Long Lake

We went to Long Lake a couple of weekends ago. These pics of the kids at the beach warm my heart, I have such fond beach memories from growing up in the Okanagan. It makes me happy to see my kids having similar experiences.

That's Jack and Darrel out there in that fishing boat. They actually caught something! Very exciting!!

It also happened to be Alberta Parks day and there was a water bomber demo happening. Pretty cool. Notice the clouds? Yup, it wasn't the warmest day of the summer but we went anyway and  had a great time.

This Girl

Street Performers Festival

One of the fantastic things about my new work location is that it is right across the street from Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton. Throughout the summer there are all sorts of festivals and fun things happening. This afternoon Darrel and I met for lunch and checked out the street performers festival. This guy on the stilts was pretty entertaining. I was impressed even before he flipped one leg back, and hopped on one stilt. Darrel and I made sure we contributed when the hat was passed, he worked hard!

 

This building is the new (well relatively new) Art Gallery of Alberta. The design looks so amazing eh? I remember my good friend Lily worked there about 12 years or so ago as an intern one summer. I visited her once during that time period and her office was in the basement of a dark cavern like building -certainly not anything as bright and open as this. There was a bit of a kerfuffle when they were planning the tear down and rebuilding. (why spend the money, is it necessary etc.) But now I think it's really a signature building for the city and I love it. I'm so lucky to work so close, I definitely need to make a point of taking my lunch break there more often.

And finally, this mime guy, who I think of as "Glitter Elvis". He was pretty cool. He moved and posed like a wind up musical toy. Yay for summers and festivals!

A New Favourite

I somehow stumbled across this blog tonight Vintage Revivals. Definitely a new fav, especially as we are moving and we're going to have to put our own touches on a new home. (And not spend tons of money doing it.)

Julie's Birthday

Julie turned two last Thursday. We had a great little birthday party at home for her. She didn't quite get the blowing out the candles thing (she was very skeptical of the whole thing -come to think of it all of our kids have been at their 2nd birthday). However, after we sang Happy Birthday and a couple of rounds of the primary song "You've had a birthday shout hooray!" she was getting into the party idea. We gave her an inflatable pool that also has a slide. We're waiting for the weather to improve to try  it out, hopefully the sunshine comes back soon! Although we went outside after supper and all three kids had a hoot running and diving down the slide into the pool without any water. Just goes to show you that kids will always make their own fun if adults don't interfere. :)

Julie truly is delightful. Definitely hitting the twos in stride but also the sweetest little thing. We all adore her!