Winterfest 2012

What do you do when there isn't any snow to play in? You go and find some!

We took off to Waterton National Park to celebrate Winterfest 2012 for the day. We weren't too sure what to expect as far as weather but as we started getting closer it looked like the mountains were lost in a dark grey cloud which promised snow! As soon as we parked the kids were out of the van and playing in snow like they'd never seen it before. The sled came out and all three kids squished on and Ryan pulled them as we walked up to Cameron Falls. The falls looked pretty amazing with the huge frozen icicles falling and the water running underneath. The kids took off up a hill and took turns whipping down, it's the first time they've been able to go tobogganing this year and they definitely were pretty excited about it ... Well, Brayden and Sydney at least. Madison seemed a little freaked out about the whole thing. Not a winter lover but who can blame our little Filipina? Made for the tropics.
We made our way back to the lodge for a warm up, filled our tummies with some food (FYI: wouldn't recommend the yak steak) and took off back to Lethbridge. Over all nice day trip out of the city!
Happy Family Day weekend everyone!

Waterton Day Trip

On one of our last days in Canada we visited Waterton National Park with some family. The started out really nice and so we headed to the lake and played around there throwing rocks in the water and making splashes. We found a nice spot in the campground sheltered by the trees where we ate a yummy wind-free picnic lunch in the warm sun.

After lunch we headed up to Cameron Lake. The kids got to ride in the back of Grandpa's jeep which they loved all snuggled under a blanket to keep them warm since Grandpa's jeep only had the soft top on. It was so pretty up there being surrounded by all the green tree's and some snow still on the mountains. We drove through some cold cold rain to get there so there weren't too many people out on the lake when we got there which made it that much more peaceful.

After Cameron Lake we had to take the drive to the Prince of Wales hotel and the famous roller coaster road on the way to Red Rock Canyon which the kids loved. It had been too long since we've been to Waterton because we only made it past one of the hills when Ryan turned into the side of to turn around instead of speed up for more. Thankfully he corrected the mistake and we were able to fully enjoy our tummies being flipped!