Last visitors...

Hi everyone! Been awhile, I know... well, it was a crazy August, but a lot of fun! Last week James and Lesley came out to spend some time with us. It was so much fun! Unfortunately, Joel couldn't get any time off, but we made the most of the evenings! Thursday night we took the girls to the spa, which was a lot of fun. Wore them right out! Of course all of the old people thought they were the cutest... :) We also went to the parks here in Caronport, and of course, to Crescent Park. Seems to be the "hotspot" for us this summer. We had a blast together and wish we lived closer... maybe one day! We still need a rematch of Settlers...


One of Karissa's favourite games. She was getting pretty tired by this point in the day and this was one of the only ways to keep her happy!
Cute pic of Uncle James and Karissa...
Somehow Chloe always manages to either get this thing on top of her, or do this - whatever it is that happened... crazy girl!
Just hangin' out!
Look at her hold her head up!

Uncle James going down the slide with Karissa.
Awwwww... how cute :)
Daddy was trying to get Karissa to hold on by herself - didn't work, though!
Piggy back ride for the walk home.
They brought bubbles for Karissa to play with. Uncle James was trying to show her how to do it... one day she'll understand!

A visit from Oma and Opa

Oma and her girls :) Karissa is trying to be such a helper by wiping Chloe's face - don't think she actually spit up, but hey, it's the thought that counts... Oma was quite happy to have them both on her lap!
Joel's parents brought out the ATV and Opa found this helmet at Canadian Tire. He saw it and thought that Karissa had to have it... She loves her Pooh bear! She had a riot on the ATV, her favourite thing to do (when she wasn't trying to press buttons that she wasn't supposed to!) was pushing Joel's thumb that was on the gas... she loves the speed! For her, faster was better! (our little daredevil)
I got these while we were out on the ATV - had to post them to show you "non-prarie" folk the gorgeous view that we have!
I'm sure this farmer thought I was kinda crazy - who wants a picture of a combine at work? Well, we won't live here forever, I'm sure, and it'd be kinda fun to have in a scrapbook.

Karissa was enthralled with Angel chasing her stick. Joel managed to get this shot as Angel was waiting for me to throw her stick, which actually happened to be a log from the fire pile :)
On Tuesday we went to a little town called Willow Bunch. It was about 1.5 hours south of Moose Jaw. What a cute little town! We stopped at the Jean Louis Legare National Park for lunch and Karissa had a blast on the playground. She loves that merry-go-round! Anything that goes around she's up for :) The park was incredibly quiet and really well-kept - maybe next year we'll get really ambitious and go camping there!
Opa sure had fun with his granddaughters - he even attempted the slide!
Our future basketball star!!!
We stopped at a little museum in Willow Bunch. It used to be a convent and they turned it into a museum. Cute little place! This man, Jean Beauparte, made Willow Bunch famous... he was the tallest man in Canada! When he died he was 8 foot 2 (I think) and apparently was still growing... he wore size 22 shoes and slept in a 9 foot bed. They have a room dedicated to him with some of this things in it.... very interesting!

Well, now we look forward to James and Lesley coming out! What a busy month - but fun! It's so great to see everyone!

A busy month...

At the beginning of August we had a garage sale with our renters - did pretty well, too! Josh was having fun with the camera, and of course Karissa was the star of the show! Karissa loves her little sis - as you can see... For some reason the second pic didn't flip for me when it downloaded, but it's still cute!

The next weekend we had a visit from Sam, Bryan and Claudia. It was so good to see them - we had a lot of fun! I think Sam got played out from Skip-Bo, although Claudia could have played forever! Claudia was so great with the girls... finally someone who could go in circles with Karissa for as long as she can! (Joel and I seem to get dizzy a lot faster....)
The boys were exercising their thumb muscles all weekend... them and their war games - oh they did play golf, too...

Karissa wanted to play cards so badly! I think she probably made more of a nuisance of herself than anything, but Aunty Sam was sure patient!
We did go to the waterpark (of course) which seems to be the thing to do with company! Everyone had fun, there, but there were a ton of wasps so the visit was cut a little short...
Sorry Sam! This is a great pic, but for some reason it's sideways.... I guess I just don't know how to use a computer.
We had a campfire in our backyard and made s'mores one night while they were here... All in all it was a great visit - thanks for making the trip out, you guys!!!