Summertime

Well the summer is almost over, which is very hard to believe.  Here are our adventures so far.
In May we went on a road trip with all of the Bevan side to Saskatchewan to visit the homestead of both my in-laws.  It was a luxurious trip as Jaida's car seat was unable to go in the motor home we had borrowed so she rode with Grandma and Grandpa Bevan.  So while Travis drove I kicked up my feet in the lazy boy and read a book.  It was a long trip and was cold and rainy but we celebrated our 6th anniversary out on the Berard Farm with a gorgeous cake. There was one day when it wasn't too wet that we were able to go to the park, Jaida really enjoyed the swing.  It was neat to see where the family grew up, and to see how really shelter that bum town Saskatchewan really is.

June was pretty quite nothing really happened except sending Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen (my parents) off to Nauvoo for 7 weeks. We kept in touch with FaceTime.

In July Travis went in for emergency back surgery for a bulging disc.  What a gong show day as we didn't have anyone to watch Jaida so she came with us to the foothills hospital.  We got daddy all checked in and went for lunch. He was suppose to have surgery at 1:30pm but didn't get in until 8:30pm. Thank goodness for my cousin Shane and his wife Mindy who let us stay with them in Cochrane. As soon as Jaida was asleep I went back to the hospital to wait until Travis was out of surgery. I was finally able to see him at 11:30 pm and the mean night nurse kicked me out right away. He was discharged the next morning and was starving, so it was off the Peter's Drive-In before heading home. Our July was pretty low key as Travis had difficulty walking and moving around but our little goober turned 1! 

We had a backyard BBQ party with all the family. Jaida was spoiled rotten by everyone and was pretty happy. I made her smash cake which matched the owl theme we had. She was not to interested in the cake unfortunately. Overall her party was success!

We also went to the Picture Butte parade and the Whoop-up Days parade.  Jaida learned to wave at all floats but got especially enthusiastic when it was shiny or if there were horses involved.  We then went and hung out with her cousins at their pool.  I brought her baby pool and she has now discovered she likes to splash.

It's weird that Goober is not a baby anymore she is launching into toddler hood. She feeds herself and loves beef, says word intermittently like mama, dada, and her favourite kitty.  She is very expressive with her nodding and pointing so its never a mystery as to what she wants.  She can walk 5 steps without hanging on to anything, but will walk forever if you hold one or both hands. It's crazy how fast this little girl is growing up.