Waterton Oilmans

My Dad has golfed in this tournament for as long as I can remember. In fact he said that he has only missed one year since he started golfing in it, and that was the year that I was married, and he was in the hospital for a bone marrow transplant and associated complications.

This year Jordan got to golf in it. He is totally legit since he works in the oil and gas industry, but it is a closed tournament, so you need an 'in' to be able to play, and then once you play you get you application every year after.

It was a fun weekend! There is a ladies scramble which some time I will play, but for now I have 3 little munchkins to keep me busy. I had a fun weekend planned where I would take the kids up Red Rock Canyon, go to the candy store, watch a parade, eat lots of junk, but the weather really didn't cooperate, but we had fun anyways.

Jordan lost his games on Saturday so he played in a scramble Sunday and won!!! That will keep you coming back.

Now we need to get some more younger people to come out. I had a really fun time at the banquet, but that was mostly laughing at the men's poor dancing abilities!

Body Worlds

I have some great friends, and today one of them called and offered me free tickets to Body Worlds at Telus World of Science. Jordan and I had talked about taking the kids, since Skyler is so fascinated about the body, but the $80 didn't seem worth it. While I still wouldn't pay the big bucks, it was soo great. The kids loved the exhibit, and then had a blast in the other kids area. I LOVE this kind of stuff, and it was slightly morbid knowing that it was all real specimens, and not replicas - it was still really cool!

Sleep over Party

Have I mentioned before how lucky my kids are to have my brother Stephen around? He has always been a big influence on them, and taken time to play with them. Now he is almost 19 years old, and Skyler really wanted to have a sleep over and since he is 5 and really too young for that he called his uncle. Stephen not only agreed, but brought them snacks, and a movie to watch. They played games before setting up bed. Our family is really soo blessed!

Good Bye Facebook

I deleted my facebook account yesterday, and I feel good about the decision. I was wasting a lot of time, and really not getting anything out of it. I LOVE my blog, recording my family and what we do, and really enjoy reading about what other people are doing as well. It was a constant up hill battle keeping my privacy settings up, so now there is no more worry. I do love how it is a great social networking tool, but for me, it was too much time.

Magrath Days

We love going to Magrath for their annual celebrations. Our day stared with the parade where the kids got way too much candy, a frisbee and a beach ball. Then we went to the petting Zoo. Ethan and Ryley loved the animals, and Skyler was terrified. 2 Astrojumps, and this is the first year that Ethan didn't promptly come back out of the jumpy house. Jordan stayed back at the house while Ryley had a nap, and the boys and I took advantage of the pool.There was beef on a bun for the whole town (I am seriously amazed at how they manage to do this, and NOT have a huge line ever) The night was finished off with fireworks with we woke Skyler up for, and he loved, they had some difficulties, and we were all in bed by the time the majority of the show came, but hey keep his expectations low right?

Ashley Lake 2010

We had soo much fun at the lake this year. Ryley loved being in her boat, and screaming out of the back of the boat at whoever happened to be behind it. Skyler loved tubing, and did super well, he even went as far as asking Grandpa to try and flip him. Skyler used the easy ski, and tried going on 2 skis, he did end up falling off the easy ski, but I love to see the progress that he has made. No tears this year!!! Ethan enjoyed the tube with Jordan or I, and was super cute, telling us that there was nothing to be afraid of and would hold our hands to help us be brave.

Jordan and I were able to go golfing one morning, and got to see a play one evening. We LOVE ASHLEY LAKE, and are so happy to be able to spend some of our summers there.

eyes of blue

I love these beautiful eyes!