Fairmont

I should be working on business paper work...or at the least, one of the zillion other things that needs to be done before we leave for China.  BUT...for now I decided to reflect on happy times and good memories.  Travelling to Fairmont is always one of those times for us.  We have a biannual timeshare there and generally end up going to Fairmont rather than exchanging it, simply because we do not have the finances to fly somewhere warm.     We had booked for the end of Nov-beginning of Dec, but that was not a good time, seeing as we leave for China on the 4th of Dec.  We decided on Thursday that we should change our plans and left home on Friday.  The weather was beautiful...in Saskatchewan it was snowing.

We relaxed while the kids played with Lego and watched more movies than is good for them.  We went to the hotsprings almost everyday.  I had difficulty getting decent pictures of the boys.  They were either under water or coming up for a big gulp of air.

I had planned to do more hiking, but after we saw this mama bear with her 2 cubs we changed our minds!  We also saw a larger mama bear with 2 bigger cubs as well.  We saw them almost every day.  On the last day we managed to get within 15 feet of the bigger bears...in our vehicle of coarse!






I love this picture...it looks like Morgun is standing on the edge, but he is actually jumping into the water!

We celebrated Alex's 11th birthday in Fairmont.  I can't believe how time flies.  He is small for his age and it is beginning to bother him.  We tell him it's not how big he is but what's in his heart and between his ears that matters. 

 

The beautiful scenery was great for our souls!