"we're in CANADA!"

"are we there yet? are we there yet?" after 2 days of traveling, i could finally tell isaiah, "YES! we're here!" i wasn't sure how the long drive up to calgary was gonna go without sam. but thankfully, gramma crowfoot (sam's mom) was able to drive up with us. and thank goodness for portable DVD players!! so, it really wasn't too bad. the kids were great until around 8pm (their bedtime) and an hour later we were taking bubble baths and jumping on the hotel beds. needless to say, isaiah and makayah just couldn't wait to get to CANADA. as soon as we drove onto the acreage, and isaiah saw gramma and grampa's house, he yelled out, "i see CANADA!" a week has gone by since we arrived and we've had soooo much fun. the day i thought i was going to need 3 root canals (and turns out i was being a hypochondriac - sam's uncle deb said there was absolutely nothing wrong with my teeth, but that he'd give me the root canals if i really wanted- and i'm sure he thought i was crazy, because i actually did consider this, but in the end decided to take the splint to end my teeth grinding...and after a new toothbrush and tube of colgate sensitive toothpaste, my teeth really did feel all better!) so anyway, like i was saying, after the non-root canal situation we bumped into great granpa crowfoot. he was soooo excited to see the kids and we took advantage of the photo op. after a while we said our goodbyes and headed for drumheller and the "awesomest" dinosaur museum. we tried to get most of the ferocious t-rex, but it was pretty dark...and spooky! isaiah asked why the dinosaurs had to die...hmm, maybe cuz they'd stomp us to death with their monstrous feet! ...or swallow us whole! by the way, isaiah has a killer smile! mwah! i love this little guy. on our way to the prehistoric past...the kids just couldn't wait, they were like jumping jellybeans-the excitement was just too much to bare! lost in the jungles of the crestacious period (???), who knows!? and of course, my baby pakayah just chillin' next to the stegosaurus. "mommy, i'll never get to ride on a dinosaur.:(" here's your chance isaiah, hop on! makayah was fascinated with the turtle...so much so that she fell off the little step stool and took her frustration out on me, and gave crusty looks to everyone around us trying to cheer her up. "i don't think so..." the triceratops was my personal fave... the wooly mammoth was pretty cool too! makayah and her grandma crowfoot! after the going through the exhibits, we were starved! so after we snagged two dino-pinchers from the gift shop and pizza from the cafe, we were happily on our way back home. we had such an awesome time with grandma crowfoot...thank you!! after seeing all the dinosaurs, isaiah is obsessed! can we read a dinosaur book? can we sing a dinosaur song? we sure missed our daddy though! so we're saving the calgary zoo for when he meets up with us tomorrow!!! there'll be more posts later on. it took me a while to find the cord to download these pictures! love and miss you all!!!