Canada Day 2014

One of our favorite things to do on Canada Day is head to Banff. This year Jason was at work so I headed out with my parents, my sister and her family. We hiked Johnston Canyon, which is gorgeous no matter how busy it is. I was walking with my mom and the twins and the only time there wasn't a bunch of other people around a young, black bear came galloping out of the trees towards the river, just a couple of inches behind me. I was telling Jason the night before that I had never seen a bear in the wild, it pretty great.
After that we headed to the town site where the twins and I met up with my friends Adam, Amanda and their newborn Caitlin, she's such a doll. We stayed for the parade but just before it reached where we were sitting the twins wanted to go find my parents and the three of us didn't see any of it.
I'm sorry about the picture overload, it was just a perfect day.

We had lunch here, horrible right?

The sunset was spectacular.

Playing Favorites

Is it wrong to favor cousins? I have favorites and I got to see a couple of them two weeks ago when one got married.
My dear cousin Taylor married a boy named Landon. We met him last summer and was totally cool with our family's crazies, so we were pretty happy when they got engaged shortly afterwards.
These two are are so cute it makes my heart ache.
It was 5 hours away from our town, Jason was at work, it was freezing and it was so worth it to see how much they love each other. None of us get to see each other often and I am very grateful that we were invited to spend the day with them.

My kids are smitten with Mackenzie.

Her hair...

This munchkin was in awe, hands clasped and all.

 

Seriously the cutest.

That guy on the left is another one of my favorites.