Just in Time!

Well at least I managed to squeeze in another post in the month of September. But like I said in my last post, September didn't give us a chance to slow down. I have been meaning to post these pictures for some time now but Jason has messed around with the computers and recently brought another one home that is currently operating on our dining room table! Errrrr. I have my own lap top that I could work off of but for some reason it can't read an 8GB card and that is what I take all my pictures on because it never seems to run out of space!
A couple weeks ago I went to Lizzie's baby shower. I finally met Laila and she is so cute! I love her hair too. Lizzie got a ton of baby clothes and other cute things, she seriously cashed-in in my mind. Which is good becuase baby's are expensive!
I also had the chance to go to Waterton and Cardston just over a week ago and we attended Treyden's baby blessing. He has gotten so big and is such a smiley guy now. We had a great time down there, and I just love staying in Waterton. It is simply gorgeous in it's natural beauty and Jay and I even got to stay in the same resort lodge that we stayed in on our wedding night, however this time we shared our room with his little sister Kristin :)
Well now we're back and trying to catch up from all the craziness. On the weekend I caught up on what seemed like a year's worth of laundry and it is hanging off of chairs and drying racks all over my house. I can't wait to tackle the rest and organize my home but the time doesn't seem to be available for some reason!!!
Amanda put gel in Treyden's hair and that it why it is sticking up like that. He had the cutest little tux on for his blessing.

Lizzie, Me and Laila. Lizzie looks soo good and I only hope I'm that lucky one day!

What's New

Well time has been flying by again, I can't believe we're half way through September! This is such a tricky transition time because you want to dress warm when you look out your window each morning and cringe to hope there isn't frost on the ground. Even though we've been lucky to not have faced that YET you know you want to bundle up a little more just in case. However by mid afternoon it gets pretty warm and you feel waaay over dressed! The C-train and bus are crowded and humid and you feel like you are over heating once again! The thing I can't stand about Calgary is that it doesn't really have a true Fall season. For a period of time the day is half winter and half summer, and eventually the summer part fades out, leaving us with a full blown winter cold. Ugh.
Anyways I am at the threshold of whether or not to pack up my summer stuff yet and make room in our tiny closets for bigger sweaters and stuff. Maybe this issue wouldn't be so dramatic if our place wasn't so tiny.... yes I believe a bigger place would solve a lot of my problems!

Well there's been some new changes in our world recently A good friend of mine moved into our building, which I am rather excited about. But I don't blame her if she isn't thrilled about hanging out with someone who's married. The YSA scene is way more entertaining for her than I am (sad but true) Jason got sustained last Sunday to be the Young Mens Pres. in our ward. I am excited for him and I know this calling is so good for him and the youth, they just love him and think he's a pretty cool guy (thats how I feel too) lol. We also have booked our tickets home to Ottawa for Christmas which I am SOOOOOO Excited about! We're going home for 10 days and are able to bring our dog with us too. My family has never met him before. It was super tough being away from family last year for the first time at Chirstmas so I think this year is extra special for me. It is Jason's first Christmas away from home too since he's been married. I hope it isn't really hard for him to be away, but if it is I can sympathize at least.

I think that is it for my update this time. Jason is off the shut down the cabin in B.C. this weekend and then we are headed out Cardston in the next week or two ( I forget exactly when) because my new nephew is getting his baby blessing. After this month I hope October slows down a bit. I was hoping things would be less busy as soon as August finished but I was wrong!

Our little singer...

Well it's either that or he thinks he's a wolf!
Jason's alarm clock went off this morning after he had already woken up and Max was still sleeping in our room. Jason ran in our room because he heard Max making the strangest noise, like he was in severe pain or something. To his surpirse he found him in full song, howling to the alarm. It kind of reminds me of the duck in the movie Babe who tried to crow before the rooster did so he had "purpose" as a duck - maybe Max was trying to out-do the alarmclock! haha

I reset the alarm this evening so I could tape him :) I hope you thinks it's cute as I do.

How terrible

I never thought I'd get so neglectful with my blog! I am not a fan of this. Now I have waited so long it's going to be difficult for me to track the events that have transpired over the last month...

To list a few...
Jemaica's Bridal shower was at the end of July and so was our Ottawa reunion bbq at Edworthy Park. The August long weekend we went out to the cabin in Shuswap with all of Jason's family. We came home for a week after the cabin and went back with my sister and her husband + Jenna, Kara and Bruce. it was a lot of fun both times but they were very different.

Well we're back into the swing of things now and trying to hold onto the beautiful weather we're enjoying in the later part of August. It is kind of sad for me to think that frost will most likely be on the ground in 2+ weeks, at least in the morning before the suns out... A few other exciting things have transpired recently as well but that will have to wait until another post.. or two!

Jem's shower: Nikki, Me, falisha, Megan, Rachael and Jenn. It's so fun to reunite!

Jemaica sporting some of her new presents with a poster I made in the background. We played a game called "Pin the Groom" and I put Troy's head on some WWF guy's body and we pinned little purple flowers on him that were suppose to be boutonnieres.

Zoo Fun

Jason and I had the oppertunity to go to the Calgary Zoo with Amanda when she was visiting and I wanted to post some pictures. We missed a chunk of animals that I really wanted to see (grizzlies, wolves, cougars etc) all the large Canadian wildlife. However we still saw some beutiful and amazing creatures. Amanda - I'm sad that I don't have any "nice" photos of usat the zoo!

This was a very hard photo to get. I felt so bad for this baby too, the big sister gorilla dropped it and picked it upside down, and rolled it around and around... The poor baby was being mangled!

Too Fast!

I cannot believe there are only ten more days left in July! The summer is going by too fast, and the weather hasn't helped. I mean it hasn't been raining like it did in June but we haven't had any crazy hot days and loads of sunshine to help my pastyness fade away :( I'm sure things will more then compensate when we finally head out to the cabin though! Well as for an update we've been pretty busy again. Amanda (my sister) left over a week ago. We were watching Zeke (Megan's dog) for over a week and he is back to his family now. Amanda and Dalyn's baby boy arrived Friday night- very exciting!!! I have been going to the gym and moving around furniture at work a ton so that has kept me busy almost everyday. This week alone I'm pretty flat out again too. I have the gym, getting together with one of my girlfriends tomorrow, crazily running around to get things for Jemaica's Bridal Shower that I am throwing and Amanda's baby shower is the same weekend. Wish me luck! Anyways I'm going to post some photos and they may not be incredibly interesting to everyone but I know my family appriciates them...they are a bit random too, enjoy :)

I didn't think it was a problem to post this picture of Treyden. Almost everyone has seen the pictures on facebook and I know my mom and dad would appriciate seeing what he looks like. I can't wait to meet my new nephew! Isn't he precious??!!

Yes it's not news to anyone that we're obsessed with our dog and treat like he's a spoiled "only child". He's all we've got right now and we're just "those people" who treat there dog like true family! I'm mommy and Jason's Daddy!

Again... More Max. His hair has finally grown out and he doesn't look like such a rat anymore. We only shaved him so short before because Jason attempted to cut his hair and it was the only way we could fix the disaster he created. I wish I had gotten a before and after photo - It was BAD! But he's always cute no matter what :)

Jason and his "little guys" They look pretty similar huh? Well they are both yorkie mixes thus they both have tanned heads and silver backs. Zeke is a bit bigger than Max but they look like brothers! They are best buds for sure.

Busy Busy

Well another week flew by and this one is going just as fast. My younger sister Amanda has been visiting for the last 10 days and it has been so nice having her around. We celebrated Canada Day, Stampede, my b-day and many fun adventures in between. I think she likes it here :)

Thanks for the many people who joined us on Saturday. It was nice to see everyone! Many thanks and lots of love to my sweetheart Jason. I got a very pretty watch and some new free weights to start toning up finally. I also an very excited about my new gym membership. The day after my birthday I signed up for a membership at Spa Lady... I am stoked to get in shape and try all the classes they have. My first visit is tonight and I am meeting with a personal trainer to set goals. I will keep you posted on my on going visits/ hopeful success!

Such a cute Cowgirl! You'd think she was from the West not the East... ;) She is so much fun!

And I hope everyone has had a great start to their summer so far and enjoyed the Canada day celebrations and Stampede!!!