and i slipped in the mud.

the sun has come out to play finally!

our lives are incredibly busy (surprise!) and

it seems as though our family spends less and less

"family" time together so even though

i had to work this morning, i wasn't

going to let that stop us from enjoying the sunny afternoon.

we decided we'd make a trip to fort langley

to take a stroll along the river.

its been a while since emma got to ride her

bike, so needless to say, she was a little rusty.

poor girl was so nervous..though put her on a roller

coaster and her arms are up in the air and she's screamin 'whoo hoo!'

anyway a visit to fort langley just can't be complete

without a visit to wendels so i stopped

in, endured the usual loooong line up

to order some hot chocolate for the hubs and emma

a cinnamon vanilla black tea misto for moi

and some delicious organic chocolate chip cookies!

sorry, you'll have to turn your head to the side to see

how delicious my food/drink is..for some reason my computer 

won't let me rotate this image!

the view of the river from the trail

wherever olivia goes, so must baby..

stealing a picture with my little trouble maker!

olivia is like thing 1 and thing 2 from the cat in the hat.

she pretty much does the opposite of whatever it is you're

asking of her.

so instead of following her big sister on her bike and daddy

pushing the stroller, she has to run in the opposite direction,

heading for the river. thankfully, we found a...

playground!

so that kept her excited for a while

until she decided it was no longer fun.

so what did she do?

head for the river trail again..and since i was the closest to her

i had to chase after her.

and i slipped in the mud.

there you have it folks. probably the only time

you'll get this clear of a shot of my butt.

i was wet.

and.

cold.

and the sun was starting to set.

BUT.

the kids had a great time and even i had 

a good laugh about it.

here's to spending quality time as a family!