windy wonderful waterton

waterton national park is one of our favorite places around these parts! the rocky mountains are so beautiful, and our family memories camping, hiking, climbing red rock, and just chillin with the deer downtown are some of our bestest times together :) sadly, waterton is also known for the wind, and we picked one crazy windy day to take in the sights last week!

 

there is mom getting the stroller our of the ditch after the wind had its way with it, and here we are ready for our annual hike down wishbone trail! wind or not, we hit the trail running!

 

 

i thought beckam was going to cry the whole way, but the 4x4 action he was getting lulled him into oblivion, and he loved it! thankfully, we remembered to strap him in though cuz he almost got bucked out once or twice along the way!

 

first stop along the trail, rutting trees. male deer and elk and sometimes moose rut their antlers against the trunks of trees during mating season ("the rut") to leave their mark and claim their territory. we always take note of these trees along our hikes thanks to our dad who knows everything of course, and here are kris and cars with 2 of them hoping that doing a little rutting of their own might bring some good luck in the love department this year ;) haha love it!

 

i love my family so much, and a hike is never just a hike as seen here! we are always making our own fun along the way, and here are the models in the famiy practicing some poses along the windy adventure. mom and i were giggling in the background of course - someone's gotta take pictures of these goofs!

 

 

here's dad telling carson about how the ranger we ran into knows nothing about anything and how this coulee's name is actually the ron hill memorial coulee and how HE is the go to man when it comes to waterton. the funny thing is he's probably right! these were his stomping grounds when he was young, and he's passed them on to us :) thanks dad!

 

 

my dad said to me this morning that he's starting to actually enjoy being around beckam now cuz he's so much more fun. always good times with grandpa hill :)

 

here we are with our boy! becks is seriously getting sooo big and sooo fun, and we are just loving being his parents more and more every day!

 

 

our boyish boy playing with sticks and rocks along the trail - love you bubba!

 

we love waterton wind or not, and we had tons of fun back together as a family exploring our wishbone trail again. can't wait for some summer fun there in a few months :)