Friday - On Friday morning we all got packed up and we went to Waterton National Park. I remember spending many happy days in that park growing up and I wanted to visit it again. As we drove the weather was cloudy and rainy but luckily it cleared up by the time we got into the park. We went and sat by Waterton lake and ate lunch. When we finished with our lunch we decided to let the boys throw rocks in the lake. Apparently they weren't satisfied with that and they both ended up wading and swimming in the lake. I thought they were pretty brave, since the water was chilly.
Alan wading in the lake and showing us a rock he is going to throw.
Conner went swimming. As he started to wade out farther and farther, we just took all of his clothes off and let him go. He waded out to his waist once, but then he fell face first into the water and Reed and to go pull him out. That didn't stop him from wanting to go out again though.
Such a cute little boy
After that we all went over to Cameron falls and took pictures (for some reason I can't find those pictures) and enjoyed the scenery. Then we all went up to Cameron Lake. We rented a row boat and we all had fun taking turns trying to row. I know it looks easy, but it isn't. We did more than one unintentional circle in the middle of the lake. After that we went back to the town site and everyone got ice cream. It was a very fun day.Saturday - On Saturday morning Reed and I went to the temple while my parents watched the boys. When we came back we went to the air show. The theme of the show was "The Russians are coming". Some of the highlights were watching a pretend dog fight between 2 Russian planes and 1 Canadian plane, watching a lady stand on top of the plane while it was flying and the finale was watching the Snowbirds. It was neat to watch the Snowbirds fly in formation - it was almost scary how close they got to each other.
The announcer said that in some formations the planes were less than 3 feet from each other.
Below is a picture of 4 of the snowbirds flying at each other from different directions. At the last second they would flip onto their sides and skim by the other planes. It looked like they were going to crash until they rotated at the last second.
Alan standing by one of the planes that was on display.
Alan had fun going down some big inflatable slides that they had there.
It was a hot afternoon but my brother Reed got us seats in the VIP section so we had some shade which was really nice.The result of spending an exciting afternoon watching the airshow and being out in the sun - both boys fell asleep on the way home.
That night my brother Reed and his girlfriend Jodie came over for a bar-be-que. They recently got a little beagle puppy named Ace. Ace is very cute and friendly - maybe a little over friendly sometimes. Both of the boys were a little afraid of him.
Alan meeting Ace
Conner helping Grandpa Pitcher mow the grass
Sunday - We went out to Hillspring to see my cousin Nick speak in church before he goes on his mission. It was so fun to see my aunts, uncles and cousins. That afternoon we headed back home. It was a great trip.
