Dinosaur Provincial Park

Our first camping trip of the year was to Dinosaur Provincial Park, not to be confused with Drumheller or Writing On Stone. It's 2 hours from Lethbridge and such a great campground. There was TONS of hiking to do in the badlands. We spent hours hiking with the kids and they were in heaven... even with a bunch of scraped knees. We met the Bennett's there, and it was a great trip. The campsites were HUGE, there was a park, and a cafe where we got ice cream, and we hiked hiked hiked! Michael and I definitely want to take the kids back there again when they are a little older!

 Driving to some of the badlands.

 On a walk to the river. Check out that adorable little boy!

 Ah, this is waaay too cute.

 A giant tree!

 The men checking out the river.

 A reeeeeeeeeally old tree... 

 Mikes giving it a hug. 

 It turned out to be an awesome climbing tree and Lauren rocked it!

 haha, Michael was fearful for his life. 

 We called this "The Brain" 

 Blurry photo but this was at the top of some very big badlands.

 The guys found a little cave and it was really dark but Darcy went in it to see how far it went because he could see a tiny little light and we found it weaved in and out a bit and came out the other side so everyone went through it a few times and the kids just thought it was the coolest.

 Okay, so I actually didn't go through!! It's FREAKY that this is underground, ah!

 Amazing views!! Like nothing I've ever seen. You drive to here and it's all just farmland and then you start to descend a bit and there is just this crazy view that goes on for a long time of bandlands!! Beautiful!

The kids watching the Incredibles in the trailer. Ty loved it!

 grabbing lunch at the cafe before we head home.

 Love this view!

 It was windy and rainy when we were leaving.. Good timing!

 Ty talks about this trip all the time and he calls it Dinosaur Avisual Park.... haha

Waterton trip and Canada Day

 Just a cute sleeping picture of Noah to start off.

We met up with the Robinson's in Waterton for our first trip of the year. We hiked up to Crandell Lake (and it took a while to meet up... michael and I learned that there are two trailedheads haha) and the kids did pretty good. Noah fell asleep in my arms on the way down and by the end I was dyyyyying. 

 The littles trailing behind their Dad's.

 The kids getting into the snacks, like always... and Michael, getting his camera ready. 

 Riding on Daddy's back in the water.  

 We went back to the townsite at the park and ate the BEST dinner ever... fruit and veggies, teriyaki chicken salad, chips, and these AMAZING peanut butter cookies Jessica made. They were HUGE too. The Robinson's head home and we headed to Cameron Bay to relax and do our usual... throw rocks in the water. 

 Canada Day was about the same as every year. :) The usual family photo, parade, a stop by my Uncle Reeds to say hi to family members, then to the Orrs for a big lunch and games.. we played water baseball this year.. the bases were pool of water. Lots of fun. Then we went to Grandma Janices to celebrate her birthday with some family and Michael head into Lethbridge to take some photos for Dusty's business... I was lucky and my mom watched the boys while I napped, and then Michael came back out for some more visiting. Then we head home and watched the fireworks at Henderson from our front step, which Ty was so excited for he didn't even go to bed for the night until after at 11:30!!!