Waterton National Park

We thought that we would celebrate our first weekend back in Canada by driving 1 1/2 hours south to Waterton National Park. It was a perfect day, hot and no wind (which is very rare for Waterton!). We stopped of at the Prince of Whales hotel to take a look at the amazing view of Waterton Lake and the town site letting the kids run off a bit of energy the collected during the drive! One thing we did notice was a huge group of Filipino's in some sort of tour up there snapping pictures like there was no tomorrow! Filipino's and they're pictures (shaking my head side to side with a little bit of an eye roll). I feel like I can say that because I consider myself part Filipino and have been going a little camera crazy myself ;)

After our brief stop off we made our way into the tiny town of Waterton and took a look at the 'show and shine' they had going on and even the kids had a good time checking out all the "hot wheels."

We then had a great lunch with a stop over at the lake to through the token rocks into the water and dip our toes in to see exactly how cold the water was.... oh SOOOO cold!!! I nearly pee'ed myself and went into shock when I felt how cold the lake was!
We also took the rollar coaster road to Red Rock Canyon where we played a bit in the water and on the rocks before heading back into the car and driving home for dinner. And although we didn't get a look at any bears we did get to watch this beauty licking all the salt off the cars in the parking lot at Red Rock!

It was such a great day and I got my first sunburn of the summer season... including out months in the Philippines!

Goodbye to Teachers

Well we had to say goodbye to the kids teachers as we were getting ready to leave back to Canada. I know that both Brayden and Sydney just love going to school here in Bacolod and will be really sad to leave. They started this school year in June and so it has only been a couple of months but already they have really learned a lot and gotten to know they're classmates...
Good-bye for now!

Our Pest Pet Spider..... warning Spider post

Alright, I know that a lot of people tend to be frightened of spiders so I just want to warn you before proceeding that there are pictures of a spider in this post.... so if you don't want to see it then don't scroll down:

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Almost There...

Alright,
For those of you who have been following us on our journeys then you are aware that so far we have had a golden retriever named Kula and our turtle which we named Sophie. Well we have a new friend who lives on our property. Not in our house and not so welcomed but he's there, lurking in the shadows... (well not so much lurking, more just hanging out in open view, I was going for dramatic) waiting to go for a ride.

So this guy likes to hang out on our/in our car and go for rides with us. On multiple occasions we have shooed him away while at a restaurant or the mall BUT the very next day, BAM he's there... waiting to go for another ride.

Our Pest Pet Spider..... warning Spider post

Alright, I know that a lot of people tend to be frightened of spiders so I just want to warn you before proceeding that there are pictures of a spider in this post.... so if you don't want to see it then don't scroll down:

Keep Going

Almost There...

Alright,
For those of you who have been following us on our journeys then you are aware that so far we have had a golden retriever named Kula and our turtle which we named Sophie. Well we have a new friend who lives on our property. Not in our house and not so welcomed but he's there, lurking in the shadows... (well not so much lurking, more just hanging out in open view, I was going for dramatic) waiting to go for a ride.

So this guy likes to hang out on our/in our car and go for rides with us. On multiple occasions we have shooed him away while at a restaurant or the mall BUT the very next day, BAM he's there... waiting to go for another ride.

My Girls

Madison has always been compared to Brayden and Sydney when people are trying to decided who she looks like. She has some moments where she resembles Sydney but they are rare. One thing they do have in common is that they both love to drive!

Some Filipino Humour

I'm sure all you Filipino readers have seen this before but everyone can use a laugh now and then and this never fails to make me laugh... it's just "inhuman!"

August Long Weekend in Boracay

Last weekend we were able to take a couple days and get out of Bacolod for a getaway. Unfortunately there was a tropical storm going through the northern part of the Philippines so we had to brave Lethbridge style winds and heavy rains that were on and off again. A couple of times we would look out to the sea and all you could see was this dark grey wall coming for us and we knew it was time to start running for the hotel! Thankfully we stayed central on the beach and so we never had too far to sprint before spotting the hotel on the beach, unfortunately there were a few times we got completely soaked. Thankfully when you're a kid and you're playing in the water rain doesn't bother you so much since you're all wet anyway. Madison was the most surprising as she seemed to enjoy the wind and rain sprinkles kicking her legs and squealing in delight when we would out to the beach.

One thing I have never seen before is underground construction on a beach before! These guys could dig a trench in the soft sand, lay the pipe and cover it up in no time!

We had some friends of ours join us on our trip. We were able to show them some different styles of food, like Mexican, which they weren't too sure about but bravely tried whatever we suggested. Thankfully the huge Mango shakes made up for the unique taste of Taco's. Mmmm, mango shakes.