The Keyes!

We left bright and early on Saturday morning to drive to Edmonton. We stopped in Cranbrook for a little break and to have lunch.

We did Costco poutine for dinner before arriving at Peter and Jane's home

Once we made it to Peter's the boys needed to do some gaming

We also got outside and got some energy out

And then some handheld gaming

Sunday morning the arcade games got some more action

We went to church in Spruce Grove so we could see Jason's farewell talk. We were so excited to see when when we got to church

Jason did an excellent job with his farewell talk!

We then went to Sarah and Richard's house after for an open house.

The boys loved playing with Uncle Richard's guitars and drum set

He even jammed with them

We made sure to get some photos with Jason

Nixon got to hold Heidi

Look at all of these Keyes grandbabies!

And all of the Keyes clan

The Keyes siblings and parents

And the Keyes siblings and parents with some Jason sprinkled on top

And Jason with Grandma and Grandpa Keyes

The next day we went to West Edmonton Mall and began walking through the Asian Supermarket. The fish, crabs, etc. were fun to look at.

Lyza and Nixon on a bridge above mini golf

The Lego store was lots of fun (except for the prices)

Mason got to build and buy some custom mini figures (with money from Grandma and Grandpa Keyes)

Lyza went to the book store with her money (surprised?)

She found THE ONE

Then we met up with the Wolseys for lunch

Buying some candy with Grandparent money

The cousins couldn't get enough of each other

Keep dreaming!

Nixon thought this hoodie was so "tough"

Jason bought them Canada wrist bands

The next day started off with some time at Grandma and Grandpa Keyes' house

Grandpa had some fun toys in the basement

Then it was off to Hawrelak Park and some donair pizza

Rachel and her kids and Benjamin and Hayley and their kids joined us

Rachel and her girls set some butterflies free that they hatched(?) for school

Some time with Heidi

And Juliana

Lyza and Juliana

The boys playing with their little cousin

After that we all went to Peter and Jane's for a bbq

The food was delicious

Mason and Henry helped Peter build a Lego Gameboy

And we celebrated some birthdays (including Mason's)

Then of course there was more arcade games, this time with Uncle David

Our time in Edmonton came to an end. We headed South. We stopped in Calgary for some lunch.

Then we went to Big Box

Kim had lots of fun with the kids (I brought in my computer and got caught up on some things)

Then we stopped in Okotoks to see Kevin and Amanda and their girls

When we made it to Welling the van was COVERED with mosquitos that we hit along the way

The next morning we got right to fun, taking Grandma and Grandpa Bullock to Writing on Stone Provincial Park to play on the hoodoos.

The boys loved climbing

Grandpa deep in thought

Henry kept a little closer to the ground

Nixon helping Henry

What a good group

What a beautiful place to play

After the playing it was time for a picnic lunch

And then playing on the playground

Kim brought the kids to Writing on Stone in August of 2022 and they took this picture

We recreated the picture almost 4 years later to see how everyone had changed

and then we threw Kim into it for good measure

Then we checked out the visitor's center

On the way home we stopped to look at the floating obstacle course in Raymond to see if it was something we would want to come back and do

Grandma and Grandpa wanted a picture with their favorite son-in-law

When we got home we celebrated Father's Day with Grandpa

Testing out the new walkie talkies

The next morning we went to the Cardston Temple so Lyza and Nixon could do baptisms. Grandma and Grandpa were working in the temple at the same time so they got to be involved. It was an awesome experience.

After that we did a short hike in Waterton (Crandall Lake) and got rained on a little

Nixon is so sweet

We made it

Henry trying to protect his sandwich from rain

Cameron Falls

Nixon testing out the trampoline

We played some good games together

Lyza hanging out with Grandma

Mason's actual birthday was spent in Welling. Grandma made him rhubarb muffins and smoothie for breakfast

They also made a lemon cake together

Mason turned 10! He is so wonderful and keeps us on our toes.

His new roller blades didn't travel with us to Canada but we told him about them on his birthday

Some Mason's Root beer (who knew that was a thing?)

We went to the church to get some energy out because the weather was crummy

Then we did an escape room for Mason's birthday. It was fun and challenging.

We had pizza for dinner and a delicious lemon cake for dessert

The boys eventually met up with the neighbor boy, who shared his bb guns with them

Lyza helped Grandma make some cookies while the boys were off at a trampoline park (I was working)

The boys had fun at the trampoline park

That night we attended Raymond's Got Talent, a talent show they did as part of their 125th anniversary celebration. The acts were quite good.

Lyza loved this performance from Hamilton

It wouldn't be a trip to Grandma Bullock's without a puzzle

On Canada Day we went to Raymond for the parade

And afterward we got slurpees/screamers (snow bobs)

After that we took the kids to the floating obstacle course in Raymond

Lyza was really good to help Henry get comfortable

Nixon helping up Mason

This big slide was fun

The kids also liked jumping onto this pad

and they could launch each other with it

Lyza and Henry climbing

Swimming around some difficult obstacles

A wave from Henry

He gathered up some courage to take a big slide

These two did everything there was

These two were a good pair

Henry checking out Grandpa's real gun

Lyza and Nixon really improved their Rook skills. For this hand Nixon took the bid with his best card being an 11 and he still managed to get a 300 hand! I want those skills.

We eventually had to leave Welling and we decided to drive over Logan's Pass on the way home. We tried to do a little hike but it was quite cold and there was really slippery snow that we didn't want to mess with