The Missing Month

In August we finally took our long over due trip back to Calgary. We had a total blast! It was so good to get to visit with family and let the cousins play. We were able to meet baby John and baby Ivy, spend time at the cabin, attend cousin's baptism and baby blessings and see good friends. We even made it to almost all the spots on our top ten list. I've been negligent in posting because we have hundreds of pictures (THANKS Jessica). I can't choose which ones to post and which to leave out.

I came up with an idea .... Jessica is great about posting. She has a few posts about our visit that you should take a look at here and here and here. They are full of great commentary and her wonderful pictures.

There, now it doesn't seem so overwhelming to summarize 3 weeks of fun (thanks for allowing me to plagiarize Jess). These are a few pictures I had on my camera of the trip.

Dave and Brady enjoying the flight! Big thumbs up to Air Canada for the individual TV screens.

Lay over in Vancouver

Excited to arrive

Sharing some tunes while we wait for the flight

These girl cousins have to stick together! They are slightly outnumbered

(baby Ivy missing from the picture)

girls - 5 VS. boys - 11

Geocashing exploration

Ida enjoying the lake

Riding on the C-train 2010

look at how they have grown since the picture below

Riding the C-train 2006

Olympic Plaza

Enjoying downtown

Our favorite bookstore has closed and is now a SportCheck - Booo

I walked into the laundry room at Dave's parents house and this is what I saw out the window... can you believe it? A mother moose with her two babies. We watched them from the deck for a while - amazing!

Audrey got to visit her good friend Lauren for the afternoon.

The Saunders and Miller clan getting some ice cream. That's a lot of kids!

Crazy cousins

Family fun - the reason the trip was so great!!

Thanks so much to everyone for letting us interrupt your routines to have some fun. A lot had changed in Calgary in the two years since we moved, but a lot remained the same. I had a few surreal moments like when we drove by our old house. Memories of watching it as it was built, bringing home Carter and Brady as new born babies, the wonderful friends we made and the sweet neighbors we lived next to and lots of other special times. I also had a a similar experience running into Sobeys (our grocery store) of all places. I was pushing Brady in the cart as I looked for a few things and turned back expecting to see a little Carter in the seat rather then Brady. It seemed like just yesterday and at the same time a very long time ago. Strange!?? Everyone had grown but the fun times we always have together are still wonderful experiences. We can't wait to have everyone together again. Thanks again for a great visit!!