Famulak Family Fun... haha cheesy alliteration.

This month we've been able to have a couple really fun weekend trips with Nick's side of the family. Nick's dad's birthday was on July 11th, so both sets of Nick's grandparents and all of his Aunts and Uncles and cousins went camping up at his Uncle's land north west of the city. Nick and I took a tent to sleep in and we all just had an awesome time hanging out, sitting by the fire visiting, and staying up way too late! His land was right on a lake as well so we even got in a little bit of boating.

Nick and Uncle Brad setting up our tent...obviously I helped a lot.

Kyla, Jaylin and Andrea put on these hats and came up with this pose all on their own. So cute!

Nick's brother Bryan on grill duty

Playing a little friendly football.

Nice form Nick...

Who can chop through the log first? Is it Neil in his birthday crown???

Nope. Nick was the victorious one!

Nick's cousin Mike decided he wanted to take home this GIANT rock to use for landscaping his yard, so all the men got together and had to figure out how to get it in the back of the truck. It was quite the ordeal to watch, and quite hilarious. Just picture 6 or so men trying to push, pull, roll, slide and lift an 800+ lb. rock. Pretty funny...

I loved the little path that led down to the lake. It was so peaceful, and with the sun streaming through the trees like this, it actually reminded me of
the Sacred Grove.

Nick's sister Alysha and I down by the lake

A little blurry, but Nick had some sweet air!

The birthday boy celebrating the big 5-0 !

Then, a couple of weeks ago Nick and I drove down to Outlook, Saskatchewan with his parents and sister for his mom's cousin's 25th anniversary party. It was like a mini-reunion for his Mom's side of the family so it was great to see a bunch of the family that I've basically only met once at our wedding. We stayed out on their acreage and quite enjoyed the quiet farm life. This place was teeny tiny. Like seriously, it made Cardston look big! On Saturday morning, us girls went for a drive into town to get the local tour and an icecream cone. We went and walked out onto this old bridge (which used to be a train bridge and has now been converted into the longest pedestrian bridge in Canada) and the river view was beautiful! Nick and the boys went gopher hunting, then that evening we all got together for the party and just spent the rest of the night visiting with everyone.

I love the architecture of this bridge, isn't it beautiful?

Alysha and I down by the river. We had to go wading since it was SCORCHING out, and I was basically a sweaty mess! yuck.

This was a small cone. And she had already licked a lot off! Go figure...

Is it bad that I think my husband looks hot with a gun?

Our wonderful hosts Susan & Murray

The whole clan L-R: Brenda, Ernie, Donna, Chris, Kali, Murray, Susan, Dad-Neil, Alysha, Me & Nick and front: Flo, Thomas, Gpa Cyrille, Mom-Teressa, Kaitlyn

Nick's mom and her favorite cousins growing up, Susan and Brenda