Happy Birthday!

On Saturday the Municipality through a birthday party for everyone in town. With the promise of free cake we decided to make this a priority! (Note: we did not get any free cake. Either there was none, or

we were too late, probably the latter). It was a hot day so it was nice to walk around the splash pad they have at the park.

We didn't bring swimsuits, but it was good just to stick your feet in it.

Chris treated us to some cotton candy! (He had to work all day, but he stopped by to say hi).

Most of the events were done by the time we got there, or a little too old for Macy. We stood in line for a balloon animal for a while because Macy loves balloons, but she got bored of that so we left to play some more.

Macy is in a real "Wheels on the Bus' phase and this bus was a huge hit. We could have stayed here all day. I literally had to drag here away kicking and screaming so we could get out of the heat. 

It was a fun idea, and a great reason to get out of the house.

the pear monster!

I wonder who the culprit is???

Love me a FREE pancake breakfast!

Chris always has the 'in' on what's going on around town. So when he called us last week to say there was a free pancake breakfast at the tourism center, we were happy to meet him. I guess it was in celebration of the 100th year of the Calgary Stampede. And there was cream and berries and ham too. It was great! I love pancakes, especially when they are free!!

Gregoire Lake

We are in the middle of a heat spell right now (above +30C forecasted for all week) so we took advantage of Chris having Saturday off to get out of our sauna of an apartment (no central air, thank goodness we bought a portable AC for our bedroom and we aren't paying the utilities here) and spent Saturday at the lake. We went with our friends, the Crawford's, and spent the afternoon at the beach and then roasted hotdogs and s'mores for dinner over the campfire. It was a great time and hopefully we'll be repeating it again soon!

 Too bad his shirt is on so you can't see his wicked farmers tan!

Macy wasn't lovin' the sand at first, it wasn't as nice as Grand beach.

Macy and Mabel, going for the cherries. I couldn't ever get a picture of both of them looking.

Hopefully we'll find ways to stay cool this week. Anyone have good dinner ideas to beat the heat?

Raining and Pouring and Beeping!

It has been raining and pouring and raining around here (actually a good thing, the cooler weather is a nice break), and last night we had thunderstorms which caused our power to go out right in the middle of Macy's bath! Good thing I like nice smelling rooms and we had two scented candles. Anyway, along with the power outage came the fire alarms going off. In our unit we could silence it, but it was still pretty loud in the halls, and many other unoccupied units. It just kept beeping and beeping. The fireman and their fire truck had to come to shut it all off which took about a half an hour. And when it finally stopped, Macy kept saying 'beep-beep, beep-beep'.

So in appreciation of the firemen, here are a few more photos of Macy and Chris from back when they had the Firefighters Awareness day.

 Checking out some of their rescue vehicles.

Macy liking the idea of this quad.

We like the fire and rescue guys around here!

Lunch with Dad

A couple of days ago we met Chris for lunch at a park right near his job site. It was fun to see him in the middle of the day, play a little at the playground, and eat some grub.

Macy loves climbing up the stairs, she can even do it herself. I think she gets more fun from the climbing than the sliding.

Thanks for the lunch date Dad!

A Happy Canada Day!

I love Canada Day and all its festivities. Which is why I was a little sad that it fell on a Sunday this year, but the fact that it rained pretty much all day, made it a little better. Also, our condo is right where the parade starts, so while getting ready for church Macy and I heard the bagpipes loud and clear practicing away.

So with the rain and Chris working so much this weekend we spent a relaxing holiday at home. We did dress up in our Canada Day gear though, and had BBQ chicken wraps and fruit salad for dinner.

 

In true red and white fashion we had cheesecake with fresh homemade strawberry sauce for dessert.

Happy Canada Day to all. It really is the best place to live!!