Canada...my favorite place on earth!

Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta Canada is where my dad grew up. My grandparents lived there and I have so many great memories of visiting here while growing up. It is the most beautiful place on earth, to me, and I was so excited to take my kids there with their Grandpa. I hope we get to go there often and they get to create their own memories here!! So while we were in Spokane, I really wanted to make a trip up because I don't think we will get another chance for a while.

It was quite a drive so the first thing we did when we got there was let the kids run outside!!!

My aunt Tracy and her kids Caitlin and Kobe came too. Carter was obsessed with Kobe!! They were buds the whole time!!

The Prince of Wales Hotel

My parents brought up their scooters, so we all took turns riding around town. Caitlin and Tessa took them for the first run

We headed right down to the lake to throw some rocks...

Grandpa and Carter

Grandma and Tracy looking at something on their phones... funny I thought

Chase really loved throwing rocks...and eating them :)

Looks like Chase was loving on daddy, but I'm pretty sure Nathan was just blocking him from going in the lake :)

Swing!!!!

Chase was in heaven being outside!!

Grandma and Grandpa went for several scooter rides!

The next day we headed up to Red Rock... On the way we saw this brown bear

Carter was pretty excited to see a bear

Down in the creek. I use to crawl around and hike in here all the time as a kid. The water is freezing! We came here and to Cameron Lake all the time growing up. Unfortunately Cameron Lake was closed because of floods washing the road out, but it is so beautiful up there!!

Hiking up to the top bridge

Carter really wanted to walk on the log so daddy helped

Our friend was still there on the way back...

We also saw this moose hanging out...

Then we headed up to the Prince of Wales... This is the hotel that sits up on the hill overlooking Waterton

Waterton Lake...The very end of this lake is in the United States...

Every direction you look is another beautiful view

Carter got a little scooter ride too

The main reason I wanted to get up to Waterton was to see my Grandma. I haven't seen her for a few years and it was so good to see her!

Four generations

We also made it up the Bears Hump. It's a really hard, straight up hike, but the view from the top is well worth the pain :)

Waterton town

Caitlin and Kobe never got tired... oh to be a teenager again!

This little squirrel was talking to Nathan.. it was so funny. Nathan would make sounds at it and it would make sounds back. I think it wanted food

We use to do this hike with my Grandpa every time we came. He would bring us candy bars to eat at the top!

Nathan's face in this picture cracks me up... so Nathan

Cameron Falls... right next to my grandparents house.

Nathan and I took the scooters for a spin too.

I was so happy we made the trip up there. It was so worth it and it always bring back such happy childhood memories for me!!