Snowshoeing

 A group of friends from the church here in Taber as well as ladies from Coaldale planned a day out to Waterton National Park (approx 1 1/2 hours south west from here) to snowshoe the Crandell Lake trail.  It was very nice to be asked to join them and Andy signed up willingly to take care of the littles all day so I could go.
I don't think any of us six from Taber had gone snowshoeing before and we were a bit surprised how much work it actually was.  The girls from Coaldale all had done it before and were more hardcore whereas we were not quite so competitive and were more prone to basking in the sunshine and enjoying the gorgeous views.  This was my first time in Waterton (can't wait to go again when it's summer!!) and Andy was quite green, so I made sure I took alot of pictures - for him:) 
  This was the first time I could remember ever leaving for 10+ hours in one day, and leaving the boys with Andy!  I was a bit nervous about it, but still had a marvelous time, and so did the rest of the family.  :) 

Taken with a timer - this is before we started, we are all fresh here still:)

We were nice and noisy to scare off the bears ;) It must have worked - we didn't see any.

Three big smiles...Marie-Louise, Helene and Leanne.

I was asked not to be so tall here...but sadly, it can't be helped;)

Jody, Loretta and Leanne.

At Crendall Lake!  The mountains surrounding it were so stunning!

Fun-loving Jody.  (She's moving soon - I am so sad!!)

Considering we haven't had any accumulative snow here at home for a while now...I thought this shows how much snow there is only a couple hours away.