Flagstaff House

Here are some photos from our place in Flag. We got really lucky and found a great place through a friend of a friend. This is his summer place and he had never rented it until he found out about us :)

Here is the master.

This is the closet and bathroom in the master. It is a townhouse with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Perfect for having guests!

T-man in his room.

Truman hanging out on his owl couch in his room. (Owl blanket complements of the crafty-est Cousin, Holly.) The place came furnished, so we have just added some of our own touches.

Major selling point for me; washer and dryer in the house! After not having one for 8 months, this is like heaven.

Here is the living and dining room.

The breakfast bar and kitchen.

A little shelving unit that we Berry-ized.

Looking from the dining area to the front door. It is kind of a long hallway with some modern art on the walls. We rearranged some of the artwork around the house and we actually kind of like it.

Our guestroom/office. This is the only bedroom on the 1st floor and it is a perfect guest suite. We have already had 6 visitors and we are just waiting for more!

We have a little front patio as well.

We have a detached one car garage. It comes in very handy for storing our bikes, stroller and a few other things.

The incredible view off of the deck/out our living room window. There is a fairway down below; not too shabby for "starving students".

We go on a walk every evening on the golf course. We see lots of people with their dogs, occasionally hit some balls, and Truman loves every second of being outside. We are really liking Flagstaff and our place, and we also love having visitors.

Cupcakes

Before we left for Flagstaff, I got together with Amanda and Wendy Scott. Wendy taught us how to decorate cupcakes with fondant.

My lovely flower cupcakes.

Everyone's creations: Wendy made the witches hat in preparation for her annual Halloween party and Amanda made the 2 beautiful flowers on the left.

I told Rick I would make him a special "boy" cupcake, so he got a referee's shirt. Thanks Wendy! It was really fun and as always a blast to hang out.

Do You Smell That...

Here is a photo taken from our neighborhood of a nearby plant. Do you recognize that symbol?

Yep, that's right, a good ole Purina puppy chow plant right down the road. We noticed that it smelled, or should I say reeked, like dog food one night on our walk and then we noticed the building with the Purina symbol on it. It continues to smell like dog food every few days when we are out on our walk in the evening. Just one of the interesting things you find out when you move to a new place. And we have been trying to teach Truman that if you smell food like that you don't want to eat it! ha ha!

Road Trip Part 6 The Rockies/Whistler

We continued on after Banff and Lake Louise with no real major stops until Whistler, but the drive was amazing. Below are some pictures from the trip across the Canadian Rockies and Whistler.

This was a random stop we made one day to feed Truman and get some lunch.

These were a couple of our favorite pictures from the trip.

This is the hotel at 3 Valley Gap.

They had a camel, llama, chickens, cows, donkey and goats at this dairy.

This was a recommended stop by the Campbell's. We are glad we took their advice the ice cream was really good!

Scenes like this made the drive more than bearable.

We stopped in Whistler for the day before heading to Vancouver.

Our future Olympian.

We did the peak to peak gondola in Whistler. The gondola was huge and we were lucky enough to get one to ourselves.

Truman and Daddy, just hangin' out.

Views from the gondola.

Truman's first time seeing snow!

Random cougar carving at the village atop one of the peaks.

This looked like a little man made pond or lake. It was just down from the resort on one of the peaks. The color was absolutely stunning. I imagine it is more glacier water.

We took the Sea to Sky Highway from Whistler down to Vancouver. Our camera ran out of batteries after Whistler, so we don't have any pictures, but it was beautiful. We highly recommend it if you are ever in Vancouver. We stopped along the way at this waterfall and thought to take a couple of photos with my phone and they actually turned out pretty well. Way to go Blackberry!

Road Trip Part 5 Banff/Lake Louise

We left Okotoks and the Campbell's and headed

across the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver.

The first 2 stops we made along the way were Banff and Lake Louise.

We had to get some chocolate when we got to Banff.

We got a Bear Claw...amazing! Like a turtle, but giant and with cashews.

Then, we jumped on the gondola at Lake Louise. We saw this mama bear and her 2 cubs! We were so excited.

Here is a closer picture of the Grizzlies.

Rick and I at the top of the gondola.

You can see Lake Louise right above Rick's head.

It was pretty chilly. So one of the first things we did in Banff was get Truman this hat. It came in handy for a lot of the trip.

He liked the gondola ride.

Happy boy!

I think we counted 22 of these gophers on the lawn at the lodge when we were getting off of the Gondola.

Giant black bird that was in the parking lot.

Water at Lake Louise.

Lake Louise

I had never seen such a beautiful lake.

Truman got zipped up a lot when he was carried in his Bjorn, but he doesn't like his arms zipped up apparently. haha!