Alberta, Canada

We finally made it into Canada two days ago. It is very pretty here, but not what I imagined. I imagined more wilderness, but Alberta has a midwestern feel to it. Lots of rolling green hills as far as you can see with the ocassional ranch to break things up a bit. We went through Cardston, Alberta and were able to stop for a few minutes to see the temple there. We all got out and took a picture on the front lawn then we piled back in the car for a few more hours of driving.

Yesterday we spent the early afternoon and evening at the Edmunton Mall. It claims to be the largest mall in the world and we certainly aren't disputing that claim. Scott spent about 5 hours at the indoor water park with Krisi and David (yes, we are the mean parents that not only threaten, but follow through on our threats to naughty children!). Scott said that Kristen had no fear when it came to some of the scarier rides. At one point there were a couple of older teenage boys standing at the top of an 80 foot free fall drop water slide, debating whether or not they dared go down it. They saw Krisi bravely standing there and after Scott confirmed that she was going, they decided they couldn't be shown up by a 7 year old!

The other girls and I spent the same 5 hours wandering around the mall and I am sure we didn't even see a third of it. It had the indoor water park, a casino, hundreds of restaurants and stores, a dinner theater, an Imax theater, bowling alley, amusement park, sea world, ice skating rink, gallaxy center, and the list goes on. We had a great time exploring and playing in the fountains!

We are in Dawson Creek tonight. The children are totally pumped about the 2 story waterslide at the pool. Dawson Creek is known for the history star of the Alaskan highway. The middle of town marks the 0 Mile Mark so we will head there first thing tomorrow morning for a photo op!

We are missing you all and would love to hear from you on our blog! Hope all is going well. We are enjoying our trip but feeling anxious to get into our new home as we get closer and closer to Alaska.