What we've been up to all Summer...

Seeing as how I've barely blogged all summer long, I figured its time for an update!! Here's what we've been up to all summer long!

We've spent a LOT of time in our own backyard. The kids love our little swimming pool, and have spent many afternoons swimming.

We did manage to go camping one weekend. We pulled our trailer out to Mt Kidd in Kananaskis for the annual golf tournament. Even though there was half the amount of golfers/campers there this year, we still had an AWESOME time. The kids loved playing by the river and doing all your typical camping stuff.

We spent many weekends out at the acreage. There our children/dog can run wild and free. Every time we went out there we had excellent weather and good company.


On one of our acreage trips we drove down the road to the Dog Pound rodeo. The Vanderveen family has been going to the rodeo for several years. It is always a lot of fun and lots of action.

We were also kept very busy this summer with softball. Two years after the disolving of Team Moses our friends once again banned together and formed a new team, Scared Hitless. However, this year they didn't join the Christian league, but instead opted to play in the same beer league that Good Times (another team from our church) also plays in. The competition was much stronger in this league than the CCMS. Scared Hitless won about 1/2 of their games, but still had a lot of fun each Sunday.

Logan and my mom went to Vermont for 10 days at the beginning of August. My Aunt Donna and Uncle Ray live on a dairy farm there. Logan had a ton of fun and was never homesick.

We drove out to Little Bow Lake to spend the day with my grandparents and little cousins. Ever since I was very little my grandparents have been taking all their grandkids on "fishing" trips every summer. I don't think we actually ever did a lot of fishing. I just remember swimming in the lake 24/7. My kids LOVED the lake, and big grandpa and big grandma were kind enough to let Logan stay for 2 nights with them as well.

A lot of our weekends have been spent with family and friends. The pictures below are from various weekends hanging out with the whole Vanderveen family in my parents backyard. (Most of them from my grandma's birthday).

Our Calaway park passes haven't gotten a ton of use unfortunately. We've been twice, and I still hope to go one or two more times before summer is over. We went early this week with Mark's mom. It was a super hot and busy day. The kids weren't on their best behaviour, but we still had a lot of fun.

So now you know what's been keeping me away from the blog. Hopefully now that summer is coming to an end I will have more time to keep this updated!

Happy Belated (and I mean BELATED) Birthday Logan!

Wow! It's been a while since I've updated this blog!! I guess I have just been too busy enjoying summer to think about it.

Over a month ago we celebrated Logan's 4th Birthday. Once again we happened to be in Kananaskis on our annual golf/camping trip that same week. Mom and Dad Wiens were able to drive out and join us for the day. And what a nice day it was!

Logan couldn't decide if he wanted a Spiderman cake or a Transformers cake this year. He is so in love with both! But lucky for him, he has a cake decorator for an aunt who happened to surprise him with both!!

Logan wasn't a HUGE fan of the sparklers. I think he was upset that he couldn't blow them out.

Katie was a BIG fan of the cake though!

A Spiderman watch from Uncle Brian and Auntie Bobby!! Now if only he could tell time so I don't have to answer any more "How much longer?" or "When will it be time?" questions!!

Spiderman aviators and action figures!! I sense a theme going on here!

Spending the rest of the afternoon throwing rocks in the river!!