Happy 150th Birthday Canada!
This year marked Canada turning 150! I remember when it turned 125. I don't actually remember what I did on Canada Day per-say, but I do remember attaching a letter that I wrote to a balloon in hopes that where ever it floated off to, someone would find it and write back...and they did! I remember coming back in September and being one of the few people who received a letter addressed to the school with my name on it. It was found in a farmers field.
So with that memory, I tried to get the kids school to do something similar and the vote was for the environment and sadly no balloons would be set free. However, we did try to take a photo of the school with kids dressed in red and white standing in the shape of 150. I so badly wanted to be the photographer but I wasn't allowed on the roof, so I will be happy enough with the photos that the principal sent me.
On the actual Canada Day we drove to Atwood to celebrate where Brian celebrated many childhood Canada Day's.
The day started with a parade of over 200 floats. Some had lots of decoration, some were just trucks but they all counted. The pool had a float that had a pool filled with water that the people on it were splashing to the crowd. Hadley wasn't a big fan, but at least she dried quickly.
During the parade we talked with Brian's extended family. (Krista, Cooper, and Griffin (Adam was not well), Brian's cousin Steven and his wife Melissa, Nora, and Ed).
After the parade we put our lawn chairs back in the van and minutes later the DOWN POUR of rain came, so we went into Krista's house for about an hour before heading over to the carnival type festivities. The kids loved this! There were jumpy castles, PLINKO, knock down the milk cans, ring toss, skee ball, cotton candy and more.
There was a beer tent, baseball going on in the background, and an open pool for a public swim and then at dinner time, the famous pork-chop BBQ. So yummy. Brian's dad and his wife Patti-Jo joined us for this dinner.
After dinner we did some park time and then did some visiting with my dad and Brenda, Shawn, Todd and Julia who joined us for the fireworks!
All in all a good day with family and friends celebrating our heritage!
Happy Birthday Canada! #150!