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...

Susie and Grandad Thorpe....

Flutterby Butterfly....

Perched upon the Lilacs at Katies Crossing yesterday....

Bison dust bath....

Conehead!!!

Relaxing in the sunshine....

Admiring the view from the boardwalk....

Lloyd looking at creatures with the children.....

bug hunting with Sam and Abby.....

Watching tadpoles...

Rocking the dock....

Susie and Chris were rocking the dock so much that it was scaring Abby......and I was joking that if they broke it off and it sailed away we were NOT going to go and get them!!!!

Susannah on the boardwalk....

Thursday...

Yesterday Lloyd and his Dad continued to work on the tree fort they've been building in the woods. Terry and I relaxed on the deck all day recovering from the day before :) Reading, chatting and enjoying the sunshine - it is SUCH a sun trap there :)

I was a little hung over from mixing my drinks the day before...wine and Becks don't really go together lol ;) So although we had planned to spend the day at Fort Edmonton, we all decided a relaxing day at home was called for!!

Laurence phoned and asked to sleep over at the twins for a third night! Chris asked me to drive him over to the school where he had arranged to meet a group of friends. His friend Darcy was directing a movie and Chris was Assistant Director.

Late afternoon we packed up the car and headed to Elk island Park for a drive. Went up to Astotin Lake and found there was no one there!!! I guess everyone was recovering from Canada Day!!! We went for a walk along the boardwalk - stopping for photographs, pond dipping - to watch the tadpoles (they are really late there - and still in tadpole form!!!!). We watched a squirrel in the wood for a while, sat by the playground for a while and the children played. Terry sat and wrote a postcard.

We drove through the bison trail to see the gophers and got some pictures of them, and on the way home came across a herd of bison in the middle of the road - with their babies. Very sweet!!!

Came home and had a BBQ with a nice salad and then we watched 'Don't Mess with the Zohan' which Terry and Chris hadn't seen!

Nice relaxing day.

Lloyd and his Mom and Dad.....