Edmonton travels

Last week I was lucky enough to go on a trip to edmonton, I was so excited !
this is in jasper national park, this photo was taken a few minutes before it started to pour with rain, you can sort of see the mountains behind me.

 this is at one of the beaches that is infected by the blue-green algae. the stuff sucks the oxygen out of the water so that the fish can't breathe! it was very smelly. I was careful to wash my feet off before I left as to not spread any algae to other lakes.

 while in the city of edmonton we went to the latin festival, I saw some dancers getting ready for a performance, it was pretty cool.

I had a great time in edmonton, I did go to the water park in west edmonton mall but my Camera died! :/
~Lanie

River Rapids

I went to the river last week, It was very hot out! I'm glad that it's cooling down now. I wore my new swimsuit that mom bought me for my birthday. We've been going to this river since I was little! It's a very nice walk to get there, We drive to the trailhead and then hike down the trail to any beach area, most of it is rocky though, which is usually empty depending on what time you go.

 this time we found a small trail that lead to a partially sandy and private riverside beach! we took this really mossy trail to get to it, We even saw this worty toad while climbing back up.

Birthday Surprise!

 I spent almost an hour on invitations, but I had help from Piper, they got sent out and I got 100% afirmative RSVP's!
Around noon a about a week back, the day finally came for me to have my 12th birthday party! I invited all my friends over and had a great time! We had a round of hide-and-seek in the yard and just played around for a bit. Mom called us in for snacks and to open presents.

look at this stash!

 

I love my presents! I got a whole bunch of stuffs!

including a rilakkuma toaster set for ruthie, from Gia.

and new Jammies from auntie.

 A whole bunch of crafts from Piper, she's very crafty and knows where to find these things.

 A robo park from kirsten, she says she got it in a french museum!

then mom round us all out into the front yard, to open her presents. I recieved 1. tankini, 1 bikini and  a one-piece. "what gives mom, what's with all the swimsuits?"

She then made one awesome answer.

"well, your going to need them for the West Edmonton mall and Siba Beach!"

we freaked out, I was estatic! Alberta, specifically Jasper and Edmonton, may be my most favorite place in the world. I've heard that the waterpark in the mall has a new slide, I hope  I'll be tall enough to ride it!

My aunt and cousins live in edmonton, I'm super excited to see them again! 

The girls slept over for the night.

We had a great time and look forward to photos from our upcoming trip.