Saturday at the fair!

We always go to the fair on Saturday. First, we go and check if grandma has won any prizes for the flowers, crafts, photos or baking she enters every year. Then, we go and buy the freshly squeezed lemonades they have been selling for the past three years. We love lemonades, so we always end up buying at least 3 big cups, lol.

We then just walk around and watch the horse shows, tractor pull, and all that is going on there. My favorite one is the chuck wagon race. This year, I missed it because of the rain. I was watching the women riding their horses when all of a sudden I hear people frantically screaming hail and tornado. Dumb people. Right after that, I see pretty much everyone around me just running like crazy trying to get into the buildings for shelter. I guess people thought there was going to be a huge storm, so they all ran "for their lives". Of course, I did too! I went to look for my brother and brother in law but was having a hard time finding them. Once I found my brother, we waited for the rain to stop, and for Marc to come and pick us up. Fortunately, Marc and baby went home one hour before the rain started. My brother in law found us, so we just went back to grandma's house. The "storm" lasted a couple hours and we were once again back to the fair ground and watched the performers at the grand stand.

To finish the night, we of course watched the fireworks. We stayed over at grandma's and decided to go to church there.

I forgot my camera, so this is the only photo I have of the day. 

Vermilion Fair!!!!

Thursday, July 26 was the opening of the annual Vermilion Fair. It started with the traditional parade. We went to the in laws, dropped off some stuffs and we all walked to our usual spot to watch the parade. Marc and I didn't think we were going to get any candies but we DID! Every time the "candy people" would walk by us, they would stop and tell us how cute baby was, and then we would get sweet candies, haha!!! Of course, I had to taste them. By the end of the parade, we had so much candies that we decided to give them all to the little girl that was seating next to us. She sure enjoyed that.

Once the parade was over, we walked back to grandma and grandpa B for a light snack. Then we headed out to the Vermilion branch annual "after parade potluck". The food was great, and the company too. From there, we went back to grandma's house and watched a movie. We also had supper there before coming back home. It was a GOOD day!!!

 My favorite float this year. Who doesn't like the Beverly Hill billies?!

Yann got himself an even nicer tan while we were camping.

 Potluck time!

 Back to grandma's house!

 Sitting in great grandpa's high chair.

This high chair is almost a 100 years old. Crazy, eh?

Picking raspberries and vegetables.

Wednesday morning, Marc and Yann went out in the garden to pick some raspberries, green beans and peas. First picking of the year. There'll be some more that would need to be picked in the next few days. I just LOVE this time of year when you get to eat the vegetables out of your own garden. It tastes so much better.

We decided to expend the garden next year and

add some raised "flower" beds to grow more vegetables.

 Raspberry bushes. It's small but we always get a lot out of it.

Once all the fruits and vegetables were washed, I blanched all the green beans and put them in freezer bags (and of course froze them). We decided to eat the peas for supper and they were delicious :).

Fresh picked raspberries. Doesn't look like much but so far

we have 3 medium size freezer bags of these.

Peas and green beans.

So far we have 6 medium size freezer bags of green beans.

 Someone likes to chew on pea pods, lol.

 My "workers", hahaha!!!

 Daddy mixed some fresh raspberries in plain Yogurt for baby.

He liked it a lot. Even if it doesn't look like he does on this photo, hahaha!!!

Can't wait for the potatoes!!!

Camping trip and BEAUTIFUL Southern Alberta!!!

Last Thursday, we packed all of our camping gears and headed down to southern Alberta. We left around 6pm and got to Taber before midnight. We pitched our tents at the farm for the night.

Pitching tents at the farm. Baby waiting patiently.

He went to bed as soon as the bed was made :).

On Friday morning, uncle David and his wife invited us for breakfast at Mac Donald's before continuing on to Beaver Mines. We had a nice visit. Uncle D was really happy to meet my brother. They got to speak a little bit of Tahitian. David served his mission in Tahiti some 40 years ago.

From Taber we went to Orton to visit Marc's grandma and aunties. It was their first time meeting our son, and of course my brother. Baby got a few presents from the family. Then we went to Cardston to visit Matt (Marc's older brother), Abigail and their gorgeous daughters. It was also their first time meeting baby and uncle Yann. We had a really nice visit with everyone. From Cardston, we went to Pincher Creek to buy one more sleeping bag, and continued on to Beaver Mines (Castle river bridge to be exact). It was pouring really hard in beaver Mines, so we went back to Pincher Creek and stayed in a motel for the night.

Great grandma with her grandson and great grandson.

 One of the presents baby got from his cousin.

So stinkin cute! I can't wait to see the sock monkey one aunty Abi is making him.

The next morning (Saturday), we packed up again, and were on our way to our camp site at Beaver Mines. It was beautiful out. The weather was just perfect for camping. Once our tents pitched, we went to Castle falls, and Beaver mines lakes. The view is just amazing. Marc and I love going there. It's one of our summer tradition. We decided to "shower" in the river, lol. It was absolutely cold but at least we were clean. Sunday, we had a relaxing day. We decided to go to Lynx Creek. We really liked Lynx Creek. We found some really tasty wild strawberries there. We walked around, and just enjoyed together's company. Sunday night, it started raining, so we were forced to go to bed earlier than expected. Baby is such a GREAT LITTLE CAMPER. He loved being out all day long. Slept for hours at the time and woke up only once. He is such a great traveller too. We were so proud and happy. We got him a really cheap stroller, so it would take less space in our tiny car. Best $10 we ever spent. We took him for walks, and showed him the river, and the lakes. We want him to enjoy being out OUT.

Our camp site.

 On the beach by the river.

 Daddy and his favorite son.

 So cute :)

 He loves his new stroller.

We used it as baby's own camping chair.

 Castle falls!

 The mountains!

 At Beaver Mines Lakes. Sleepy head :)

By Lynx Creek...

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 The tasty wild strawberries.

Monday morning, we packed all our camping gears back in the car, and headed down to Glenwood to visit Marc's grandpa. It was so nice to see him again. He was just in awe when he saw baby, and kept telling us that we had a beautiful baby. Well, all the family members that met him kept saying that. We loved our visit with grandpa. I love this man a lot. Thanks to him, I have learned to hear all the words in a conversation in English and learned to speak it better than I ever did at school. From Glenwood, we went back to Cardston. I stopped at the book store, and grabbed a couple things for baby. We enjoyed some good Chinese food, and went to Matt and Abi's house. We took the girls to the play ground and waited for Matt to come home from work. Then, back in the car again. This time we went to Waterton.

With his cousin.

 Great grandpa with his grandson and great grandson.

Grandpa is 95 years old.

 At the play ground :).

He liked it! 

 With his cousin Alyssa.

 With his cousins Alana, Alora and Alyssa.

Missing in the picture is Aaliyah.

Waterton!!! What a BEAUTIFUL place!!! We just fell in love with the place. My brother loved it too. He said that it was the most beautiful place he has ever been to here in Canada. The little village itself was a beauty. We just LOVED it!!! Matt took us out for supper in the village. BEAUTIFUL is all I can say. We went to Cameron falls, and the Lake Cameron. We got there at night, so we didn't really get to see other things. Marc and Yann are planning to go back for a "brothers" camping trip while baby and I will stay home.

My little family.

 Us and our Yanns :).

 Cameron Falls!

 Lake Cameron!

Tuesday morning, we left Cardston and went back to Taber to see uncle David. We all had lunch at DQ. We visited with uncle D and Sam a little then were on our way home. Once again, baby was just awesome travelling. We got back home around 8pm. It felt good to be away but was so nice to sleep in our own beds.
To avoid puking all over myself in the car, I just ate veggies and sour patch kids. Liked it!

In the car on our way home. I just LOVE him so much <3