Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Oh Canada!

We recently took a two week vacation to Canada and had a blast! The kids did really well on the plane ride both ways, and enjoyed spending time with their Grammy, Papa, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Jace especially loved being able to boss his cousins around. We were spoiled rotten and loved being able to spend time with Trev's family and friends. I didn't take nearly enough pictures, we were way too busy having fun! The kids were such troopers and (for the most part) slept really well and had a lot of fun. It was so nice spending every day with Trevor and not having to work.



Brooklyn debuted her tiny weeny PINK bikini and looked adorable. Trevor thinks I'm dressing our daughter like a hussy, but I think she looks precious.

The kids celebrate the 4th of July in style and patriotism. These are all of the Zezula grandkids, and it was hard to get them all holding still let alone looking at the same time. They had fun running around Auntie Jen's back yard playing with the balloons "noons" and in the fish pond. Jen BBQ'd ribs and Grammy made her famous baked beans. It was fun to celebrate the 4th even if we were in Canada.















We did a lot of fun things while we were up in Canada. These pictures are taken at the Legislative Grounds. There are fountains for the kids to run and play in. Both kids absolutely LOVE the water!

Jace loved to play on Grammy's newly acquired "Pano". Grammy and Papa were so kind an patient to put up with Jace's plunking for two weeks!




I took the kids with Jen and the girlys to West Edmonton Mall (aka the BIGGEST mall in the world). The have an amusement park there, and Jace got to ride for free, so we enjoyed the day there. The girls loved taking the kids on the rides, and Jace loved it!







On our last Saturday in Canada we went with most of the fam to Ft. Edmonton Park. A historical fort in Edmonton that has a lot of old fashioned shops, and people that walk around like they're from the 1700-1800s. It's a lot of fun and just so happened to be the Bag Pipe Festival which made it really busy. They had these turkeys wandering around and they got up close and personal with the kids. Brooklyn went crazy and wanted to touch them. One of them actually ended up pecking at a cracker in her hand. She though it was pretty cool.


We absolutely loved our trip and two weeks was WAY too short! Many thanks goes out to Trevor's parents who put up with chaos for two weeks and didn't complain about it once! We're so sad we live so far away, but are grateful for the memories that we were able to make!

7 comments:

Ang said...

Well I was starting to think you guys may have dropped off the face of the earth!

Sounds like you had a ball, and what a nice break from the daily grind. The kids look absolutely beautiful and tell Trev to pipe it about the bikini...she looks adorable.

Marc T. said...

Maybe the next time you go to Canada they will have discovered the Internet so you can Blog while you are there. Probably not, it's only Canada.

Ang said...

I am just glad they found their way home so they could FINALLY post something!

Becky said...

Looks like you had a great trip. It's so fun to get together with family that you don't get to see that often. It's nice to be spoiled for a few days.

We miss you guys.

Nate said...

I'm glad you FINALLY gave us a new post Tiff!! It is wonderful seeing pictures of your beautiful children. Mark was harrassing Trevor about Canada, so I thought I would put in my two cents.

We just got back from Canada. On our way in we were welcomed and made to feel right at home by the Canadian border guard. The whole process took about 2 minutes. On the way back to the U.S, we sat in line for about an hour and then we were treated like common criminals who did not belong in the U.S...I have to say VIVA LA CANADA!!!

The Hodsons said...

I think Brooklyn's swimsuit is so adorable and not hussy like at all. I'm glad you guys were able to get away and relax for a couple of weeks.

Amber Shellabarger said...

I absolutely love the swim suit. When I first saw it I thought, I would totally buy something like that for Mirabel. He he he then I remembered... DUH! Glad you guys had fun and made it back okay.