Summer Vacation Part 2

Well, we thought that we wouldn't really be going anywhere this summer, but since Keira arrived a couple weeks early we decided to go down to Southern Alberta for a family reunion and to see the Hills, since they also decided last minute to come to Alberta. Keira was only 2 weeks old, but I thought it would still be worth it to get to see family, especially for the kids. And it was, Jayna and Kepler had so much fun with their cousins and were really excited to go on a vacation. My mom and I drove down with the kids, and then Gibb flew down to meet us a few days later.

It took us over 13 hours to drive down there! Luckily the kids did pretty good, it was a really long, tiring day. There are always wide loads on Hwy. 63, but this day there were some of the hugest I have ever seen, I don't think this picture does it justice.

All of Cassandra's kids were crazy over Keira, it was so cute!

Kepler wloved playing with the older boy cousins, he just thought he was one of the guys

My Grandpa is amazing! He's almost 88 and he such a fun Great Grandpa. He takes the kids out to the backyard and shows them his garden and picks raspberries with them. Then he had a water fight with all the kids on the deck. He came in and filled a bucket up with water and was taking it outside and laughing to himself, then he turned around and asked me "How wet can I get your kids?" Haha, I told him to soak them, so he did!

He also keeps this huge dirt pile in the middle of his backyard just for the great grandkids to play on.



And after all that he showed Jayna how to blow bubbles out of a straw, genius idea!

Jayna followed Great Grandpa Jensen around all afternoon, she had so much fun with him. I really hope she remembers him when she's older, such great memories!

We went out to Stafford Lake one evening for a picnic, Kepler was so happy to get a ride on the boat.

I also got to see some friends while we were there.
We met up with Amelia and her kids at the park

And we also met up with Lindsay and Krystyn one morning, as usual I always wish I took more pictures!

The cousins having a dance party. Jayna now asks to listen to Nathan's favourite song and Kepler knows some of the words and actions to Don't Call Me Baby Anymore thanks to Samantha, haha it's so cute!

Jayna telling my Aunt Nola all about starting Kindergarten on her birthday

Keira loved Great Grandma Jensen :)

On Saturday we had a Jensen Family reunion in Waterton.

Gibb took the kids on a hike. It was 4 km and they walked the whole way. They were pretty hot and tired when they were done.

Having lunch with Aunt Susan on the hike. Jayna and Kepler realized that Aunt Susan looked and talked just like Grandma Kathy, and so they kept "teasing" her and calling her Grandma, they thought they were pretty funny.

I stayed behind and had a picnic while they were hiking

Kepler was asking to see a waterfall all day, he was fascinated by it

After everyone was done hiking we had a big BBQ by the lake. It was so great to see everyone!

Kepler and my cousin Dane are only 7 months apart, any by the last day they had finally warmed up to each other and played all day long

Being silly playing air hockey

Stocking up on crab apples for the road

Thanks for having us Grandma and Grandpa!

We took a different way home and so the drive home was a lot shorter than the way down
Our vacation was short but sweet, and we really packed it all in in 5 days! We were all exhausted when we got home, but the kids slept in until 8:30 or 9 for about a week to recover, so I won't complain!