On Saturday we had a fun little birthday party for Oliver! We decided it will be great to make some pizzas and decorate some cupcakes at Kitchen Pantry in Calgary. Kids had a great time! Oliver is really into Planes lately so we decorated the place a bit for him :)

Thank you so much everyone who came! We had a great time and it was wonderful to see you all!

Oliver did a pretty good job decorating his birthday cupcake :)

Oliver's friend Jacob, our little volunteer for cleanup duty :) Jacob was born on exactly the same day/year as Oliver... I think its pretty cool :)

Today Oliver and Abby had some friends over for a nice BBQ at our house and I took a few photographs :)

Some animals arrived to be petted! :)

Earlier today I made a very nice trip on my Vespa to visit Sylvan Lake, AB.

Made it to the lake where I met with my family and we spent a wonderful time hanging around :)

I had my Vespa beach towel for years now, but this was the first time I got to use it at an actual beach :)

Great light on my way home, what a wonderful weather we are having!

Earlier today Tracy, Oliver and I went out to The Jungle Farm to pick some strawberries. I think Oliver ate more than he put in the basket :)

Yesterday Tracy, Oliver, and I had a fun evening at Calgary Stampede :) This was second Stampede for Oliver and I tried to document it for him, as I did last year.

Oliver loved seeing all the animals.

This was an interesting idea with all the pins of visitors :)

I really wish we had a bit more time so I could buy some Red Velvet mini donuts and some other junk food, but all I bought was this very very overpriced burger.

Oliver had some fun playing games, although he was not a fan of mommy hitting these guys on their heads. He cried and tried to protect them with his hands. Oliver is a lover not a fighter :)

Oliver fooled this guy about his weight and won some toys :) Tracy also finally found her favourite game.

Another successful Stampede!

Yesterday we had our 7th Annual Belski BBQ at our place. I was too busy to take photos and literally took only 8 photographs... here are some of them :) Thank you so much everyone who were able to come, it was great to see you and we had a wonderful time!

Just a few photos from today of Oliver eating corn... he is always so serious :)

Day 12: Oliver is on his way to the airport in Cancun, Mexico... We are going home!

Day 11: First day without rain in a while :) A bunch of workers were all in force fixing roofs around the resort in preparation for the next rain.

Because of the rain I have been reading lots more this vacation than other vacations. My book of choice for this trip is "Long Way Round". I have seen the TV show many many times but never read the book... so far it is great!

After breakfast Tracy, Oliver and I went to the ocean for a swim and to feed fish :) Oliver had lots of fun!

If you look closer, you will see fish is hanging on to Oliver's finger... Oliver was not a fan!

Of course, what kind of a day would it be without posting a photo of a iguana :)

Oliver is still a very big fan of all kind of bikes :)

After lunch we were off for some more water relaxation. The sun was out for less than a day after all the rain and I think I already sun burned a bit :(

Tomorrow we are off... Going home. Here is Oliver packing his toy truck.

Day 10: Another day in paradise? Rain, rain, and more rain :( This morning we went for some swimming in the ocean and Oliver had lots of fun feeding fish. Because it was raining, I didn't take my camera with me but I regretted it because I could have taken some nice photos. I wasn't so sad later on about it because at about 3pm my memory card died to the point of no restore and I would have lost all my images anyway.

In the evening I decided to brave the weather and to try to take some night time images of the resort. I always do it on our vacations but this time I learned my lesson... dont' leave it too late. Today I was trying to do it in a poring rain, with a strong wind, with a broken umbrella... and they didn't turn the lights on in swimming pools (probably because of the weather). So I didn't get any good photos other than a nice one of the buildings on the way back to our room. I'm pretty sure it will be raining tomorrow as well so I guess I will go home without night time images :(