Joanne Cook

Joanne loves travelling, Mexican food, being in nature and above all enjoying family time with her husband and their kids, Ben and Sam. Joanne is a guest blogger on Family Fun Calgary.

My goal this summer is to slow down and really enjoy summer; to consciously look at it from the perspective of my children and try to do fun and different things we’ve never done before. And while it’s such an obvious activity and something ...Read More

Guest post by Joanne Cook When the temperatures rise and we need a place to cool down, we love to head to one of the many spray parks throughout Calgary. For us, the South Glenmore Variety Park location is close to home, it offers ...Read More

[familyfuncalgary_google_ad][/familyfuncalgary_google_ad] Ever since I’ve had children, I have insisted that Christmas be more about the spirit surrounding the season and less about the “stuff.” I have made a concerted effort to make this particular holiday season more about the “doing” than the “buying”. And ...Read More

A place that’s always been on my radar, but I never made it to, is Reader Rock Garden. That is until recently, when we found ourselves with a free afternoon and looking for something to fill it.[...] ...Read More

By Joanne Cook August 23, 2011 I took a good friend (Angele) and my 4-year old son (Ben) to watch the fireworks competition – better know as GlobalFest. GlobalFest has competing countries setting off firework displays, all choreographed to music and song. Each night, ...Read More

My mother-in-law has a photo of my husband, 6-years old, standing proudly by a cow, trying to pull off an authentic farmer look. Knowing the only time he had spent on a farm was in University when he helped his buddy's family brand cattle ...Read More

Summer is here, the sun is shining and the one thing I love to do with my children is be outside! When we can, we like to explore the outdoors, surrounded by trees and water and animals (minus the bears and cougars). In our ...Read More