Canada Day celebrations

July 1st, Canada Day!  Pretty much the only time Canadians are patriotic.  We try to be too:)
So play it up we did, although the planned family outing of watching fireworks in Taber got a bit changed due to a water pump in the barn that decided a statutory holiday was a really good day to blow up.
I still took the Seth and Tristan, they had been looking forward to it all day with such eagerness , and there also was a movie in the park which they had caught wind of... I couldn't let them down, although without Andy it was alot less fun:)

The mosquitos were really bad!

 Taber also has a Parade during the Canada Day week.   I went with the boys and a friend from church (and her three boys). I had never been to a summer parade so I was a bit curious about how it could be fun, but we had such a good time.  People here call it the candy parade, and I now know why... the kids got thrown an (over)abundance of candy, but did they ever have fun, and now it's almost August and they still have some left. 

Mrs Marie-Louise pointing out the beginning of the parade

Rowan and Shane, content to be watching from the sidelines

A Tractor! How exciting:)

Uncle Anno and Aunt Carola were also handing out candy from their business "Bylsma Imports". It was fun seeing them driving the skelters.

After he finished the Taco-in-a-bag which was given to us free from the local church, he got a lolly. What a good day.

The loot.