Little Artists

When one paints, so must the other.  It is fun to watch, but she needs to be watched or the painting turns to finger painting.

The other day, I wasn't watching and Megan grabbed the paint tray and streaked her hair with it.  It turned a lovely shade of yellowish green.  It was kind of cute on her.  Very trendy :)

10 Year Anniversary

I was blessed on our anniversary by the hubs, who surprised me with this beautiful fall bouquet.  It has the same feeling as my bouquet did 10 years ago!  Different flowers, but a rustic look with rafia and berries.  I loved it.

Jason worked during the day and we were planning to go to Billings for the weekend, so we stayed home to celebrate the day with the girls.  Steak and all the fixings were on the menu.  Katelyn loved the water glasses.

Summer Snacking

Nothing like having a picnic on a hot day.  Fruit smoothies and watermelon slices were a hit.  To prevent dirty laundry, it was easier to go topless.

Summer Lounging

She's walking!

Big sister help

Get. In. My. Mouth

Snacking on the "picmic bwanket"

Front Flower Beds

We finally filled in the empty flower beds in front of our house.  We took out the juniper bushes a couple years ago, and we took the plunge buying some perennials.  Hitting the greenhouses after season saved us a lot of money and we still got some blooms out of the plants.

Daylilies

Hostas and something else I can't remember the name of them.  Then another daylily at the end.  That one didn't bloom.

Bleeding heart at the far left, 2 daylilies, a mini daylily, 3 huecherella and 4 mini hostas

We're pretty happy with how it turned out.  It will fill in over the years.

Staycation Day 2

The morning was cool, crawling out of our warm beds.  The girls were up and at'm at a decent hour, nothing really early.  Breakfast was bagels, fruit and leftover sausages with orange juice.  We packed up camp and headed to town.  Stopped at a coffee shop for some mochas and lattes and made our way to Billings.

Can you see the excitement on this one's face? :)

We took the girls to the Montana Zoo.  This is a small zoo.  I thought Winnipeg didn't have a lot of animals, this one is pretty scarce.  It was a scorcher of an afternoon too by the time we got there.  It was sandwiches in the parking lot and in we went.

Even the bear needed to cool off!

Red panda walked right by us

"Where are we?  I know Dad took a wrong turn somewhere."

"Okay, now I'm worried."

Having a sit and stand stroller worked out pretty well.  Katelyn could ride and get out to look while Megan could sit.  It helped to have daddy pushing that load too.

Wolf

The otters were the best.  They were in a playful mood, coming up to the glass numerous times and fighting with the others

Feeding the ducks

Getting close to the peacocks.  Poor peacocks didn't have much for tail feathers.

We made our way over to Jason's grandparents, where we were going to stay.  It had been a while since we had been over there.

Wendell is a piano tuner and bought a baby grand in hopes of selling it.  It is still there, so they have 2 pianos, one at each end of the house.  The girls didn't have to fight.