh well, we got some great pictures and got some exercise so that we could eat more smores!

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Canada Day

Our first full day in Banff was Canada Day.  What a great place to spend Canada Day.  It just felt right somehow!  I suppose Ottawa would have been even better but this was awesome!  The grounds are beautiful there, and check out the beaver.  It was from the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, pretty cool!

 

It started with a pancake breakfast and music and face painting.  It was a really long wait for face painting at least 2 hours but it was worth the wait!  Check out these two!

   

We went back to the campground for lunch and a little break and then off again to see the parade. We took the bus from our campsite which was very cool and an easy way to get downtown.  No searching for parking!   The parade here in Red Deer does not allow throwing of candy but they do in Banff.  Lots of fun!

See the flower in the horse poop?  A clown came and put that flower there but it did not help the smell at all!  And then the truck ran over it which created a lot of stir in the crowd, the poor driver of the truck had no idea what was going on.  Adam insisted that I take a picture of this truck, I guess when you are 7 this is very cool!

Aren’t they looking patriotic?!?  The kids made those shirts at a friends birthday party.  Great timing!

Tooth

Look who lost another tooth?  It will be a long summer of no corn on the cob!

 

He is super cute though!

Woo Hoo! Summer Holidays

We left for our holidays on Wednesday and headed to Banff to meet some friends for some camping.  We arrived to find a bit of a weird camp ground.  We were at Tunnel Mountain 2 and all the sites were parallel and had small gravel pads with picnic table and fire pit.  At first we were a bit put off by it but it didn’t take long to get used to it and it really was fine.  The scenery was amazing and we really didn’t go to spend a lot of time at the campsite!

Hair

Here is the before:

(She is not happy with me because I burnt the back of her arm with the curling iron.  I am still feeling awful about it!)

Here is the during

Here is the after

Isla’s Pre-K graduation

So proud of this little girl!  They put on a wonderful show of all the things that they learned this year.  Ed and I were there and my mom and dad came too.  I think that she felt really special.

 

Here is Isla and her best friend!  What big changes in them on the last 10 months.  They will be in the same kindergarten class in the fall, look out St. Elizabeth Seton here they come!

Here is a little sample of her performance.

And here are the proud parents!

 

So here is Isla in the morning after I was done curling her hair.  She was not happy with me.  I touched the back of her arm with the curling iron and she was in pain and not a happy camper.  I felt awful!  But doesn’t her hair look nice.  Today we are going to get it cut, a few inches to make it a little cooler for summer.

Isla’s First Field Trip!

 

  

Here is my girl!  Her first field trip and she was soooo excited.  She got to have her first trip on a school bus and her first field trip.  When you have an older sibling it is hard to wait your turn for your own field trip.

 

It was a beautiful day!  Lots of sun but not too hot.  Isla made her t-shirt at Pre-K on Wednesday and just had to wear it today.

We took a break to have some lunch.  A bit of miss-communication there but we eventually all got hot dogs.  This is one of Isla’s best buddies.  They go to day home and Pre-K together, I love this picture!

This was Isla’s partner for the day and they took this job very seriously.  They always knew where the other one was and spent most of the day holding hands.  It was super cute!

Here is the whole crew!  There were lots of parents as well so lots of us there to keep everyone together and happy.

It was a long hot day so us girls went for a slurpee as a reward for being so good and walking so far with no whining.