Grampy's Visit!

We had a wonderful visit with Grampy this year.  He arrived just before lunch time so after we picked him up at the airport we went to the big Crossiron Mills mall.  Cara and Gwen had a great time riding around in a firetruck!  Gwen was so happy to have her own steering wheel too.

We took Grampy to the playground (we were very lucky to have gorgeous weather!).

*photo by Grampy

And went for an ice cream!  

*photo by Grampy

Cara showed Grampy her plant.  She planted 2 sunflowers at the Stampede this year and she loves to watch them grow.

*photo by Grampy

On Saturday we rented a car that we could all fit in and after our family swimming class we went for a road trip to show Grampy Elbow Falls.  Well, after we drove all the way there we found out it was closed due to bear activity in the area!  So we took our picnic down the road a bit to Allen Bill Pond.  We saw no bears.

 We had a nice picnic and got to see part of the Elbow River.

*photo by Grampy

Cara had fun with all of the rocks on the river bank!

*photo by Grampy

Byrne family at Elbow River.

*photo by Grampy

After the picnic we jumped back in the car and drove to Cochrane and took Grampy for a "World Famous" MacKay's Ice Cream!

Gwen and Cara had a lot of fun with Grampy here!

*photo by Grampy

On Sunday we took Grampy to Calaway Park!

It was another beautiful day!  We are wearing out our season passes this year!

Cara had her face painted this trip - she was a pretty princess :)

*photo by Grampy

Very serious girl.

We took Grampy on a train ride.

Everyone had a fun time!

*photo by Grampy

Daddy took Cara on many rides this time.  This was the new ride "The Flying Ace".  After the ride started Cara said to Daddy "I want to go on a different ride". 

Daddy and Cara on the airplanes!  Daddy was getting a bit queazy by the end of the day.

*photo by Grampy

Accidental family shot by Grampy.  He didn't realize we were on the ride this go and was taking test shots.

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Beautiful Gwen.

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Gorgeous Cara.

Monday we went to the zoo.  It was a cooler overcast day so it was a perfect day for the zoo.

*photo by Grampy

Girls in kangaroo.  Cara's favourite part of the zoo.

It was warm enough for more ice cream though!

*photo by Grampy

Cara is a very neat ice cream eater.

Cara was a bit shy with Grampy sometimes but she warmed up by the last day and got to enjoy some story time.  Grampy was a great movie watcher with Cara and Gwen too.

 

Grampy and the Byrne Girls!  

Thank you, Grampy, for coming to visit!  

See everyone in NB in a few weeks!