Our trip to Rosetown & St Denis

**warning - this post is very long and I had a bit of trouble with it and have decided to give up and leave it as it is!! So...there are some sideways pictures and funny underlined text...but I just can't figure it out. we'll just say that I meant for it to be like this!! LOL

We went to my cousin Carly's wedding in Rosetown the weekend of July 16th-18th. All of us from Calgary went and spent a couple nights in Rosetown and attended the wedding. It was a really great time. We all arrived on the Friday...there wasn't too much to do in Rosetown, so we hung out in the parking lot of the motel a lot! LOL
Mom, Gin & Auntie Marla hanging out at the motel.

Here is Beth with the kids.

Ally & I

Sweet Benson!

Friday night at the hotel we got hit by a brutal storm in Rosetown, while we were all spending quality time in the parking lot we watched the storm roll in. Henri, Uncle Mike, Sean & Auntie Jean were avid storm watchers!

It absolutely poured. Quite the intense storm.

Saturday morning before the wedding most of the guys went golfing. Jaquelyn was fast asleep...


While her little brother watched some cartoons on the other bed.

The wedding was beautiful - Carly looked stunning! Here she is with her dad Randall, who is my mom's cousin.

A view of Carly's beautiful dress from the back.

Benson enjoyed the ceremony sitting with Auntie Jean.

Jaquelyn & Aurelia hit the dance floor before people were even seated for supper. They were true dancing queens.

Benson sat at the table and watched the girls dance. You could just tell he wished he was big like them!

Jaquelyn was pretty hungry waiting for our turn to get supper so she had a banana for a snack.

The beautiful Robson girls...Miranda, Whitney and Carly with her new husband Tyler.

Proud parents of the bride.

Ally & Aurelia at the dance...it was so cute - Aurelia would not leave Ally's arms. We are pretty sure that she knew if she went back to her mom or dad that it'd be time to leave and she was having SO much fun.

Auntie Beth & Jaquelyn together at the dance.

Jaquelyn dancing with her aunties.

My beautiful sisters and I at the end of the night.


After we left Rosetown we headed to Henri's mom & dad's in St Denis. We spent the week there. It was great because the weekend was the St Denis centennial so there were a lot of family members around that we otherwise might not have seen.
Here is Jaquelyn taking a little walk around the yard after it stopped raining on one of the 1st days we were there.
Papa Eugene (or Meugene as Jaqui calls him) made the kids a really fun home-made water slide. It provided hours of entertainment for the kids & grown ups alike.
Here is Henri & Jaquelyn going down for the first time.
Papa caught up to them at the end...you can tell from Jaquelyn's face just how much fun she was having!!
Benson hung out off to the side and watched - the mosquitos are so bad we had to make sure he was totally covered up. They were CRAZY bad that afternoon.
Jaquelyn & Auntie Suzanne going down the hill.
Henri had just a LITTLE fun on the slide.
Sweet Benson in the baby swing at the park.
Jaquelyn & Benson were the 1st kids to use the new swings and play at the new playground.
What a face!! Too cute.
Our niece and nephews came out to stay at Gramma & Papa's for a few days while we were there. The kids all had such a great time together. We are lucky that they all got to spend that time together.
Benson sat back and watched all the older kids play on the slide.
I love this picture of Jaquelyn. I think it shows just how much fun she was having. She looks pretty cool too!
I don't know why this is sideways, but it's Kyle surfing down the hill.
Henri's auntie Julie gave Jaquelyn this hilarious black wig...which Jaquelyn requested that Henri wear - too funny!
Jaquelyn's turn to try on the wig. Cute little model.
Hmm...not too sure why this is sideways, but it's of little cutie Benson wearing the wig. Love the expression on his face.
Jaquelyn & her cousins were on a mission to catch some frogs.
Found one!!!
Benson got a ride on daddy's shoulders!
Benson & daddy in the yard while the kids were catching frogs.
Baily & Benson playing.
Benson LOVES trucks.
Tylar and Jaquelyn going for a walk to the park - how cute!!
Gramma & Benson in Papa's shop.
Jaquelyn playing duck, duck, goose with her auntie & cousins. I was so proud of her...this game was HER idea. I didn't even know she knew how to play it, but she told me she learned in school!
Jaquelyn (blocking Benson), Baily & Tylar at the beginning of our walk around St Denis.
There was a display on the other side of town (for the centennial) with old and new farm equipment - the kids all had lots of fun checking out all the tractors.
Jaquelyn is in the wheel of that tractor - how little does she look in there?
Jaquelyn & Baily are on the left & Tylar is on the right.
Jaqui & Baily - they are just too cute!
Gramma & Papa with all their grandchildren.
Jaquelyn & Tylar with an old grain truck.
Auntie Suzanne with ALMOST all her nieces and nephews. Jaquelyn refused to go in the photo.
We spent a fun afternoon with my great Auntie Margie - her she is playing with the kids at her apartment.
We also visited with my great aunt Waynie...Jaquelyn had a blast playing in their swimming pool - but this is the only picture that turned out of her in the pool.