The Bullard Family: Summer Vacation (Part Three)

I have been wanting to post this part of our vacation because it was one of the best parts! Waterton National Park has always been one of my favorite places on this earth! I have been there so many times, and each time it seems even more breathtaking & beautiful than before. (Maybe I am just learning to appreciate things more now that I am older...)
Here are a few of our Waterton pictures...

My Dad, LuAnne, Me, Bri, Ava & Dillon in front of Cameron Falls. This is always one of our first stops when we get to Waterton, and we always take a picture in front of the falls. We have pictures of us in front of the falls from when I was a really little girl.

We took a short little hike up to where we could look over the falls, and Brian ended up with the both of the kids on his shoulders at some point...

Ava at the bridge by Cameron Falls...

Dillon by Cameron Falls...
I know it is never very interesting to look at other peoples pictures of wildlife, but this was such a highlight for Ava & Dilly! We saw so many deer, including a doe & her 2 little fawns. The kids even got so excited every single time they saw a squirrel or a prairie dog (or 'hairy dogs', as my kids think they are called)...

The next thing we did was go to Waterton Lake. We had the best time finding the ideal skipping stones on the rocky shoreline. We spent a long time there, and then had a picnic lunch by the lake. Food never tastes as good as when you are outdoors picnicking or camping...

The kids & Brian were brave enough to take off their shoes and wade in the freezing water. Then Dilly & Ava made Brian walk them back & forth in the shallow water so many times!!! Brian loved it though...

My pretty Ava by the lake (I love her freckles!)

Balancing...

More of the family at Waterton Lake...

More exciting wildlife pics! Except these mountain sheep were amazing!! They were just standing kind of by the edge of the road and as we drove closer, we must have kind of scared them. They absolutely bolted straight up this sheer cliff and then stopped and just stood on the tiniest ledge of rock. One of them was a baby, but it kept right up with the rest of them.

Later that day we drove up to Cameron Lake. So beautiful....

Some more beautiful scenary...

Love you Bri Bri...

Love you Ava & Dilly...

We rented a row boat for an hour and Brian & my Dad took turns rowing it. They were such good sports because it was really hard to row in the wind, and Dillon literally screamed for 55 minutes of our hour boat ride! I was totally freaked out to even move, because I hated to feel the boat rock at all, so I was trying to keep Dillon still as he threw his big fit!!! Ava sat in the front of the boat with LuAnne and had an awesome time though! As nervous as I was, it was a really amazing way to see the lake & the mountains around us. I really felt small and in total awe of the grand beauty around us...