The Mendenhalls

Park Lake Camping

We went camping with the Malmbergs for one night at Park Lake. It's a great campground! The lake is supposively nasty but the campsites are nice and big with lots of trees. This was our first camping trip of the year and it was a success... Besides the fact we tried to put our kids to bed early to get some quiet time but that backfired with the 3 year olds wanting to stay up because they weren't even tired yet. haha.

Hot dogs for dinner and marshmallows for dessert. Thats pretty much what my kids will want to be eating all summer when we camp.

Munching down on the gooey goodness

Noah enjoyed the evening by hanging out in the stroller.

Ty loves Cali so it was fun for them to run around and play. We brought their bikes so they liked practicing on them. I had to get up early the next morning because I won tickets to Ladiesfest, and 8k, here in Lethbridge at 8am. I ran with Cassandra and it was great because we are the same fitness level. It was hard, but fun to walk and visit sometimes. The next 3 days were brutal though with sore legs beyond belief. haha But it was so worth it!

G&G Smiths

We went over to my Mom and Bryan's place one evening for dinner. Here's some cute photos...

The kids have always liked standing up here.

The kids love Brady (the dog) except for Ty. Ty always keeps a good distance between him and any big dog.

All the kids love their Auntie Cass

haha, Maddy's face is the best here!!

Edmonton trip

We took a trip to Edmonton recently and it was a blast. We drove the full 5 hours with 2 kids without stopping *high fives all around*. Then we went to Chuck E Cheese and it was so much fun. Next time we will probably eat before we go because the food wasn't great, but there was so much for the kids to do (and us) and we all loved it.

First night in the hotel. Ty got his own Queen bed (and Michael and I shared a King.... heaven!!)

The next evening we went to West Ed Waterpark with the Robinsons and Nikki. It was a blast and after we all went out for dinner.

I couldn't stop taking pictures of my kids sleeping on this trip, haha.

I'm in love^^^

We went up because Michael was at a conference for work so me and the kids met up with the Robinsons one afternoon at a park. Ty and Norah began their friendship.

Another evening we took our kids to West Ed Galaxyland. The kids also loved this. Look how handsome my husband is please!!

On the Ferris Wheel!

Can't wait to take them back when they are even older. I love theme parks, but Michael isn't a huge fan, but hopefully we can take our kids lots.

Our kids were in heaven.

"stay in there Noah"

Along with all this stuff we got to do, we shopped a bunch, ate an AMAZING meal at the Robinson's house after church on Sunday, and I got to go out with Jessica and Nikki one evening for dinner. It was so fun to visit with my Besties! We all enjoyed our trip to Edmonton, but it was nice to be able to get home to our own beds after 4 nights in a hotel. I should mention though it wasn't just one room. Our hotel room was a family suite so it had a separate room with a king bed, where we kept Noah in the playpen and it was nice because the kids were able to nap. We also had a kitchen and dining room!!

2nd Waterton trip

I'm throwing in a few random photos before we get to the Waterton trip.

Like, COME ON! Man, I love this kid.

Not feeling well!

Aiden likes to come over often to play! We like it when he does.

We love our patio... it's great during the summer to have the kids go outside. They love standing on the chair and seeing whats going on in the neighborhood. Noah is juuuuust tall enough to see over the edge now. Ty often yells "hi kids!!!" when he sees the neighbor kids, or "hi grandma/grandpa" if he sees them outside (they live 3 doors down). We love this area we live in. We have this awesome little green space right across from our house and one house down there is a long green strip (the Lakeview green strip).

So many things I love about this photo above. The green grass, Noah peeking his head over to see, Ty's smile and his Lion, and Noah's insane bedhead which never goes away (but I love it long on him and can't get the guts to cut his hair short).

Ty chatting with Noah.

The Baldersons invited us to come to Waterton with them to their cabin for a night. It was AWESOME. It was so cool to be able to sleep in Waterton while NOT being in a tent, as much as we love to camp. We got to borrow some bikes and a bike trailer and it was so fun to ride around Waterton, which I probably only have ever done as a kid.