Sometimes all it takes is a picnic

to remind us how fun life is.....

We had a great family weekend. We drove out (in the rain, once we've made a decision it's very difficult to stop us) to Kananaskis (the end closer to us) and had a picnic at Forget-me-not Pond.

Setting up a tarp in the rain

I love it when the kids take the dogs.... it's almost off-leash

This was purely a coincidence, albeit a funny one.... she isn't a food hound.... 

Poor Kikx was frozen and spent some goodly time in my jacket
(much nicer than those hot shots for mittens, let me tell you)

Marshmallows and a pose

Big dogs just don't understand why they shouldn't be lap dogs...... 

and once ONE is up there.... the rest must share..... 

It cleared up for a while in the afternoon....

The kids had so much fun, they didn't want to leave... Which was fine by us, we arrived home at bedtime.....

Saturday was so nice, we decided to repeat the picnic on Sunday.... via bike this time.

It is hard to take self portraits on a gravel bike path
with a wiggly six-year old on the back of the back... just sayin'

Don't tell Eli, but I think he forgot to play video games this weekend....