Our New House

I have been waiting for a nice day in Calgary to go take a picture of our house....it is taking longer than I thought. I think they said that today should be the last day of this wet weather. Anyway.....We now have a basement and I am really excited. I never thought a basement could be so exciting. They are about 1 month ahead of schedule with our house but that could change quickly. I will put up a picture as soon as I get a good one.

A bath in Nanna's basement.... We spent the day in my parent's back yard and Ben was filthy. He likes to have a bath in my parents big sink. This is a good picture...you can see how much he gets the water moving. 

Matt took Ben and Titan on a hike last week. I'm not sure where exactly they went but they sure had fun. 

A cool picture of Titan. 

Brrrr...Ben looks cold. 

The next generation of pianists? Just joking...Ben just loves how much noise he can make on Nanna and Grandpa's piano. 

These were the most friendly horses. Ben was so excited to be so close....he even petted it. 

Ben just loves to play in and smell flowers. 

CIBC Run for the Cure

Well I have started training.... Today was the start of our corporate training for the CIBC Run for the Cure. We only ran for 30 minutes and I made it without a break!!!! I was a little worried but having now seen who else is on the team I think I should be okay.... no offence. For those of you who don't know I am running this with TD's Prairie Region Team on October 1. If you are interested in sposoring me just go to www.cibcrunforthecure.com and click on Donate to a Participant, then you just enter my name and put how much you want to give. It goes to a great cause....my goal is $500 and I could definately use your help.

Camping

Well we went on our first camping trip of the summer as a family. The days were great! Ben had so much fun playing in the water, the sand and generally just being outside. The nights were a much different story (or should I say night). Ben thinks the tent is a giant jungle gym. He was much too excited to sleep and Matt and I maybe got two hours ourselves. I was too exhausted the second day to do another night like that so at the end of it Ben and I headed home. We haven't given up on camping just yet though, we will definately try again. (I didn't have my camera so thanks to Shanna for the pictures, my family will enjoy them :)

One of the best pics of Ben in a while. He even has his own camping chair! 

Ben had a great time playing the mud. We even made him a mudslide into the water. 

Sarah and I relaxing in the afternoon. 

Everyone but Ben and I went for a hike in the hoodoos. It was too hot in the afternoon for Ben to be in the sun. He took a nap in the shade instead. 

Canmore

We spent three days this week in Canmore with David and Erin. We forgot to take pictures the whole time, except the ones Matt took while climbing. You can check out David and Erin's site for some shots from the bottom of the climb and the other days.

What a view they had. 

Finally, on top. 

The famous self portrait. 

That's Matt up near the top. 

Elbow Falls

My friend Wendy and I (along with our families and dogs) went to Elbow Falls last weekend. Here are some pictures. We had a great time.

The water was freezing. 

The boys and their daddies at Elbow Falls last weekend. 

Titan and Tikao take a rest. 

Asleep after a long day. 

We often take Ben down to the river behind our house. He loves to play in the little puddles around the river. 

Feels cool! 

Have you ever seen a muddier boy? Ben thought it would be fun to start sticking his face in. YUCK! 

Warming up with Daddy. 

What's NEW!!
Not too much to report these days. We are having a great summer, enjoying times with friends and family. We spent the day with Wendy, Keith and Eric (Wendy and I used to work together) at Elbow Falls and it was gorgeous there. The boys had a blast playing in the river and even our dogs got along! We are off to Canmore tomorrow with David and Erin and no kids. We are going to relax (well maybe Erin and I will, the boys have some climbing planned) and have some quality time together before they are off again.
One new thing is that I am changing jobs in two weeks. I am going to be a manager at a new branch that TD is opening up. I am really excited about it. It is great to be going to a new branch (no bad habits to erase). I am in the process of finding/interviewing staff now and in Calgary that is not easy but I'm sure it will work out.
I will be sure to post some pictures later this week of our trip and today at the river.

New pictures of Ben