Friday, August 7, 2009

A summers worth of activities in two weeks! (warning..super long post)

Anytime you are away from home for two weeks its good to be back...even if your vacation is full of fun. Iconically enough we went to a family reuinon in Canada with Clint's family. Like father like son, they both married Canadian girls. I definitly wasn't going there and not visiting my family too, so I flew up a few days earlier. (I didn't mind missing out the the 14 hour drive either :) ) It was so nice to fly with Tyson. I definitly got VIP treatment. Didn't have to wait in baggage claim or security lines and they made sure I had an empty seat next to me. Luckily Tyson was fantastic. Cousin Taylor and Tyson. Such a cutie! I am so glad i got to spend a couple days with her. Giving hugs
We went to my favorite childhood memory....Waterton National Park. This is the Prince of Wales hotel.
Famous Cameron Falls in Wateron
Georgeous Waterton lake
Wrap Tyson in a burrito and voila.... he sleeps on the hikes.
My Uncle Kenny and Aunt Maxine made us a delicious BBQ
Got to spend some time with my last living Grandma.
We were able to go do Sealings at the Cardston temple. This is the temple I used to think I would get married in. I love this temple and my Grandma lives right across the street. It was so cool just to walk to the temple.
We went to West Edmonton Mall. Look at the fun waterpark.
We were just in time to see the Walrus show
I wish we could have ice skated. This is also in West Edmonton Mall.
This mall has everything... even the best rollercoaster I have ever been on.
Now we are down in Drayton Valley to begin the reuinon.
We shot Bison with bows and arrows.
Shot clay pigeons and ballons with rifles and 22s.
Here is the RV crew. That was our home behind us.
Went on a high adventure four wheeler ride....Muddy!
Half way through we stopped at a really pretty river.
Even took Tyson on a little ride
During the reuion we also went waterskiing, played softball, volleyball, flag football, went on a 6 hour canoe ride and had a beautiful campfire where we learned about Clint's grandma and grandpa. And this is who we owe all our Canadian reuinon fun to.... Thanks Della!
Following the reuinon we visited Banff and Lake Louise. Some of the most beautiful lakes and mountians.
We did lots of hiking
At the top at Mirror lake
Long hours of driving in the RV.
Now for the Knapp reuion in Idaho. Tyson loved the swing in the yard during our bbq
Went horse back riding
We got a visit from the mountain man and his indian friend at our campfire. They scared the big bear back into the mountain.
In Idaho we also hiked over a mountain and drank water from the mouth of a river, swung off a rope swing in to a lake, four wheeling, sang our hearts out at Kareoke, ate a fantastic dutch oven dinner and Raquel and I ran 6 miles to get us back into running for our half marathon this Saturday.
Whew!! I wasn't kidding when I said a summer of activities in two weeks. Now back to decorating my new house. :)
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9 comments:

Christine Peterson said...

oh i love your picture at the top!! so beautiful.ok i have no idea what the heck is on taylors head! haha she loves tyson, we are so glad you stayed with us a few
days. looks like you guys had a fantastic reunion

ps it's voila by the way not whala. it's french ;)

TJ said...

Wow, that does look loaded with activities and fun! Did you hit the bison, were you afraid it would charge you?

The E's said...

I'm jealous! The picture of you with grandma almost made me cry. I miss her so much! Looks like you had a lot of fun! You have a beautiful family!

The E's said...

I'm jealous! The picture of you with grandma almost made me cry. I miss her so much! Looks like you had a lot of fun! You have a beautiful family!

Todd and Ashley said...

Wow Apes, lots of great pictures. Looks like you guys had fun at your reunions.

I am so glad we were able to hang out a few times while we were in Utah. Sure wish we had more time to play. Your house is beautiful and Tyson is a cutie.

By the way, Canada is so beautiful. I need to put that on my list of sites to see some day.

Trina and Nate said...

Awesome Pictures. I loved them all. It was so nice to have you there as part of the Family!!!! April and Clint are the coolest. It was fun to see you.

Ryan.Robyn said...

so the whole post was beautiful until I read the part that said you drank water from a river!! Beaver Fever! ha ha.

Ryan and Diane Egan said...

Looks like you guys had fun, those pics at the lake are so pretty especially the Banf one. I've only been to Victoria in Canada and I thought it was really cool, i've been wanting to go back.

Mike said...

absolutely love the pics, WOW!, Canada is amazing! gorgeous, looks like Clint finally evolved completely into a mountain man over those few weeks :), Tyson is getting huge! and we still need to see you're new house, let's set something up, summer's are crazy busy. Good to see you had fun!