Swimming With Our Red Deer Family

Meme's first time in the water!

Me and Meme with Nicole and family :)

 





Alivia's Baby Shower ~ Feb. 26 2011

I know I am so very late for posting this but like the good 'ole saying:

Better Late Than Never!!

This was the first road trip with Meme so I was already nervous about how it was going to go. Well it was the WORST trip EVER!! I am glad I was not driving!! I had more than enough stress and nuts in my tummy with just being the passenger.

I had been watching the weather network all week long, because if it was crappy weather we would NOT be making the trip up to Red Deer. Well it was good, or so we thought!! We hit a complete WHITE OUT/BLIZZARD on the way up. Every few minutes we seen a car/truck/van in the ditch. The thing that got me all worked up was:

A lady was in the lane beside us and in a split second spun out coming into our lane and than the ditch. She came within inches of hitting us!! OMG!!! My heart raced!! My hands were shaking!! I wanted to get off the road RIGHT NOW!! We were going to pull into Olds BUT the turn off was so deep in snow we could not take it. We drove ALL the way to Red Deer.

Than when we were almost at Red Deer we hear a voice from the back seat 'I have to go pee.' Anyone who has young children know they give you no warning. And the roads were NOT in any condition to pull over!! Thankfully he was able to hold it until we were able to stop!!

After that most stressful drive we made it safely to Cozy's house for her baby's shower!!

They are 26 days apart!!

Meme with Auntie Kelley!!

Meme with Grandma C.

Alivia in the swing we bought her!!

Great Auntie S. holding both babies!

'Oh Meme what is your problem!!'

The shower was over and we had to make the decision as to whether we go home or spend the night. We decided to go home!!

Well as we get to Innisfail we here on the radio that it is Blizzard/white conditions and traveling is not advised!! GREAT!! So we pull into Innisfail and are about to run into the grocery store there to buy some formula...but than we see the RCMP building and decide to ask them what the road conditions are like. The RCMP officer says they are OK and the sanders have been out all day/night and if you drive safely it is fine.

OK that made our decision easy to continue our journey home.

WELL it was the same as the drive out, minus the spin out right in front of us, and the fact that is was now dark which meant it was harder to see. It was better for me that it was dark because I didn't see all the vehicle in the ditch BUT it made it worse for hubby. We both hate night time driving!! We did make it home safe and sound BUT let me tell you I WILL NOT be traveling that road until summer hits!!

Weekend Fun In Red Deer ~ Bowling Sept. 11 2010

Sept. 10 2010 - Sept. 12 2010 We decided to go away for the weekend just to try out our new van!! It was a lot of FUN had by ALL!!! We didn't get in until late Friday night so we just headed to the hotel room and relaxed for bit.

Below are pictures of Bowling!! There were 11 of us in total!!

Grandma C and Tornado
Tornado was so cute and had a blast!! It took his ball a VERY long time to get to the pins...LOL
Making funny faces with Sara while Nicole and Shayden check out her phone while Shayden tries to hold Jake in place!!

Yep I made him give me a pose :)

Roger and John hanging out well waiting for their turns.

I am not too sure what is going on in this photo

Mommy and Tornado bowling at the same time. This happened lots!!

All in all it was a very fun experience and everyone had a BLAST!! None of the kidlets wanted to leave when it was over but the adults were sure done and ready to move along. LOL

We will definitely go bowling again!!

Sicamous Beach BC

So here is how we ended up at Sicamous Beach...

We originally canceled the last 3 nights at our hotel in Revelstoke and booked a room in Kelowna BC (after lots of research on the hotels). Than we go out for dinner and I am trying to find out the air quality in Kelowna (because of the forest fires) and to my amazement I come across a site that says the beaches in Kelowna are closed!! OMG I look at John and say "Ummm it says here the beach is closed in Kelowna" So he phones the hotel we made the reservation and sure enough the beach is closed. OMG we told Tornado that we were going to the beach and now what are we to do. How do you explain to a 4 yr old that the beach is closed?!?! So we decide ok I guess we just pack up and go home tomorrow, this is Thursday and we are supposed to be there till Saturday SO super early. The next morning we pack everything up and check out and than start to chat with the lady for our hotel and well she tells us about Sicamous Beach that is only 30minutes away. SWEET!! We decide to go there and see if we can get a room and go to the beach!! LOL the only nice looking hotel had a room for I think it was 250.00!! That is double the rate of our room back in Revelstoke that has the jacuzzi tub!! So after debating we call back the hotel and see if our room is still free, it is!! :) So we spend the day at the beach and than head back to our same hotel in Revelstoke. It was a fun filled day!! Can you see where you are aiming?

LOL Tornado has no face LOL

Last year Tornado was scared of the water BUT this year he just bolted for it...kinda scared John cuz he was going in so fast. LOL I guess the swimming lessons paid off :)
It was the same depth all along and that was the deepest :)
Just look at the joy on his face!! I LOVE IT!!

We also played in the sand but my camera got put away so it would not get wrecked!!

ps. If we had come home this day our van would still be in front of our house. LOL But it was a blast at the beach and I am glad we did it!!

Swimming Time

Tornado absolutely amazes me when it comes to swimming!! We put him into 1.5 swimming lesson classes last year because last summer at the beach he was kinda scared of the water. He would not go in and when he did he was very worried and unsure what to do. So in the end we decided he needed some lessons. Well now this boy is a true water boy!! He can swim the length of the pool, with life jacket on because mom is not ok without it. LOL He can go down the water slide all by himself!! Most of all he is not scared to just jump into the water when mom and dad are not in the pool, of course he asks before going in without us :)

Checking out the water that comes out of the water slide

SPLASH!!

Going up the stairs all by himself...at first Mom was scared because of the thought of Tornado falling on the slippery stairs but this is me letting go. YIKES

This water was FREEZING and he just jumped right in!!

Practicing his back float :)

Drumheller July 2010

We won a family pass for the Alberta History Pass and it includes many many places if you are looking for something to invest in and like to travel around Alberta you should really check out this pass!! Here is the link if you would like to see what it all includes and the prices: http://culture.alberta.ca/museums/historicsiteslisting/experiencethepast/default.aspx

With that being said we decided it would be fun to go away for a night and use our pass for the first time!! So off to Drumheller we went :)

Tornado is ALMOST 40 pounds now!!! He has only been the same weight for 1.5 yrs now LOL

His FAVORITE Dinosaur!!

Excited to be here!

He didn't care that I couldn't see the Dino's face. LOL

Did not want his picture taken, so I took what I could get.

Such an evil look on his face!! LOL This picture he did want, I am not sure what the face is all about.