First Visit to Calaway Park

As a family we've never been to Calaway, we weren't sure if the kids would be able to get on the rides being so young, but when I won some tickets on the radio we figured we had to check it out. We had SO much fun, Cy and I got to ride a bunch of the rides too and it brought us back to being kids and going to Calaway ourselves.

Waiting for our car









Carter chaufering us thru the park









hahaha, Olivia riding the mini "Ocean Motion"












Riding the bouncy buggies









Riding the train that goes around the back of the park, this was one of carters favorite rides









My drama girl pouting cause she wanted to sit in a different seat LOL









To make liv happy we gave her our camera so she could take some shots of our train ride, she got a couple really good ones, and a bunch that are of grass and clouds and the people in front of us LOL.









Love this self shot that liv took of her and carter.









My thrill seeker riding the kids roller-coaster.

Heritage Park Visit

We took daddy for his first family trip to Heritage park this week. We had beautiful weather and we had a great time.

Running in the gazebo









a nice family picture for once! LOL









My little girl on the prairie!











we're thinking we'll send them to Abudabi!











doing some learning at school











nice smiles

My son the Dog

I really enjoy it when the kids get along and play together but I'm not so sure if this was playing together or Olivia taking control LOL.

My son the dog, playing in gimli's crate

Swim Time

This was the first time we pulled the pool out this summer, the kids just love playing and swimming and hanging out all day in it.

Cooling themselves with their hats.






























I stumbled upon Flyn Rider doing some nude sunbathing in our back yard LOL

Stampede Fireworks 2011

We took our annual trip to see the Stampede Fireworks last night. Pulled the kids outta bed and went down to our regular spot and had a great time. The weather was warm with a bit of wind the kids had fun being silly and eating the traditional fare....Timbits!! LOL

All bundled up and ready to watch the show









Our timbit moderator!













All ready to watch the show!










Being silly










More silly










Like father like son!












Staying warm
























The fireworks






























This is why we go, the magic that it creates for the kids makes it all worth it and makes me smile everytime.

Stampede 2011

We took the kids down to the stampede grounds this past sunday for our annual trip. It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time but were very exhausted by the time we got home, we ended up staying for 8 hours, we completely lost track of time but it was well worth the exhaustion!

Riding the train to the grounds, bright and early

























Liv's first ride of the day
























I wanted to get a picture of Carter on the kiddie ferris wheel, it didn't go over well, he didn't like not being right beside me LOL.













Cy enjoying his ride on the monster trucks LOL

Such a change from last year, Carter was SO excited to go on rides this year, it was so much fun to watch him!

Playing whack a mole

By far we really enjoyed the roosters just outside the barns, they were very cool to watch, they also had little ducks (more like toddlers than babies) in with the roosters, Liv LOVED them, wanted to take one home LOL.

Cater couldn't wait to see the miniature donkeys, they were very cute, there was a super fuzzy one and I wanted to take him home!

Posing infront of an old fire wagon

traditional picture of my family members riding the missile, I think it's my turn next year LOL

Trying on some helmets, very cute

Testing out a sniper rifle

Liv couldn't wait to ride the swings, she's too small for the ones at Heritage Park so she was super excited that she was tall enough for these.

My biker dude and dudette

Carter making sure that Liv is driving on the track LOL.

Riding the bee's

more bee's

Carter looking over the edge of the big ferris wheel and scaring the crap outta daddy.

Riding the big ferris wheel