Today was ZOE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY!! Sadly, most of the day was spent driving from West Glacier to Billings with nothing to see or stop at along the way (as we had hoped to do). Thankfully we didn't have to rush out this morning so she was able to get dressed up in her unicorn tutu and hat after breakfast for some fun pictures. So wonderful for Joe and I to get to see and be with her for this first birthday since Joe and I missed out on her first 7+ months due to ...

We had a nice leisurely morning, and had time to enjoy that beauy of the mountains of Banff that surrounded us at the resort. The photo I used for this blog was taken from our front porch. We had hoped to take a hot tub this morning but it was already packed with people. I got a nice picture of Joe and Layla there where you can see the view. We went from the beauty of that to the city of Calgary where we expereinced more traffic than everywhere else pu...

We could get used to these leisurely mornings! Elizabeth, Zoe, Joe and I finally hit the road close to 11:30 to go into the park and do a hike. Greg stayed behind to do some school work, as did Layla since dogs aren't allowed on the trails in the park. We were going to go further into the park (to Logan's Pass) to do a hike, but it was the last day for that area to be open, and we knew it would be impossible to find anywhere to park. There are so many ...