Sunday, December 31, 2017

PL2017 - October

For the month of October, I created a simple two page layout. This includes weeks 40 through 43.




A closer look at the left side: 


  • Lefsa making in preparation for thanksgiving and Christmas. 
  • My incredibly brave girl, who had to have an ultra sound done, on her eyeball. 
  • A glimpse of Peru, thanks to my Mum and Dad.
  • Date night at the pub with my honey.
  • Thanksgiving.


A look at the right side:


  • Impromptu photo I acquired of my boy during a school day.
  • Photo of my girl during school. 
  • Shot of Madelyn in the Engineering wing at the university. 
  • Girls night at a fashion show.
  • Halloween costume, pumpkins, sugar cookies and friends.

The following Sahlin Studio product was used:

Left side:

Gather Digital Stamps   http://the-lilypad.com/store/gather-digital-stamps.html


Right side: 




Wednesday, December 20, 2017

PL2017 - Weeks 38 & 39


I have been working on my December Daily album, but it has been slow going. I'm hoping to have some pages to share in the next few days. 

I don't know where the days in December go. Admittedly, we've been busy so far. We started the month off in a ringette tournament in Medicine Hat [Dec 1-3rd] We had another ringette tournament the next weekend as well. Thankfully this one, the Jingle Ring was held in Calgary [Dec 8-10th]. There's much to be said about sleeping in your own bed, and knowing with certainty the way to the rink. Mason was in a tournament last week too, the Christmas Clash. His tourney was played during the week, rather than on the weekend. This freed up our weekend, but we were at the rink Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. 

Today is my last day before the kids are home for Christmas vacation. We all get to rest up and turn off our 6 am alarm clock for the next few weeks. Today I'm going to wrap up a few presents, and make sure I have everything in order for Christmas. I feel pretty confident that I have finished my Christmas shopping. But there's always something that gets forgotten or is last minute. 

Yesterday and last night, we were under a snowfall warming. It snowed and snowed and snowed. Sometimes they're right with their weather predictions. We went from no snow to be found, to quite an impressive accumulation. It absolutely makes it feel more Christmas-y. That feeling has been missing. I think it's partly because we've been enjoying such nice weather. Today is all about coffee drinking, gift wrapping, maybe even cookie baking. I am even going to have the Christmas carols playing. Because NOW even if it didn't feel like Christmas, it certainly looks like Christmas. 

I've got to power through as well, and get my last few weeks of project life for 2017 finished up. 

For October and November, I'm just doing a 2 page monthly layout. Last year, I was a little behind, so I followed the same format then. I don't stress about what I have or have not done. I'm simply happy to get some stories and memories recorded. 

This project life album can be whatever you want it to be. There are no rules. 

With my December Daily album, the month is documented, but on a daily story-by-story basis. I haven't decided how I'll document my December in my project life album yet. And whatever I decide to do, I'm okay with. Remember what I said? There are no rules.  

Week 38:


  • High school hallways
  • Enjoying the scenery
  • Happy Anniversary photo
  • Our little hat girl. Always wearing a hat.
  • Our first miserable day in September.
  • Celebrating Barry's birthday.

Week 39:


  • The colours are spectacular right now, Nose Hill looks amazing. 
  • Found a woodshed in Jasper. 
  • Mum and I got last minute tickets to see The Sound of Music, our seats were AH-maz-ing. 
  • Jasper trip with Madelyn's Trex group. 
The following Sahlin Studio product was used

Week 38

Photo Journal no.1 Templates : http://the-lilypad.com/store/photo-journal-no.1-templates.html

For week 39, I used the following Paislee Press product:

4x6 templates - volume 6.
All the Feels 

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

PL2017 - Week 37


Here is week 37 of my project life album. 

This week I used templates for all the photos. 

I actually love the clean look of it.


  • A certain grade 7 girl, just got her first phone, the look of delight. 
  • Morning walks with Libby. I've been walking to the bus with Mason in the mornings. 
  • Our home grown pumpkin. [it never turned orange, but it was super cute]
  • Bathroom 'before' photo.
  • Couch shenanigans.
  • Half day cheese biscuits. I get this request weekly.
  • Bus pick up.
  • Beets I tried to grow in the garden, note to self, start earlier next spring. 
  • Walk in the park with my guy. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 


Thursday, November 30, 2017

December Daily - 2017

Can you believe tomorrow is already December 1st? I can't.

This holiday season, I feel very settled and content. Last holiday season was an absolute blur... 

I was working, and the closer Christmas got, the busier I was. The days were busy, the nights were busy [with extra curricular kid stuff] I wasn't in an overly happy space. In fact, I'm pretty sure looking back, I was pretty miserable. 

Last year I was totally rushed. Shopping was last minute and stressful. I did absolutely NO baking, much to my kids horror. 

This year is a different story. 

I actually have a good chunk of my Christmas shopping done. Already. And it's November 29th. Yay me. 

I've already made my first batch of Gingersnaps. They didn't stand a chance. They were mostly consumed. But this year is looking pretty promising compared to last year. 

I have also put my foundation pages together for this years December Daily album. This year I went back to Ali Edwards December Daily album, though I didn't order the entire kit. 

I ordered this year and last years Paislee Press mini kits. I love them. 

I did have a mix up however. I thought I'd ordered an Ali Edward 6x8 binder. When the box arrived, no binder.  I checked out my bill, and no binder. So, I had to scramble a little bit. I did manage to find a 6x8 binder on Scrapbook.com. I love the ones Ali offers, because they are 6 rings [check out page protectors you can see this new binder is only 2 rings] The 6 rings definitely gives you a bit more stability. However, I'm using what I've got. 

I have created a title page, and my intention page. [I attempted to write out my intentions in my own hand writing. But I hated it. So I typed it instead. Now, to figure out how to run journal cards manually through our new printer] Wish me luck! 

Here is my title page. Loving it. 


On the back side of the title page, I printed off this calendar. For now, it's just printed off blank and included in the album pocket for now, but I plan to include everything that happens in our month. [Which will be a lot, I know that already]



This calendar is a freebie that can be downloaded, along with a few other styles, to download, click here: Stitch in Time. So generous, and I love the van with the tree on top. It's my favourite. 

This years colour combination is going to be a mixture of red/black/white. 

I will try my best to keep up with pages here. 

[Of course, the first 3 days of December, I'm out of town in a ringette tourney] I'll have some catching up to do when I get home. 

I'm really looking forward to putting this album together this year. 

Friday, November 24, 2017

Looking Back

This past week I went back to my very first blog post. It was November of 2008. Nine years ago. Nine. Years. Ago.

My, how different our lives look 9 years later.

Nine years ago my now 15 and 12 year old kids were 6 and 3. One was in grade one, the other a year away from starting preschool.

Today they are in high school and junior high school. It truly seems unbelievable to me.  

I first started to blog, because I wanted to document and capture our 'every day'. When you're 'in it', the days often sometimes seem monotonous. 

When you have the ability to step away and look back at the every days... 

To see how far you've come. 

How things have changed. 

How your kids have grown... 

I actually had my posts from 2008 through 2012 printed and bound in a soft covered book. I have no idea what company I went through to do this. Believe it or not, there is no company information anywhere on the books.  


With the start of my project life albums, I cut down on my blogging considerably. 

Once I was creating PL albums, I was capturing the 'every days' that I'd previously blogged about. It seemed redundant to blog about it, or have books printed. Especially since I basically had all the hard copies of the photos and stories, in albums in the living room.

I have never wavered on this documenting thing. 

I still love it. As much now, as much as when I first began. 

My kids still sit and look through albums. They have memories of things, that have stayed with them, because they can read about them. The little stories that have made up our days. 

I love working with paper.  

I love working in PSE on the computer. 

I love capturing our stories. Still. 

And, if anyone out there, who's reading this, can tell me how on earth, I created this photo... I would love to know. Because I can't for the life of me, figure it out again... 



All I know is that it was saved as a .gif. But really, how did I get it to look like it was snowing?

I researched everything. All I did was end up with a virus on my computer. [Thanks to Mason, that situation has been rectified]

That's all I've got. Just a little bit of rambling for a friday.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

PL2017 - Weeks 35 and 36

I'm constantly taking pictures. Drives my kids crazy. But every so often, I look back at the weeks, and  as shocking as it may sound, I hardly have any photos. So, I just make do with what I have. 

Sometimes when that happens, I look at what I've got, and then I cut a page protector down to accommodate them. I actually like that the page protector is cut down, it gives the album a bit more visual interest, to have something a little different. I should actually do it more often.

Week 35:

  • Epic back yard water fight between Barry and the kids. So fun. The hose is now totally involved, and everyone gets SOAKED. The best part, there are no tears...
  • Barry rented a sheet of ice for the kids, so they could get their rink legs back.
  • Madelyn was nervous about starting at a new school. We drove to it, and walked around the neighbourhood to familiarize her with the area a little bit. 
  • Crazy hazy sky sunsets.

Week 36:

  • Annual parade, and totally ready to catch ANY candy that comes her way [Having candy thrown out is definitely a small town bonus]
  • First day of school. Grades 7 and 10. 
I had to honour Mason's request for privacy. This nifty product was a freebie from CZ a few years back. I have used it a couple of times. I absolutely don't want to embarrass my kids. [If I did, they'd never let me take another picture]


The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

Week 35



Week 36



Thursday, November 16, 2017

PL2017 - Week 34


I know back in my PL2017 - Week 29, I talked at length about seeing the milky way and the rings of Saturn. It was truly one of the highlights of summer for me. Another much anticipated event was the eclipse that was happening on August 21st. Some parts of North America were going to experience a total eclipse. 

I did a blog post on our eclipse experience. You can go back and read it here. 

Spoiler alert. It was a little disappointing. For us any way. The change in light was so subtle, that if you hadn't known this was happening, you would have totally missed it. Having said that, watching the moon move across the sun with our special eclipse glasses and home made eclipse viewers, was very cool. It shows you just how strong our sun is. It does tend to leave you in awe. 

We'd all like to be somewhere to check out a true full eclipse. Who knows, maybe we'll plan all our vacations and trips around seeing eclipses... 

Probably not, but it would be fun to do, if money were no object. 

Here is week 34:


  • Our little eclipse party. 
  • Starting our plumbing project. The first cut was definitely the hardest. 
  • Our orange sunsets because of forest fires throughout Alberta.
  • Madelyn still eager to play at the playground. [Please stay little forever]
  • Trip to the trampoline park before school heads back. 
The following Sahlin Studio product was used:

Pause Kit - http://the-lilypad.com/store/pause-kit.html
Pause Journal cards - http://the-lilypad.com/store/pause-journal-cards.html.


Tuesday, November 14, 2017

PL2017 - Week 33

The downfall to being 12 weeks behind in my project life album is this:

I'm currently sitting in my house, dressed pretty much head to toe in fleece. I've got on my coziest slippers, I'm sipping hot tea, and outside my window I'm watching the snow fall...

These pictures absolutely do not coincide with our current weather. That makes me two things: 

1] Glad, I get to relive our awesome summer days.

2] Sad, that we're a long, long way away from awesome summer days... 

Here is week 33 of my project life album, and to awesome warmer days:


  • Mason rescued a baby robin from our deck. It got flustered and stuck on our glass railed deck. 
  • August birthday celebrations
  • Sadly, Mad's little dwarf frog only lived a week. Another devastation...
  • Picking our girl up from her week long sleep away camp.
  • A pretty common scene, a teenage and preteen, on their iPads.
The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 



Thursday, November 9, 2017

PL2017 - Week 32

Moving right along, and trying to catch up a little bit. Here is week 32 of my project life album.

The highlight of this week was the weekend trip we took to Vegas with friends. [I also documented our one and only trip to Calaway Park this summer. I got pulled in and bought the pass, then used it once... Will try to remember that for next year.]

Having never been to Las Vegas before, it was quite an eye opening experience. If I had to describe it in two words, it would be sensory overload. We arrived late Thursday night, and flew home Sunday night. I wanted to capture as many photos of our time away as I could. We had a lot of fun with our friends. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used:





Monday, November 6, 2017

PL2017 - Week 31


We just had our first real blast of winter. 

It's a bummer. It's cold. It's snowy. And at this time of year, I really do feel like hibernating. It's getting dark earlier and earlier each day. Yesterday we changed the clocks back. 

On the bright side, we did have our first fire in the fireplace last night. Nothing like the sound of crackling wood, and smell of cedar, snuggled under the blanket. 

It makes me glad to go back to summer photos and warmer longer days. 

Here is week 31: 

Another camping trip to the mountains. This time Mum and Dad joined us. It allows us to go on family bike rides. [We can't leave Miss Libby alone at the campsite] The weather started off amazing [read HOT] and then got colder and colder. By the day we left, it was miserable. Glad we had lots of warm clothes, as well as the furnace in A&B's R.V. The night before we left, we played games and all sat around inside their RV. Also, the fire ban was still on.  We were lucky enough to use Dad's propane powered 'fire pit'. It was better than nothing, but not quite like roasting marshmallows over the fire. Barry also ended the trip by getting a pine branch in the eye. Scratched his eyeball. It was pretty scary. We got in to see the eye doctor a few hours after we got back. They take eye trauma very seriously. He was given ointment, and by the next day had nearly healed itself. [Apparently the eyeball heals amazingly rapidly] We were so lucky it wasn't worse. 

We also got to celebrate Baba's birthday. We're always glad to have the opportunity to eat cake and sing. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used:

Friday, October 27, 2017

2017 - Week in the Life -

I'm 98% finished with my Week in the Life Album. I documented April 17th - 23rd, 2017.

I still need to do my title page. My intention was to have a Madelyn draw a picture of each of us, then on the back side I have a little blurb about each of us. Madelyn is not agreeing to this. She keeps telling me she draws terrible people. So, it's possible it might never happen.  

I had also planned on adding a little 'intention page', to start my album. [The blank space on the right, in the first photo] It hasn't happened yet. And it might not. What I've learned about creating these albums, sometimes you have a to let things go. I would rather have it 98% complete, and put it away, than not finish it at and have it there nagging at me every time I see it. 

Going through past albums, what's most important to me, or what I like to reflect on the most, are the stories. So I have lots of words. Most photos have words. Each day I have either one or two pages, mostly in time intervals, of what the day looked like. 

This year, I used a 6x6" format. I used an old Heidi Swapp chipboard album that I've had in my stash forever. I also used some different embellishments I've collected over the years. I like the idea of adding physical memorabilia, but am not always super successful at it. This years format is very simple, and mostly digital. 

Here is my 2017 Week in the Life album, mostly done: 

























By Sunday, I'm usually struggling a little bit. I've kind of had enough. Not many photos to capture our Sunday this year. But as is the case, when I'm done, I'm so glad I did it.

I had to get this finished, because my December Daily Kit just arrived!! This will be my 9th year doing a December Daily album. I am excited to get this process started as well.



Wednesday, October 25, 2017

More CZ Inspiration

A few weeks back I wrote a blog post about the fact that I was re-taking CZ Design Your Life class. It was a 'go at your own pace' type class. It was over a 4 week period, each week there were two new layouts introduced. 

I got busy, as life does, and didn't get the chance, or rather, have the time to watch the videos or complete the layouts. I had only completed 2 of 4 weeks.

Here are the two layouts I created from week 2, which I guess I forgot to post here on my blog:





These are both 8x8 sized layouts. I like them. I got a couple of stories down, which makes me happy. But I don't love them. Sometimes I feel a little like I'm 'reaching'. With these two layouts, that's how I felt. 

This past week I found I had some free time. So I went ahead and watched the week 3 videos and got right to work on my layouts. Now I'm not sure why... The pictures themselves... The subject matter... The layout size... [8.5 x 11 compared to 8 x 8 size] But I love how these two layouts turned out. Love, as in they make me absolutely giddy.

Here they are:




I'm looking forward to seeing what week 4 brings. Hopefully I can set some time aside sooner rather than later.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

PL2017 - Week 30 [and a Halloween Layout]

Here is week 30 of my project life album. 

  • This week Madelyn was in an art class each afternoon. She spent a few days at my M&D's house. Mason and I went for a few bike rides which would have been a little bit more strenuous for Mad. 
  • Barry and I went on a date night, ended up downtown. 
  • Madelyn's artwork came home and it was awesome. 
  • Grandma and the kids after they came over for dinner one night. 
  • Movie night in the back yard, we watched Robots which has longtime been a favourite. 


Also created a Halloween layout from last year. Sahlin Studio has just released it's new Project Mouse (Halloween) Enamel Pin and Artsy kits. Check them out, they are so much fun. Here is the 8x8 sized page I created. 


Each Halloween, all four of us decorate our own pumpkin. We always have fun, and I like to include our jack-o-lanterns on layouts. Last year was also the first time Madelyn had ever gone out with a friend. It also marked the first time she'd used a pillow case to collect her candy. I really don't understand why that is such a novelty. I'm sure it will be in vogue again this year as well...

Also, I got word that my December Daily stuff I ordered from Ali Edwards is on it's way!

So excited about that. One of my favourite projects for sure. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 

Week 30

For Real Journal Cards - http://the-lilypad.com/store/For-Real-Journal-Cards.html
For Real Paper - http://the-lilypad.com/store/For-Real-Papers.html

Halloween 2016

http://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Halloween-Kit.html

Friday, October 13, 2017

PL2017 - Week 29 & My Summer Highlight

We started week 29 off by camping in Bow Valley Provincial Park. When we started camping last year, we went Sunday to Wednesday. It worked out really well, because the weekends are generally busier and more in demand. We're lucky Barry is flexible, and he can also do a little bit of 'remote working' as long as he has cellular coverage. 

When we arrived Sunday, it was super smokey. Ash was actually raining down on us, our vehicle, trailer and picnic table were filthy. We had a spot right down by the Bow River, which made Madelyn's trip even more awesome. Lots of time spent 'frogging'. 

This week had one of my most memorable experiences of the summer. 

On the 22nd of July we went to a presentation of Milky Way Nights put on by the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory [U of C] The observatory was open to the public for night sky viewing. [There were many telescopes set up by numerous excited astronomers, volunteering their time] I had found out this was happening by reading about it in Calgary's Avenue magazine. I was absolutely keen to do this. Thankfully, so were Barry and the kids. Gates opened at 10 pm. We arrived at 9:40 pm, and were at least half way down the dirt road, waiting in line. At 10 pm, the gates opened, and we made our way up to the parking lot. 

The night couldn't have been more perfect. It was absolutely still. It was warm. And most importantly, totally bug-less. We observed Jupiter and Saturn through high powered telescopes. [I actually saw the rings of Saturn!] I was totally nerding out, and lined up to have another peak at saturn on numerous occasions. We waited in a very long line, to have the opportunity to look into the night sky through the large telescope. The hope was we would get to look at a nebula, but they were having a hard time locating one. Instead, we got to see Arcturus. It's an orange giant star which is about 37 light years from earth. It's part of the Bootes constellation. It's visible to the naked eye in both the norther and southern hemisphere. It's the 4th brightest star in our sky. It looked like a huge shiny diamond in the sky. [Told you I totally nerd out about this stuff...] It was very cool. 

After that, we went back to a grassy area, and found a place to sit down. [My only regret was not having a blanket to sit on the ground on] By this time, there were many, many other people. It was dark, with no moon [not very easy to see ones way around] We watched as the sun set deeper on the horizon, and the milky way came into view. It. Was. Awesome.  Around 11:00, they began a talk on the night sky. The man doing the talking pointed out various constellations with a laser pointer [making sure there were no planes in his path] Told us stories of different constellations. We saw the ISS [International Space Station] fly overhead. I saw the little dipper, turns out what I've been calling the little dipper my entire life is actually not the little dipper at all. 

The milky way though... Wow. It was amazing. Even the guy giving the talk couldn't believe what a great view we were getting of it. 

We finally left at about 11:45, Barry felt the talk was 'wrapping up', and there was still a steady stream of people flowing in. As we left and made our way back to the highway, people were literally streaming up to the observatory. There were cars parked all along both side of the highway. It was totally dangerous.

We were so lucky to get there when we did. We got a spot to park. We got the chance to look through telescopes. We got to listen to a fantastic talk. I got to see the rings of Saturn! With my own eyes! 

My hope is that all the people that were flowing in, were donating money to the observatory, as 100% of the proceeds go to educational programs. At the time, the suggested donation was $20 a carload. Since then, as of September 15th, 2017 the donation has gone up to $30 per carload. For our little family, it was absolutely money well spent. 

I was giddy the entire ride home. It was absolutely a highlight of the summer for me. [I included a tiny photo of what Saturn looked like for me on my journal card]

Here is week 29 [though I've touched on everything but the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming]:


  • We took Mason to see Spiderman. Seeing a few movies that aren't cartoons have been such a treat for me. Madelyn was invited to join us, but chose to have a sleep over and A&B's instead.
The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 



Tuesday, October 10, 2017

JNP [Jasper National Park]

I'm a born and raised Calgarian.

We are far and few between. Calgary seems to be full of transplants. 

I only visited Lake Louise for the first time, about 8 years ago. I've skied Louise many times, it's one of my favourite hills. But I'd never ventured to the other side of the highway. Since that first time, [which happened to be a wedding, which was amazing] we've been back quite a few times. We've checked out the ice magic festival. We've skated on the lake. We've warmed up with extremely expensive hot chocolate inside the Fairmont Lake Louise. We've hiked up to Agnes Tea house and fought for a spot to have an extremely expensive cup of tea/hot chocolate and scones. We've checked out the gorgeous larch colours and started up the hike to the plain of six glaciers. Though we realized we weren't ready for the weather that was changing right before our very eyes, so we turned back. 

We have also just recently, as in the last couple of years, visited Moraine Lake, which is one of the prettiest vistas I've ever seen.  It's iconic.

But, getting back to the point of this post, last weekend, I made my first trip to Jasper. [Apparently I was there as a two year old, but have no memory of that visit at all] I went with Madelyn's new guiding unit, as a parent helper. An extra set of hands. We stayed in... Wait for it... A hostel. We stayed in a hostel.

That alone, is quite an experience. I did stay in a hostel in Banff once, back with my girl guide unit, we took the train to Banff, stayed in a hostel, and rode a bus back to Calgary. I have very little memory of it. Except to remember that it did indeed happen.

What can I say about staying in a hostel... We stayed in a bunk room, with 14 bunk beds. 28 women. And it was full. Not a bed to be had. A hostel is a little bit like a ski resort. As in, you bring your lunch bag, full of lunch, to the hill, and leave it in the lodge. And when you come in to have lunch, it's still there. And while you come in to have your lunch, you leave your skis and poles outside, against the ski racks. And when you come back out after eating, your skis and poles are still there...

So, it's a little bit of the honour system. And for the most part, people are pretty honourable. Having said that, I didn't take anything of value. Though I would love to have had my DSLR camera, I didn't bring it with me, because I didn't want to leave it in the hostel, or in the vehicle.

Jasper itself was a bit smaller and much less commercialized than I'd expected. The main street with shops etc, was one block long. We prepared all our meals at the hostel, so didn't have an opportunity to check out any places in town. I did however, get my Timmy's coffee in Jasper. Lucky me.

We had a jam packed schedule.

We arrived late Friday night, it was dark by the time we got there. Thankfully we had light until the Columbia Icefields. Here are a few photos of our time spent there.


A shot of the dorm room... Got it with no one in there, not easy.

 So thankful Madelyn took a top bunk, allowing me to take the bottom. The top bunks were at least 5 feet high. Actually, more like 6. Again, thankful I didn't have to make my way up there. 

 Downtown Jasper, near the train station. The girls did a fun scavenger hunt. They had to find things their list, and text photos of proof back to the leader. This was clue number one, find the train.

 Love these older buildings. This is the building the Friends of Jasper work out of. Lots of great info can be found here. Would love to have more time to explore. 
Maligne Canyon. 

The hike down Malingne Canyon, to the various bridges was great. It started off a little bit cool, but once we got moving, it was perfect. The canyon was so deep. It was so neat to see. 

 Taking a rest.

 Trail selfie with Mum. 

 This is at Medicine Lake. The area suffered a forest fire two years ago, it's still very desolate looking. 

  
The landscape with the burnt trees and yellow grasses was beautiful. 

 Madelyn, posing with her inukshuk. 

 Mad's inukshuk. Mine was just a tower of rocks. 

 The girls outside the hostel. This place was absolutely Madelyn's cup of tea. She loved everything about it, except the people that used flashlights in the room at night. That was extremely annoying... But in the common rooms, she was ready to chat up anyone who would chat back.

 Headed back home on Sunday. The colours... They were breathtaking. 

Quick stop at Athabasca Falls. 


The colour contrast the blue water and yellowish rocks, is so pretty. 

 Another photo with Mum at the mouth of where the falls come out. 

 Awesome view and colours captured in this photo. 

 There is something about rushing water, that is humbling. 
 Quick restroom and lunch stop at Columbia Icefield. Would love to come back and check it out. It's on the bucket list for next year.
Madelyn and a mountain goat. If it was alive, she'd want the same pose. 


Out my window. 


Bow Lake, another place I'd like to take some time to explore. 

Many photos were taken out the car window, as we were driving. The highway was so beautiful. And the the photos in no way, do justice to what it actually looked like. The leaves were all changing, it was just so darn pretty. Do yourself a favour, and if you've never been on that highway before, add it to your bucket list. 

We will absolutely be making a trip back at some point.