West Edmonton Mall

 On our way to the Canadian Rockies, we stopped at

the West Edmonton Mall.  I guess it's the second

largest mall in the world!  It was pretty awesome!

 Took this picture for you, Nicole! :)

 A replica of the Santa Maria.

 Amanda always seems to find these cute little puppies

that she wants to take home with her. This time she

actually didn't want any of these.. although they were cute :)

Good thing.. they were SO expensive!!!

 Some reptiles for you, Dave.. and Nicole! ;)

 Even animals like hammocks, I guess! ;)

 Swimming with Penguins..

 They even had an indoor water park!!!

 And, of course, had to get a picture of the palm trees! :)

 Glass elevator for you, Mom.. ;)

 Make sure to look up.. :)

 Stephanie loves strawberries & she found

this cute strawberry bag!  Of course, a pic! ;)

 I love this picture!!! :)

 We got to see some of a Sea Lion show, too!

 They also have an indoor ice rink!

What else do they have, you may ask.. well..

 AMUSEMENT PARK!!! :)

 We got a "family pass" and got to ride the rides as many

times as we wanted.. we got our monies worth, I think!

This was probably the craziest ride, but it was AWESOME!

This was Joe's first time going on a roller coaster, and he loved it!

 Can't you tell?! ;)

 Here we are in mid-air! :)

 

 Alex was so kind to hold our purses for us while

we girls went on the carousel ride together :)

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 We went on the bumper cars.. poor Janna, though..

her "dumb" car wouldn't work!  So, she just got pushed around!

 You can tell Amanda had fun! ;)

 SWINGS!

Brings back memories of Silver Dollar City.. :)

Poor Joe.. he was fine on the roller coaster, but

felt sick after the swings!  Go figure!

 Classic picture! ;)

 We also went on "Quirks in the Works".

 Hands in! :)

 We went on the Bamboo Express, a 3D roller coaster ride!

Now.. this was awesome!  We had an Ape jump out at us,

bananas thrown at us, mosquitoes in our faces, and elephants

spray water on us.. among other things.  It was awesome! :)

 Joe got a picture of Amanda & I taking a picture

of ourselves.. pretty funny! ;)

 We loved the Bamboo Express so much

that we decided to go on it again! :)

 We had a great time at the West Edmonton Mall!

Now.. on to the Canadian Rockies!