What a month! We took two separate events together and had two weeks of a blast!
Max had another recital. Unfortunately, he does not really enjoy the piano class and it has been really hard for him to focus on it. We are going to have him take a break and see if he can come back to it.
I got more involved with Cub Scouts by becoming the archery range master. This is the van load of stuff I picked up to set up for the day camp. Max was eager to help out.
I took Max to some simple geocaching.
After setting up the archery range, I took Max and Renee with me and shot a few arrows. It was quite relaxing actually.
During the morning, I have Max, Renee, and Ben with me until they start their day. While waiting, they helped me carry the archery equipment and waxed the bow strings. As usual, the boys are less focused and Renee did most of the work.
Here is Max enjoying the engineering workshop during the day camp.
Since I was at the archery during the day, I don't really get to see Renee and Max often. I did manage to walk around, found them, and took a few pictures.
I had really awesome Girl Scout troop leaders helping me. They brought the real bow and spent extra time teaching Renee and Max at the end of the day.
Here is Renee trying it out.
We finished the day camp on Friday and flew to Canada on Saturday to start our Banff trip.
Here is the biggest Dinosaur museum we visited on the first day.
These are made out of the real bones. Renee and Max seem so small compared to it. Don't you think?
After arriving Banff, we took a stroll around the area.
There are so many beautiful lakes around this area, with different colors.
We hiked a lot during the week but we were never tired. Everything is just so beautiful.
At Jasper, the lakes became even better. In addition to the usual white clouds, blue sky, green trees, rocks, and water, you have the greenish color from the "Glacier mud", glacier in the background, and the mountain above the treeline.
Drinking from the glacier water is something we will never forget! The weather was brutal. Fortunately, mom prepared us for everything.
Being the guy and the boy in the family, we stepped over the boundary to have a little adventure before getting called by almost immediately.
This is a glass bridge on the side of the canyon. Renee was stepping on the sides, trying not to be scared.
The kids grew really fond of the audio guide device and took it all the time even if they didn't need it.
We found a lake with boats to rent and spent a few quiet hours in the lake, again with glacier in the background.
As usual, the girls are with me while they were figuring out how to do the row boat.
Max was with mom and he seemed to have picked up the skill pretty fast.
This is the highest hike we did and the most fun.
There are so many rocks wherever we go.
We did a few jumping pictures. They were great hits. Everyone wanted to try.
As we hike above the tree line, the trees became smaller. We took some interesting pictures.
This is a typical Glacier Mud Lake. The color is just unreal.
Max had another recital. Unfortunately, he does not really enjoy the piano class and it has been really hard for him to focus on it. We are going to have him take a break and see if he can come back to it.
I got more involved with Cub Scouts by becoming the archery range master. This is the van load of stuff I picked up to set up for the day camp. Max was eager to help out.
I took Max to some simple geocaching.
After setting up the archery range, I took Max and Renee with me and shot a few arrows. It was quite relaxing actually.
During the morning, I have Max, Renee, and Ben with me until they start their day. While waiting, they helped me carry the archery equipment and waxed the bow strings. As usual, the boys are less focused and Renee did most of the work.
Here is Max enjoying the engineering workshop during the day camp.
Since I was at the archery during the day, I don't really get to see Renee and Max often. I did manage to walk around, found them, and took a few pictures.
I had really awesome Girl Scout troop leaders helping me. They brought the real bow and spent extra time teaching Renee and Max at the end of the day.
Here is Renee trying it out.
We finished the day camp on Friday and flew to Canada on Saturday to start our Banff trip.
Here is the biggest Dinosaur museum we visited on the first day.
These are made out of the real bones. Renee and Max seem so small compared to it. Don't you think?
After arriving Banff, we took a stroll around the area.
There are so many beautiful lakes around this area, with different colors.
I picked this picture because this is our standard lunch during the week. It allows us to go for long hikes without having to get up early. The kids complained about them later in the week but they didn't really have a choice. After all, everything is so beautiful and the lack of variety in the meails was well worth it!