Halllllllsssssweeennnnsss!

A festivus All Hallows Eve! Brandon's brother had a rockin' party at his house, so I went as an incredibly hot German bar maid, and Brandon went as a little person in a giant hat. I put the video of his costume at the end. He's wearing some of it in this pic, but you can't really tell...:)


Pat...He's Justin Timberlake in the SNL short "Dick in a Box"




And more appropriately for my job, I was a breathtaking Alice in Wonderland...and yes, Halloween parades in schools are still alive and well!

End of Summer

To unofficially end summer, Catherine and I biked down to the last concert of the Twilight Concert Series and met all sorts of peeps down there. Perfection.

America's Hat!

We returned to the Mercer family reunion in gorgeous Waterton, Alberta. It's kind of like a sleepy Jackson Hole. We had a grand old time...:) Fun fact: We didn't have any episodes of second or third cousins caught canoodling this time. That happened at the the last reunion. Seriously. My great uncle had to lecture them about the fact that they were related. :) I still laugh when I think about it. Anyway...Waterton...beautiful!

Waterton Lake

The amazing fashions of Waterton...
My great grandparents' grave...

Such a cute town...

The red rocks... if you look closely you can see Sara and me. We are going on one of the rock slides in the river...



The water was soooooo cold! But the slides were too fun to pass up...






The start of the hike to the waterfall...


My dad turned 60 on this trip and is already showing signs of dementia...as you can see from this picture..





That's the Prince of Wales Hotel. I've always wanted to stay there...hopefully someday I will!

LX is the new XL

Did you catch on to my excellent usage of Roman numerals?... My hero of all heroes is turning 60 this week. So here's to my sweet dad...:)

Love These Girls:)

My cutey nieces have been in town from Chicago and my family is having a kablasto good time with them. There are a lot of pictures, but I couldn't choose, so I just included them all. :)

Bob's Brainfreeze



Raging Waters






Annie's 1st birthday party






4th of July party




Just hanging out...


The aquarium




The zoo