Canada Trip Week 1

Well, a lot has happened in the last month. Right now, we are staying with my parents in good old Manitoba for 2-3 weeks, just me and the girls. Since Jason is at the academy and my cousin was getting married on the 23rd of June, my parents were very willing to pick the 3 of us up and drive us back to Canada. We did it in one day even with two small kids. We left on Father's day, the 17th. Katelyn was so easy as long as the movies kept rolling and we made some pit stops for potty breaks. Thankfully, no accidents occurred. Megan also did well. We did have to make more stops to feed her, but it was all good. We did stop in Dickenson, ND for lunch at McDonalds which allowed us all to get out and stretch our legs. We drove to Rugby, about 3 hrs from home, and decided just to keep on driving even if it was 7 pm. We got through the border without a hitch and drove through some rain. How the green and rain has just been so refreshing to my soul. It's been too long since I've been here in the summer. We did get home around10:30-45pm. So it did take us 15hrs, but that's not too bad.

Monday and Tuesday we rested up at home. By Wednesday I knew I needed to start seeing friends, because the weeks were going to go by way too fast. Wednesday I called my friend Lisa up and had a playdate with her 2 kids. Claire is 3 1/2 and Orrin 1 1/2. When I drove up in my parent car, I must have pressed the lock button and accidentally locked the girls in thecar! Thankfully it was a cooler day and didn't get too hot in the car. I borrowed Lisa's car and drove as fast as I dared to my parents to get the spare set. Thankfully, Megan stopped crying once I left and Katelyn was fine sitting there and it was only a few minutes to my parents. We've now showed her how to unlock the door should that happen again.

The girls had a great time playing together once they warmed up to each other. They headed out with milk in hand to feed the 2 kittens in the barn. Of course, being 3, they did get preoccupied on the trip there and back. The cats made a trip to the house and back to the barn, the milk was forgotten and a large puddle was found and they both came in sopping wet with flooded boots.

Thursday brought on some rain showers again.

Rain showers result in puddles and puddles draw kids.

We stopped in at my cousins, Brad & Val and their kids, Allison& Jordan. It is so weird for me to see these kids growing up, because in my mind, they will forever be 5 & 3 like they were in our wedding almost 9 years ago instead of the 14 and 12 they are now! Alli was just in love with baby Megan and Katelyn kept her hopping when they went out to play.

Friday, we went out to my friend Sarah's to play with her daughter, Gracie who is 4. Gracie has a cute little pony named Chocolate Chip.

Sarah was gracious enough to saddle up Chocolate Chip for a short ride up the driveway for the girls. Katelyn was a little apprehensive at first, but she held onto the horn and a hand and she was good to go. It has been a year since she was on my horse, so this was something she wasn't used to but she did great. The girls jumped on their trampoline, played in the sand box which resulted in Katelyn stepping on a nail in her heel. After 20 min on the phone to the hospital in Powell, checking if she had had a tetanus shot, they said she had and it was good for another 8 years. Whoo! What a relief. This trip was kind of becoming eventful everywhere we went.

Saturday was my cousin Corey's wedding to his bring Kendra. Sadly we didn't take any pictures but we did go for a Derksen Cousin photo. Everyone was there minus 1 family that left and one cousin who couldn't make it.