Mat and I have spent many many MANY days in Waterton.

It has to rank as one of our top places to be.

I always say I want to retire there, but actually...

I want to win the lottery and spend my summers there.

And then go back for a week at a time for a really harsh, cold, isolated winter.

Where you wander the streets, and pass more animals then people.

Where you can't pop into a corner store, because EVERYTHING is closed.

With the exception of one hotel.

But when we were in Alberta, the sun was shining, and we took Dylan to Waterton for the first time.

He was thrilled that they had a water park.

Who wouldn't like to play in the shadow of the amazing mountains?

Dylan riding the big tractor at D Dutchman Dairy on the way back home from Calgary.

Tried something different with the photo to try to make it look retro.

Thoughts?

and 

YES

we did have icecream.

yum

While in Calgary, our nephew's 6th birthday was held at the Cranston community waterpark.

Great facility, but you have to be part of the community association to use it- which kinda sucks.

Because the party was there, they let those of us who don't posses the golden key in too.

(even the riff-raff get in sometimes)

haha.

Dylan LOVED it.

It's a great area for kids.

Dylan adores water... he has no fear....

water directly in the face results in....

LAUGHING !

They had a really cool pinata !

Dylan thought it was pretty neat... although at first I don't think he believed us that he could use a hockey stick to wack it.

Normally wacking things with a hockey stick is a big NO

and results in him getting in trouble.

Yummy birthday cupcakes....

And some rest with Daddy after lots of fun, food and water adventures.

Probably the best/most fun birthday party we've been to.

** special note**

You might be thinking, wow- Tracy is really self absorbed and fixated on her son- where are the pics of the birthday boy and of the other kids??

Well yes, I am fixated on Dylan- thanks for pointing that out...haha

BUT

there are no pics of others for two reasons:

1) others have declined permission to allow me to share photos which I respect

2) I didn't ask others if I could use their pics, so I will not post them without permission.

Tracy

xoxox

While in Calgary we took Dylan a Stampede breakfast- which normally is a lot of fun, unless you take a crabby toddler, which he had turned into that morning.  

Oh well, free pancakes !

In the same vein as my last post- I convinced Mat that we should go to the stampede on kid's day.

It's free if you get there before 9 am, and bring your kid, or a kid you are able to borrow.  Luckily for us- we have a child.

Score !!!

Through the gate no problem !

Hardly a line?

Free breakfast- no line !

 It started to spit a bit of rain.... not a biggie, we have the stroller cover....

 Made friends with some animals.....

I personally LOVE horse noses....

And then... 

the sky turned

an awful shade of

blue

black

grey

And the sky opened up and poured and poured and poured....

as I waited in line outside

YES.

O.U.T.S.I.D.E

for tickets to the superdogs.

Mat bought us cheapy ponchos that look like garbage bags.

And we stood in the line.  

Getting soaked.

There are no photos- too stressed, drenched and worried about my camera.

But in the end, we did do some fun things...

We walked and walked and

walked....

 We rested our newly pedicured feet.

And we took our tired boy home after lunch.

Mat and I returned later in the evening for some adult fun.

Mmmm... Poutine.

Hey there !


Back from our vaycay in the big city.  Jumped right back into the busyness here - photos to edit from shoots in Calgary- started back to work 2 afternoons a week, and just other "stuff".  Soooo.... it'll be a bit until I get caught up well enough to blog.


BUT until then, head over to my photography blog and check out some of my current sessions.  Slowly chipping away at getting those images ready for clients- and then I can play with my fun photos.  Got lots of photos and stories to share....


http://cherryblissphotography.blogspot.com/

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