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Following the storm....

It started to thunder JUST as we left the park yesterday. Lloyd went and got the car for us so we didn't get too wet, and we followed the storm home. As you can see, the skies were very dark and we had as lot of rain. Still not enough for them to lift the fire ban - we are in such bad drought conditions here. Nice to see such heavy rains for a while though!

Random pics from Fort Edmonton.....

Fishing game on the Midway...

In the jailhouse....

Sam hanging out :)

At the fort....learning about furs...

The children learned about 'being skunked' by people dying skunk furs, making paint brushes from skunk furs, top hats from beaver pelts, how the average beaver today is 3 hands and the average beaver back when the Fort was going, was 5 or 6 hands. It was a completely different breed of beaver than the type we have these days and they were totally killed off.

An 1885 Edmonton school...

Waiting for the train....

Signs from an 1885 nursery....

I'm thinking of bringing back some of these ideas into MY house......bloody good ideas if you ask me ;) ESPECIALLY the seen and NOT HEARD idea!!!!! ;)

Constipated????

Too funny! Chris needs some prune juice I think :)

In one of the many out houses at Fort Ed - this one actually seats three :) I could sit in there with my In Laws hahahaha! Imagine!!!

pony rides....

Sam and Abby enjoying a pony ride at Fort Edmonton yesterday. Abby starts Summer camp tomorrow and part of her camp involves going horse riding, so she is VERY excited!!!

Carousel...

Sam and Susie riding the carousel on the Midway at Fort Edmonton yesterday.

Random Katies Crossing pics....

Lloyd played golf yesterday and so I took Chris to an orthodontics appointment, did some grocery shopping, picked Laurence up after 3 days of sleepovers (yes he is very tired and grumpy from lack of sleep lol) and then drove everyone out to Katies Crossing for ice cream. Chris HAD to come with us lol - but it was nice to have him join us for once ;) and they had a garage sale there so he bought himself a big print for his new bedroom!!

As we arrived a friend of mine was just leaving, so I chatted to her for a little while before we went inside to order....

Just before we left a train went over the bridge - perfect timing for Sam :)

Susie and Grandma Thorpe...