Banff with our little fam jam

This dad of daughters is a good man! Pony tails and bracelets and smiles from all three. We took off to the mountains just a week after my surgery and Mr. P took the lead with the children.  We love staying at the Douglas Fir Resort with it's cabins and rustic charm. The little kitchen allows us to eat there and really hang out at our cabin, the pool and play place are wonderful too.  Deer run around and walked right by our car as we parked the one day. The mountains are an absolutely awesome place to be!

 

Lots of snuggling and cuddling and hanging out.  We love to hit up the 'Old Spaghetti Factory' and couldn't help but stop at Chapters (we love our books).  These folks are my favourites. 
 

Amelia and Mr. P took the Gondola up the mountain to enjoy the views.  What an adventurous girl!  Stella asked to stay with me so we watched a movie and organized family pictures on the computer (organizing photos was a post surgery goal). Stella said she wanted to make sure I was ok, so opted to stay with me. What a caring girl! Having special one on one time with each of our girls is a privilege and we cherish it, the opportunity to build up our relationships....we are so lucky to have these little women. We know we are blessed and thank our Heavenly Father in every prayer for them.  Eight years into parenting and we are still keenly aware that it is a privilege to be parents, particularly after this surgery as we wrap up that phase of life we are lucky to have the two of them and our babe in heaven.

My cuties below admiring the view from our room, just hanging out on the deck. They also took the toboggan down the hill behind our room and the video I got was pretty great.

Part of the reason we like the Douglas Fir is the indoor play place, so perfect when you've been outside already but still have energy to burn.

My cuties shopping downtown, gosh I love those faces!!!!!

On our last day we all ventured out together, AKA I actually left the room! It was beautiful out there!!!!!! We were pretty bundled and the view was stunning.  

 

 

There is something about being in the mountains that brings peace to the soul, definitely one of my happy places - I know it is for Graham too so it is nice to sneak to Banff or Jasper a few times a year. Grateful to Mr. P for booking it and doing all of the heavy lifting so our family could enjoy it together.

~ Mrs. P