Waterskiing

We didn’t get a chance to waterski a ton this past summer but when we did we made the most of it and had an absolute blast!!  The boys absolutely love tubing and Emry tried her hand at waterskiing, it took her a bit to get up out of the water but once she did she skied for about 30 seconds!! Next summer she will be skiing longer for sure.  Each of the kids took a turn driving the boat and loved doing that too!  It’s hard to believe that they are now big enough to do that!  It was a fun summer on the boat, I love spending time like this with my family watching them learn new skills and experience new things!!  They truly are the light in my life!!

Coming Home

After being away for 18 months, Myrna finally came home! She was serving a mission for our church in Montreal!!! And she loved every minute of it!  Though we missed her so much we were so proud of the decision she made to go and serve!  She was able to have many wonderful experiences with her job as part of the mission office staff! She was even able to serve as the mission nurse for a bit and had many special experiences with the young missionaries!  Montreal was a beautiful city and she was able to explore and experience much of the vast cultures there! We have loved hearing all the stories she has told of the her Ward and the people there, the missionaries, the senior couple missionaries, the mission President and his wife, the apartment inspections and so many more!  We are especially happy she is home and able to do stuff with us again!  We know she needed to be in Montreal but we sure missed her!  We were able to meet her at the airport, the whole family was there and we made quite the scene.  All lined up to greet her, we were only missing Cora as she is serving her own mission in England! But we gained little Alora!!  

 

Hiking Sheep River Falls

This summer we did an easier hike, or so we thought! We hiked to the Sheep River Falls! It was a rather easy hike, not too steep, but it was also 15 kilometres round trip!!! It took us a good three hours to get to the falls, which were beautiful and totally worth the rugged trail climbing. The boys and Jared jumped into the frigid pool under the falls and about froze! Jared did it three times the boys only once! But great memories were made! On the way back we hustled wanting to make it out before dark! Up at the falls we made macaroni and cheese with sausages and Jared made the kids bannock, their first time having it! They LOVED it, Emry especially! On our way back, while hustling Armin stopped and asked if we could say a prayer! He was feeling pretty weary and knew if we asked Heavenly Father for help we’d make it back to our car! The faith of little children amazes me! So we all stopped and I said a little prayer! Armin said it made him feel better and we were able to continue on! We got to our car just as it was getting dark!

Swimming and Camping

For swimming lessons this year we decided to camp in Champion! We camped with Buck and Arren behind the fireball. It was actually kinda crappy weather, windy and rainy! But despite that we had fun! Swimming, eating yummy food and visiting!  The kids had a great time with Jared in the pool riding high on each other’s shoulders while to to knock each other down! We were also able to camp at Little Bow one weekend, and luckily nothing was broken!! We had a really nice spot with trees! We hung out, ate lots, roasted many marshmallows and just enjoyed being together as a family!!! We went boating, swimming and walks to the concession for ice cream! A great getaway!