And that... was summer!

 Wow. That flew by.
I didn't think I was far behind on blogging, but I guess it's been almost a month already since we left Neerlandia and enjoyed the company of family at our place here.  There was a blip in the radar there with a week or two of unstable weather, but on the whole the end of August was still nice.   Perfect for celebrating Tristan's 5th birthday, deck building, swimming, hiking and relaxing.  OK, that last word technically didn't really happen, but in theory and hindsight, it was relaxing:) We had such a good time together, and we are thankful Mom and Dad, Micah, Ken and Natasha, Gavin and Tanner could come to our little house on the prairie.  

Thanks also to Tash for most of these pictures!  I don't haul out my camera much when she's around, as her's far surpasses my point and shoot digital box, so why use that when I can get pictures from her?

Tanner, Gavin and Rowan exploring the great outdoors. I think it was a grasshopper they found.

So SO exciting to be 5! Happy birthday dear Tristan!

The beginning of our new deck.

It was so bright and sunny here my dad donned a cowboy hat for some relief.  :)

Snack time!

Uncle Dick and Aunt Joanne came for an night with their house on wheels which was really fun.

Time to cool off in the pool which was a bit chilly from the cool week before this week. Eeek!

Andy being a pest - it's pool policy right? Shower before entering the pool! (you should have heard the shrieks! It was fantastic:) )

Fort Whoop-Up, Lethbridge. 

Boys and Canons.  Enough said.

We thought we'd show a bit more of the varied landscape of Southern Alberta so we went to Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park to see the hoodoos.  It was Andy's first time there too, and a day well spent!

The lovely Hutten family in front of the Milk river.

Dad!

The Sweet Grass hills are behind the river, just over the Montana border.

 The skies here are huge and when a storm rolls in it's pretty impressive to watch.  According to these people from Ontario apparently I had downplayed the beauty of the skies here... and together we watched in awe at the clouds forming and moving across the land.  I'm glad you were impressed by the beauty here too, which is not comparable to your corner of the earth, but unique and awesome in it's own way.  God's handiwork.

Overlooking the prairie from behind our Quonset.

Across the road from our driveway.

 The 1st of September!  Last dinner with Huttens, eating fresh Taber corn, picked right out of our garden. Delicious!   Thanks all for coming, it was such a great ending to our first summer in Alberta.  Lots of memories have been made, laughter shared, food eaten and pictures taken. We'll not forget you soon.  ;)