Summertime

                                                                Emma loves the swings
        this was diaper cream... she said she was putting on sunscreen, it was not fun to clean up!
                                                                           just being silly
                                                             most of the Kelly cousins
                                                             cousin Lauren and Emma
                                                Grandpa Kelly, Lauren and Emma
                                                                        at a petting zoo
                                                                          swimming
                                                 first tube ride at Glen Lake
                                                         St. Mary's Lake in Montana
                                               playing in the dirt/working on the yard
                                                                     building the deck
                                                                         Grass.... finally!!! 
                                                after a bad fall down the concrete steps
                                                Emma and Parker at the hotel in Kalispell
                                                                    shopping in Target
                                                "driving" Uncle Rob's boat at Glen Lake
                                                    playing with Sheena's dog, Digger

Well, obviously I'm not very dedicated to my blog... but I thought I would at least post afew photos from our summer.  We've had lots of fun, we didn't take a family vacation this summer, as Mike and I went to Hawaii in January, and he has been very busy landscaping for the past few months, so we didn't want him to take time off from that.  Emma and I made two trips to Kalispell, Montana, once with Danielle and Parker, and once with my mom and Grandpa Bernard.  We had lots of fun both times, shopping at Target, visiting family and playing at Glen Lake.

Back in Calgary, we have spent some days at the beach with cousins, and made afew trips to the zoo with friends.  Emma loves swimming, even though she is a big chicken.  Almost everyday she asks if she can go swimming with Daddy.   

I finished working on July 18, and have been enjoying my time at home with Emma. (most days anyway, sometimes I think I should still be working so I don't go crazy!)

Mike has been getting some work done in our yard, which is great after having just mud for more than a year.  Hopefully we can get it finished off before winter!

We've also moved Emma into a big girl bed this summer, and unsuccessfully tried to potty train her.  She is SO stubborn and it has really been a power struggle, so it's been very discouraging, but I'm still trying!  

In July, all the Kelly's were here in Calgary for a visit, which was probably the highlight of our summer.  It is so fun to see all of the cousins playing together so well, and even though Emma is pretty young, her older cousins are very good to her and she adores them all, as well as her Auntie's, Uncles and especially Grandma and Grandpa.  She has one cousin, Lauren who is just afew weeks older than her, and I loved watching them play together, they had a bit of a love-hate relationship (mostly because Emma does not like to share at all) but Emma hasn't stopped talking about her since they went back to Boston, so I know she misses her and had fun.  

So there's a little recap of afew things we have done this summer, and a whole bunch of pictures. I will try to do better with my blogging... but I am having a baby in three weeks, so I'm thinking I'm not going to have a lot of time!