Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

A Week at the Cabin

We just got home from one week away at Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park.  We've been vacationing at this spot for the last couple of summers and love it!  I grew up going camping in this park with my family and it's so fun to be sharing it with my own now.  We rented a cabin in the townsite of Wasagaming for the week (the same cabin we rented last summer) and it was our "new home" for the week, as Ari put it.  Here's a peek at how we spent our days...
 I took the kids out to visit the wishing well -- it's a bit of a tradition.

In the nearby town of Onanole is a great used bookstore/coffee shop called Poor Michael's Emporium.  The kids were a bit crazy and didn't let me shop, but they're still cute.


I enjoyed some morning walks along the lake on my own while the kids were with their dad.  Wonderful, peaceful recharge time!
 The kids loved the playground in town.  We were here at least once every day.
One afternoon we drove out to the bison enclosure in the park.  Of course, both kids fell asleep on the way and missed seeing all of these!
An annual tradition, walking on the Ominik Marsh boardwalk.  I think I have a picture of Peter and Ari from each year.  Ari just keeps getting bigger!
A family bike ride along the lake.  Ari is getting super fast on his balance bike!
Ari and the "elephant" (moose) close to our cabin.
Checking out the lake.

We got a couple of beach afternoons in....the kids loved playing in the sand and water!
Stopping for ice cream, again.  Love my little family!

Prairie Skies

Yesterday was our eight year wedding anniversary!  We were able to celebrate with a kid-free dinner out -- what a treat.  My parents had the kids at their farm for the evening and I couldn't help but take a picture of the gorgeous sunset over the canola field when we went to pick them up.  Ari humoured me and posed long enough for me to snap this pic.  I am in love with this photo...what a perfect portrait of my son and our big prairie skies.

Summer Bucket List

It's here....SUMMER!  I am so excited for this summer.  Last year I kind of missed out on a lot of it because Maris was newborn.  This year she's ONE (!) and it's also my last couple of months before I go back to work full-time.  We plan to make the most of it!  Here are some things we want to do...

  • Go for bike rides
  • Play at the park
  • Eat enormous amounts of ice cream
  • Tend the garden
  • Go to the Winnipeg Folk Festival for one day
  • Search for rainbows after storms
  • Have a first birthday party for Maris
  • Go to a cabin at Clear Lake for a week
  • Swim at the pool and/or beach
  • Have bonfires and s'mores in the backyard
  • Ari wants to have a tent campout with his dad
  • Go to the zoo
  • Relax!

Happy summer everyone!