Happy Halloween! Annette had her party at school today, and dressed up as a yellow crayon. She enjoyed decorating a pumpkin and showing off her little sister to all her friends :-)

Our little cinnamon roll is growing up so fast - she had her first taste of rice cereal today! She did very well with the spoon and seemed to enjoy her dinner :-)

Our last week in Canada was busy with a short visit to Banff and a longer visit to Oliver, where the girls enjoyed swinging and wine tasting :-) It's been a wonderful trip, and we're all happy to be back home!!

In addition to visiting family and friends today we paid a visit to West Edmonton Mall, which is enormous! Annette and Morfar went to the indoor amusement park and playground while Zell shopped with Mommy and Mormor. We also took in the sea lion show and deep-sea ship! We were all pretty tired afterward :-)

We said goodbye to Grams and Matt this morning and drove to Edmonton, where I was born! After spending all day in the car we were able to get out and take a walk in a park nearby, where we checked out the fall leaves :-)

Today we visited a friend of Mormor who has a 3,000 acre farm in Rycroft. We checked out his grain system and the playhouse he built for his daughter, and everyone enjoyed petting Lucy the horse :-)

There is a great playground right in front of Grams and Matt's house in Rycroft. Annette enjoyed playing with Morfar and Mommy, while Zell stayed warm inside with Mormor (it was about 38 degrees this afternoon!) :-)

Zell is 5 months old today!! She celebrated by taking a trip to the historic fort of Dunvegan, where us Texans were the only ones brave enough to venture out in the 42 degree weather. We stayed home in the afternoon, where Zell practiced rolling over on the quilt that Grams made for her and hung out with her big sis :-)

We took a break from the car today to stay home and make rhubarb pie - Annette enjoyed rolling out the crust. Then we took a walk around town and saw the railroad lines where Britta's Morfar used to work. Zell looked pretty impressed :-)

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!! We drove from Rycroft to Dawson Creek (about an hour and a half away) for the day to spend the holiday with Britta's Uncle Tim and Aunt Bev. Annette and Zell enjoyed the walk to a playground near their house, and we all had a wonderful dinner with red velvet cake for dessert :-)

We're in the mountains! Annette and Zell said goodbye to Daddy early Saturday morning (since he had to fly back home to work), and we spent all day in the car driving to Jasper. We were excited to see Mount Robson, the highest mountain in Canada.

There is a lake in Jasper named Lake Annette, so we had to pay it a visit :-)

Strolling on the shores of Lake Annette

Today we got back in the car and drove from Jasper to Rycroft in northern Alberta to visit Britta's grandmother. There aren't many places to stop along the way when you're in the hinterlands, but we did stop in the coal mining town of Grande Cache. Annette enjoyed playing around in a teepee display at the visitor's centre!

Annette and Zell had a great day visiting family. We said goodbye to Britta's grandpa, and got to see Kendall's uncle Richard's family too :-)

Annette had fun feeding the ducks at Maplewood Farm this morning, and we had a great dinner with all the family at Britta's aunt Zoey and uncle Wayne's house :-)