Sunday, August 19, 2012

I LIKED IT, I LOVED IT....I WANT SOME MORE OF IT

Yes I told you there would be a part two
so you know what your are in for if you stay here
More fun
Cause ME and my Peeps
of the family kind
are nothing but FUN

come visit me.........Find out for Yourself !!

Let's see
where to start

Ok...so after we stayed at My place for 6 days
we headed south
to Southern Alberta
so we could see my folks and sister
(we stayed at my sisters house)
also there was the Yearly Family Reunion to attend
(gotta love a family reunion to re-affirm the nut tree you come from)

It was POURING when we got to Beazer
(that's about 20 miles from Waterton National Park)

But no sireeee...no rain will spoil Our Fun


My sister had these funny umbrella hats on hand

My parents (great grandma and grandpa) had a freezer full
of Rolo Ice cream
You Yankees can't get that down there (so I've heard)
and it is a favorite of my DIL'S
so when my kids come up we buy a HUGE BARREL of it
Yup.....I said Barrel
and every evening after supper
(we say supper up here in Canada...there is breakky, dinner and supper)

We'd head over to my parents house
Line up....and fill up ice cream cones

(yeah, it was not healthy for my hips eating this, they are in jeopardy of becoming a little Rolo)

The Reunion was fun as always
you know, the usual
wiener and marshmallow roasts
jokes and teasing
a few insults for good measure to keep us honest
games
sometimes the games did not go well for a few


The kids had fun running around in the fields
and playing on the hay stacks

(I guess Gracey is still a little miffed from the game)

One of the Favorite things for the kids to do when they visit
is go to the BARN DANCE
Officially....THE GREAT CANADIAN BARN DANCE

It really is a lot of fun
some real good two steppin' and line dancin'

(me and Gracey boot skoot boogin)


a little line dancing with my cousin

seriously ---so stinking much fun

The Creek is always a fun place to hang out at
(I have been swimming this creek since I could walk)
and have been known to do a little skinny dipping as well

a favorite is to use the rope and jump off the rocks

Miss Olivia says you have to be BRAVE to do it

Or perhaps you just want to do some floating


(K-doll......aka Sue Ellen Ewing (if your read my last post)

Hiking......lots of that
you don't come to the country and mountains
and not hike

(so pretty.........the Scenery Too)

We always go to Waterton Falls

(DIL and her kiddies)

(My daughter and her gals)

(looks like a little too much Rolo around the waist)

RED ROCK CANYON

This is a fun place to go
as you can go for quite a long ways following this creek
through the Canyon

There are some Deep parts as well as the shallow parts
Miss Olivia always ready to try the more daring places
there were some really slippery places

DANG....it is pretty up there

Lastly....we had our Ceremonial Indian Night
(or to be politically correct, the American Native night..or in Canada, First Nations)

We all gather around the bonfire
I smoke a little drift wood ...my version of the peace pipe
(visual proof...me and a niece from a few years ago)

ANYWHOOO

as I direct the smoke towards their head
each person is given their new Indian Name for the Year
and their Animal Names

Example: (for the benefit of my family members reading this)
Olivia was...FAWN and Rainbow Fish
Grace was....Thunder Cloud and Wild Stallion
Kendra was...Morning Glory and Blue Bird
Tristan....was Lightening Warrior and Happy Wolf

NOW EACH ONE IS NAMED THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSONALITY TRAITS

(as a side note...SOME of you have heard this before
but since I am on my Third Marriage ....don't judge LONG STORY
my DIL once dubbed me SHE WHO WARMS MANY BUFFALO ROBES)


After the Ceremony which also consisted of some Indian Chants
and Dances (oh yeah, I know how to do THAT)

the kids have to run around the Barn, scantily clothed
we made a little loin cloth for Tristan

We even attended a REAL POW WOW



There was a part where they invited all spectators to join them
on the grounds and dance around with them

Of course we had to join them
(even though we'd already been there done that)

(my daughter, grand daughter and sister)

It was All Pretty Amazing actually

So...there  you have it
A vacation wrapped up
Everyone gone back home
and me.....
I'll be sitting in my own teepee through a cold winter
Perhaps "warming some buffalo robes"

Sunday, August 12, 2012

IT'S ABOUT AS COUNTRY, AS COUNTRY GETS

IT'S OVER
and that is sad
for me
If you read my last post, you know
 I had my daughter and her two girls
and DIL and her little gal and son
visit me for TWO WEEKS

Can you scream wheeee with me and jump up and down
thanks

So
I thought I'd try and gather some of the Best of the Country Best
to show you
of all the FUN things we did

I had been working on the little cabin for over a month
and it worked out Great

But it has no "facilities"
so normally I'd say, "hey, do the country squat"
but Mr. Gorgeous also decided
THIS
would be helpful


Heck
that practically turned my lodgings into a FIVE STAR get away
(it was out back behind the cabin)

we called it Cowgirl/boy Test
as I had a whole list of things the kids had to do to Earn their
country status
Kinda like Merit Badges in Scouts....only COOLER
they loved being able to put a star
by each of the things they accomplished.

My DIL however is a little city-fied
she said she'd love to be a cowgirl...
if it was more like the TV show Dallas
(made me giggle)


Mr.Gorgeous's mom was visiting with us the first day
so here she is ...with what has become her 4 Great Grandchildren

how do you like my 4 country bumpkins

We went to a Local Rodeo.....seriously
THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TO ONE BEFORE

It was fun to watch their faces
The oldest loved the "cow penning" the best..........go figure


we were sitting right up by the fence
Great initiation for these potential country kids to get a little dirt
in their face
and feel the horses hooves pound right beside them

This is one of my favorite photos


A walk in the fields is always fun


Me and my daughter and DIL tried to make it PRETEND
saying that, once we got to the trees
 is was where the fairy's live
and you could make a wish

But this little Annie Oakley
was a little miffed


she said, "I wish for this stick to turn into a horse"
(um, it didn't....dang fairies)
She said YOU LIED !!!
she is sooooo literal
gotta love the straw in her mouth

She loves our horses


She wanted to be with them every day
and when grandpa (Mr. G) would lead her around on them
 she was thrilled

We even talked little Roy Rogers in training
to get on the horse

(his sister, the one with the pink fly swatter
she never did....I think she, like her mom
prefers the Dallas version as well)

But her MOM DID
and she and my daughter went riding with my hubby


We went swimming at the Creek

that way you can get mud between your toes
and wherever else


oops, not happy



They all loved the tubing

(hmmmm, the facial expression doesn't really express that)
Don't SPLASH ME


Even Mr. Gorgeous and Lucy had a good time


We did a Treasure Hunt in the area around our pond
It turned out really FUN


They had to follow all the clues


FOUND ONE !!!!

Frogs discovered


(Sue Ellen Ewing would be Proud)


(DIL and son)
COUNTRY....EQUALS......PEACE


and NEW Discoveries
(my daughter...and her daughter)

and at the end of each day
as we crawled our tired bodies into bed
instead of dreaming of Sugar Plums


I dreamt of stupid fairies who don't turn sticks into horses.

(next post, part two)
sorry YES YES YES, this was only part one
Next time you visit here, make sure you have a soda and snack while you sit and read this
I'M SORRY THERE ARE SO MANY PHOTOS...said NO GRANDMA EVER !!!