Summer in Prince George

The school district that Kerry, Callie and Carter are in has a rule that states that the last day of work for Kerry must be a Friday so the last day of school must be a Thursday. This year, July 1st was a Friday so the last Friday of June was a week before. As per tradition we go to Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park. (Formally known as Fort George Park and no, I don't know how to pronounce it.) As per usual it was a great place to stop for lunch, watch a few dancers and enjoy the sunshine. The kids also got to get their picture with the RCMP bear.

Once we were done with Canada Day at the park we went to GG's house for a visit. It was fun to see her as she met us at the door wearing her Canada Day hat. You can't quite see it in the picture but it was a picture of the Canada Flag from the front page of the paper that she had turned into a hat. Even at 94 she continues to be full of life. She always has treats for the kids and this year we surprised her with a new puzzle. We helped her with the outside and got her started in the middle but left the rest for her. 1000 pieces. I think she was happy. ;)

One of our favourite things to do when visiting Prince George is to go out to West Lake where our family has property. As soon as Carter finds out we are leaving for Prince George he goes to get his fishing rod. It's a small plastic one but with the right bait he was able to catch his first fish that didn't catch him. The last fish he took stole his fishing rod. In this case the right bait was a piece of hot dog. Not quite big enough to eat but bigger than the minnows we were catching with the nets. I think we need to get him a tackle box for Christmas.

While we were there we also decided to take Oliver for his first hike. Our destination was the Fort George Canyon trail. I didn't have proper shoes due to a shoe mishap that happened in Oliver so we could only go about half way. I was fully expecting to have to carry Oliver most of the way since he was only 3 1/2 months old but he was a great hiker. As long as one or two people were in front of him he walked the whole way. I think if we had done the full 10k instead of just 6k he probably would have done the whole thing. Good to know as we like to go on family hikes.