HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Wishing everyone the best of goblins, ghosts and ghouls! 

Happy Trick or Treating! 

Love from Sir Rory and Prisoner Cameron

The PJ Dance

Nothing beats the start of a new day with these early risers and their daily pj dance in the morning!

Some pics of Fall Fun

Happy Fall! This is one of my favourite times of the year.  The cool crisp mornings, gorgeous fall colours, walks and lots of playing in the leaves! Our boys have been loving this time of year as well over the last few weeks.  We've been busy with raking our lawn, lots of hikes and most of all lots and lots of FUN!!! Enjoy the huge update of photos from the last couple of weeks with the Augustine's! 

Backyard fun! 

Cameron has discovered how fun exploring can be.  For a long time Cam never ventured too far as he didn't like the feel of the grass on his hands. Well no more - this little explorer motors across our backyard and back again without any hesitation and loves it!

He has even been helping big brother Rory with some leaf clearing up.

It's not safe in our backyard when it comes to raking up the leaves.  Rory is always on the prowl for his next victim of leaf throwing! 

The Augustine's have discovered a new gem for the whole family to enjoy - Heritage Park. We've visited a couple of times and discovered more things each time.  Rory loves the big steam trains.

We had a little ride around the park on the train - both boys loved it!

Rory and I took a warmer seat for part of the ride and enjoyed the beautiful scenery passing us by.

Climbing through the cabooses were a hit for both Linds and Rory.  What a wonderful display of old trains.  Rory was especially excited to see a real life sized turntable - just like on Thomas.

An old fashioned Amusement Park had all the Augustine's enjoying a carousel ride.

Choo Choo!!!!!

We were lucky enough to enjoy this Saturday morning with the Snider family at a new hiking spot for us - Sandy Cross.  

Trudging along the trail through the fallen leaves. 

Beautiful golden yellows!! Rory taking it all in and scouting out a good spot for a snack of some freshly made trail mix!!

Rory tried desperately to keep up with all his cousins but those little legs just didn't make it.

Oh those spectacular mountains - and yes that's snow on the mountains and on the trail.

Made it to the top of a really big hill!! It was well worth the 360 degree view of the mountains, the foothills and downtown Calgary. 

The walk back to the car - what a fantastic way to spend the first morning of a long weekend.  Thanks for sharing this fantastic spot!

Here are some pics of an earlier trip to Fish Creek - just mom and the boys.

It's never too chilly for some rock throwing.

Rory standing tall.

Rory and Cam 'playing' together in the dirt!! They loved it and their clothes showed it.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are so grateful for our healthy, happy and entertaining little clan. 

Celebrating Cameron

It was 12 months ago today that Lindsay and I welcomed baby Cameron into the world and Rory became a big brother. I cannot believe how quickly those twelve months have gone. This last year has been full of smiles, tears, giggles and memories that will last a lifetime. We are so lucky to have two wonderful little boys in our lives - they make us laugh and help us to remember to appreciate the smaller, more simpler things in life. 

Twelve months ago - Rory meeting Cam for the first time.

An early morning birthday cuddle - our handsome boys.

The boys having fun at Fish Creek.

Cameron beginning to learn about the art of rock throwing.

Our very serious Cameron - wondering why mum is pointing that funny looking box at me again.

Daddy and Cam.

The Augustine Boys!

If only we could read minds - I hate to think what these two may be conspiring in the years to come. 

Rory showing off his awesome bike riding skills!

What else can we do on rainy days?? Camping out in Rory's bedroom.

Thank you Cameron for filling our lives with such joy. We look forward to all of the new adventures and experiences in the next twelve months and beyond. 

Happy Birthday Cameron!!!

Summer Time

The Augustine's Camping Adventure!

We packed up the kids and what seems like half the house too and headed to the mountains for a long weekend of camping.  We were greeted with clear blue skies and warm temperatures...but that was all to change during our first night. Around midnight we were all woken by a horrendous thunderstorm. I always forget how thunder in the mountains just rumbles and grumbles and shakes everything and everyone.  We were all snuggled up in one sleeping bag looking up and waiting to see if the torrential rains would penetrate through our tent roof.  Luckily we stayed dried and all settled down after about 20 minutes and soon we all back in our own sleeping bags trying to keep warm and drift back off to sleep. 

The restless night was worth the beautiful clear skies the following morning and spectacular reflections in the now calm Kananaskis Lake. 

After a warming and delicious oatmeal breaky we headed out for a walk and some mandatory rock throwing.

This one was a little heavy to throwing but Rory was quite proud of his 'big' muscles!

An early evening walk in cooler temperatures meant we were digging out our warm hoodies and toques! 

Our first campfire with the boys was enjoyed by all - Cam especially loved to watch the fire and hear the crackle of wood catching fire. 

A couple of restless and chilly nights were too much for our little Cam and he decided to have a little snooze in the afternoon with mum in the hammock! 

We were all quite sadden to see the destruction of the June flooding. This was the main crossing for the bike/hiking pathways out of the campground.  Many sections of the road into K-country were also washed out by the floods and temporary gravel sections were created to have access to the area. The waterline of the flood was also present along many of the creek areas - and in some places it was almost as high as myself. Very hard to comprehend the force of the water that carried trees from upstream and just dumped them where ever they got stuck on other bits of debris. 

We made the most of it as we love this part of the mountains and still enjoyed bikes (even if it meant going up a huge hill) to get unto the pathway system.  All was rewarded with ice cream at the general store!

Hanging out with daddy throwing rocks and learning how to do 'kippers.

Rory could spend hours throwing rocks into the lake - wait we did spend  hours throwing rocks and walking along the lake.  It was a very different camping trip this year - more just chilling out at the campsite.  I forgot how hard it is to cook, clean (with no running water at the campground-thanks to the floods) and keep your site food/garbage free (due to the frequency of bears in the campground). But I absolutely love it and would do it everyday if we could. 

As for the rest of our days this summer we've been busy playing in our pool, going on family bike rides and day trips into the mountains too.  We've really been enjoying our backyard this summer.  We put in a lot of work last year and more this year to make our yard safe and fun for our boys.  

I'll leave you with this parting shot of the 'meadow' at the Peter Lougheed Centre.  There has not been this much water here in over twenty years - again due to the floods. What a spectacular site the flood has created!

We hope you are enjoy your last few days of summer - I'm sure it won't be too long before we see the first snowflakes fall!! We are seeing a few leaves starting to change already.