6 Hollow Legs: Back in the Motherland aka Saskatchewan

I packed the kids up and went back to Saskatchewan this past weekend. We had a camping family reunion for my mom's side of the family. It was at a little lake called Chanté Lake, between Prince Albert and Duck Lake.
It was so nice to spend time with my mom's family. We have always been really close. One of the things I miss most about living nearby is spending every Sunday together. We used to go to my Grandparents farm on Sundays. We would eat, talk, play cards and spend time together. It's a tradition that I really think my kids miss out on. I'm glad that I got to enjoy some time with them all this weekend!

Here's my cousin Miss H.

and here's another cousin, P.

We had beautiful beach weather. It was nice to sit on the beach chatting while we watched the kids play.

This pic of Mr. Q was taken by my sister-in-law Chantel. It reminds Matt and my brother Chris of Lord of the Flies. There was a big pile of sand at the beach the kids liked to play on/slide down/dig in. The munchkins had sand in every crevice imaginable by the end of each day...

Miss A. really liked playing on the boogey board

Miss C. tried surfing on hers, but it didn't quite work out for her. Maybe next year.

Mr. Q. had fun on his paddle boat voyage with Uncle Matt.

After the reunion we spent the night at my parents' house before coming back home. My parents have an elk ranch. We all piled in the back of Papa's farm truck and went to see the elk. Grandma brought a couple of pails of oats to entice them to come close by.

The kids didn't know what to think at first. I think they were a little nervous.

When we got out in the field with the bulls, and right beside the fence with the mama's and babies, my mom started banging the oats pail. The bull elk came running. The mama's and babies had to swim across a little pond to get to us, but they started towards us as soon as they heard her. The bull elk came right up to the truck and the mama's and babies got as close to us as they could.