The Parade and Festivities

Sadly, the sun did not cooperate for Canada this year. The past several years have been fabulous in the weather department so it was rather disappointing to have to bundle up on July 1st! We've been going to the parade with the J & U family for at least 12 years now. It's tradition and I think the only one we've missed was last year when we were at the airport on our way to Ireland.

Look at that young cute couple!

We had to use our umbrellas several times for the rain showers.

My parents joined us this year because Nathan was on one of the floats.

Liam's first parade. He watched with wide eyes!

All the kids. Well the girls are young ladies now!

Nathan was able to be on the float with the mayor as a part of Abbotsford Children's Theatre. He was very excited! He'll be in two upcoming productions....The Nutcracker and Charlotte's Web.

He was a bit hidden but we caught glimpses of him!

Liam fell asleep for the last bit of the parade. It was a very long parade and some of the spacing wasn't so great.

Afterwards we headed home so Liam could nap. Afterwards Keith thought it would be a good idea to have hot tub time with Liam. He hadn't been in there since last summer so we weren't sure how he would react. He was verrrrry nervous! Just look at that face. Thankfully he's been in there since and is now a certified water baby. We can't get him OUT of it!

Kori & Roger had us all over for a BBQ dinner later in the afternoon. Here's the chef extraordinaire using his brand new grill. Great burgers, Rog!

Us girls in our patriotic wear.

And a very tasty and patriotic dessert of strawberry pie! Kori is a fabulous baker.

After supper we just hung out and visited and let Liam entertain us with his antics. We hemmed and hawed about going to see the fireworks. Half of us wanted to watch them...the other half were not too enthused.

Finally at 9:55 pm we decided we would race over to the fairgrounds to see them but they started at 10 pm! We drove as fast as we could to our place, threw Liam in the stroller and ran as fast as we could to watch the fireworks. We caught the last 7 minutes or so and that was that!
A great Canada Day. As always, the best part of the day is spending it with friends!