Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Easter in the Okanagan

We ventured up to Westbank for the Easter weekend to celebrate Shelby's grandpa's (Papa) 75th birthday. Shelby's parents came over from the island and we headed up to the Okanagan on Good Friday. The weather was great every day expect on Monday, but we were heading home that day, so it didn't matter. Shelby and her dad were sick most of the weekend, so it wasn't as enjoyable for them.
During the day on Saturday I took the kids to the park which they enjoyed.

boys swing

aaron slide

kyle slide

Testing the water

We didn't have Aaron's bathing suit with us, but he still wanted to test out the water.

On Saturday night we headed up to the Lost Moose which overlooks Penticton to have dinner for Papa. Most of Shelby's moms side of the family was there as well.
There were a few things to keep the kids entertained while we waited for dinner.

Aaron in the wagon

aaron sliding

me and the city below

Here is a self portrait shot of me and the Penticton city lights below.

After dinner we headed to Papa and Grandma's house for some cake.

papa blowing out the candles

It was a late night and we didn't get home till 10:30.
The kids slept on the way back to Westbank.

kyle having a snooze

Even with a late night it didn't stop the kids from waking up at 6:30. Since it was Easter morning they had some new Easter presents to play with, including a new Thomas musical caboose and some tracks and some play cars. Then they went outside to look for some Easter eggs and this year Kyle was able to join in on the hunt.

kyle finding eggs

Since Shelby and her dad were sick and Shelby's mom was cooking Easter dinner, I took the boys out. We went on an adventure trying to kind a geocache in the area. It's a long story, but part of the walk/hike included me trying to find a bathroom.

peekaboo?

And then taking a short cut up a trail only to get attacked by thistles or was it cactus. Ouch!

This picture was taken after the cacti incident, I think Kyle had enough at this point.
(Up too early?)

someone is upset

Then we headed to Kelowna because Aaron wanted to see the Ogopogo again!?

At the ogopogo again


In the evening we had a nice Easter dinner with some family. There was lots of food to go around and the food was delicious.(Thanks to Pat and Shelby and Grandma's Waldorf salad).

Easter dinner
(You like my cheesy grin?)

Monday we packed up and headed back to Langley.

That was Easter 2007 for us.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

I love the pictures of the boys on the slide. The joy kids have when they play outside is the best! You have such sweet, loveable boys!