Calgary Zoo Botanical Gardens...

Kendal has gotten into the habit
of posing with the art sculptures at the different places we go...
I am SO GLAD (Insert sarcasm here)
to see that my hubby is teaching my son
some art appreciation....

You should have seen the odd looks we were getting...

The gardens are really amazing....
at least Kendal can't climb on the flowers...

Day 3- BC Vacation...

For Seven years now Kendal and I have been planning to go to the

Calgary Zoo...
Well..this summer we finally did it..
and we had a blast..
I think Jeremy did too, but his favorite part didn't seem to include the animals..



But instead the ice cream and the train...
I guess we will have to go back when the kids are older...

This was the Tiger Express...



Again ...Jeremy was more interested in the birds..
then say...the elephants...



Spike is in the Guiness World Book of Records
for having the largest dental caps..
19 inches long...

The world's largest dental caps measure 50 cm (19 in) long, 13 cm (5 in) in diameter and weigh 13 kg (28 lb) each. They were fixed onto a pair of cracked tusks belonging to Spike, a resident Asian elephant, at the Calgary Zoo, Alberta, Canada during a 3 hour 30 minute operation on July 4, 2002. The stainless steel caps were designed and manufactured by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology with metal donated by Corus Steel and adhesive by 3M (all Canada).

I have created a blog strictly with pictures of the zoo...
rather then bore everyone..
If you are interested in seeing them..
click HERE

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Calgary

Our drive to Calgary was uneventful...
(which is just the way I like it...)
Except for the drive through Brooks...
UGH........the smell lasts forever...
We got to Calgary about 6 pm,
and headed straight for the Sandman..
where we were upgraded to the executive suite..
since they weren't busy...

Jeremy was thrilled to have his own pull out bed
on the couch...
I haven't stayed in a motel for years,
so we had alot of fun..
and it was NICE!
Separate master bedroom with a king size bed,
and a flat screen,
Another tv in the living room,
fridge, microwave, sink
We were pretty happy with it.

Gracie checks herself out in the mirror,
While Jeremy checks out mom and dads king size bed...

After we were all unpacked,
we took the kids to the pool for a couple of hours...
They had a blast, and we had trouble prying them out!
(I made sure every motel we stayed in had a pool...)



After we took the kids down to Denny's

By then it was 11pm and they were pretty tired
so the sweet waitress gave Jeremy a bowl of colored fish...

Which he kept taking pictures of with Daddy's phone...
(Hey...whatever works.. :)

Gracie never made it to supper...

Jeremy thought it was funny that Gracie was sleeping in the bench
so he thought he would try...

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Day 2- BC HOLIDAY...

Jeremy says goodbye to his friend

Before we left for Calgary, we walked around the
Echodale park to see what else was there.

They also had a fishing lake, where you could
rent canoes and paddle boats..
(although we didn't)

We let the kids play in the water for a couple more hours
and then had lunch at the park,
hoping to wear them out for our drive of the day.

It really is a beautiful park, and worth visiting...

If you look carefully, you can see a deer running right in the park.

This is a giant chess board right in Medicine Hat..
Very cool..
All the pieces actually can be moved...

Unfortunately, Jeremy never got to see this,
He was sleeping.
I think he would have had fun though...

Holiday pics...

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Groves B&B

This was our room at Groves B&B
(Ivy Room)
where we spent the night...
It was a pretty nice place...
Wonderful view..outside of town.
I would recommend it for many of my aunties and uncles.
Not so much for families though..
It was clean and nice, but we kind of felt like we had to tiptoe around,
and the hosts were nice people,
but really hard to talk to...
It was really restrictive for the kids in the house..
Not really any where for them to play.
However, it was nice out, so we stayed mostly outside,
and there was some stuff for them to do out there...
However, they served a pretty fantastic breakfast the next morning...
It was almost more then I could eat,
and pretty tasty!

Jeremy playing with the trucks outside.

What a view! (morning)

They had a dog that Jeremy chased all over the place,
and played tug of war with...

One of their turkeys...

The evening view..

Jeremy riding the horse swing!



Kiddos enjoyed their first fire,
and Jeremy roasted marshmellows..
(but hated it cause they made him sticky....)