As you are all aware July 1st is Canada Day as you can tell from my last blog. Well we celebrated in Mountain View, first with a great program that brought back a lot of reminicing, and then races at the school grounds. Therefor here are some pictures of some of your nieces and their great abilities!The first races were for 2 and under. Zoee (Rande's daughter) was off to a fast start picking up speed as she went. Even with her great prowess she didn't quite come in first, or second, or..... but she had a great time and got a candy prize - what more could any little girl want.

Next we had the 4 year olds and Halley sped down the course - and lost her shoe at the end which made her very unhappy. But every one who enters gets a prize so it's worth it.

Next was Amber (Paula's youngest). Of course were are in a higher age group and they have had experience with this sort of thing; she did great.

And then we haveRiley (Paula's oldest) Look at that determination on her face. She was so sweet - she made me a Canadian bead flag pin and gave it to me at the program so I wore it all day. She looks a lot like Paula I think.

And this cute guy is Michael's youngest boy, Luke. Look at that stride. Does it remind you of anyone in our family - like Jared when he played baseball? You have to give him credit. He did his bet.

Now we had a different kind of race. There had to be an adult man and 3 kids under 10. So Nolan was the adult and he had his two grand daughters and Zoee. We wanted Halley to do it but she was still upset about losing her shoe. We didn't know What they were going to do but they soon found out. Nolan was given a water bottle to put in his back pocket and down at the other end of the line the little ones were given a bucket of water and a small (like about 2 ounces) cup. They were to take turns filling the cup and running to their partner and pour the water in the bottle. Riley went first and did great, Amber was second and did a good job too - then little Zoe went - at a snails pace so she wouldn't spill the water and very carefully poured most of it in the bottle. Then Halley saw that looked fun so she took over Zoee's place. After awhile they called for the bottles to come up and see who had the most in it. We didn't win but I'm sure we were somewhere close behind. They had a great time doing it, and we had a ball watching. I think Nolan was just attentive to make sure he didn't get too much water on his pants.

Now we had a grandfather, Nolan, and granddaughter, Amber doing the water balloon toss. Look at the surprise and careful;ness she is using. They did it several times before it popped. I'm sure it was Nolan that didn't toss it good to her.

And then there was the egg race. The little ones (Halley) were supposed to carry the spoon by the end with the egg in it and run down to the end without touching it. Well Halley is smarter than that. She simply put her hand over the egg and ran for it and came in first. She knew how to keep that egg from falling out! For Rileys group they had to put the spoon in their mouth and their hands behind their back and run. She was one of the few whose egg didn't fall out but she never came in first either. What a riot.

So goes the fun at a Canada Day celebration in Mountain View. Wish you could all experience it. After the races and egg tosses etc. there was BBQ beef and beans to buy and enjoy. We had a great time. We then went to Waterton to see what was going on and ran into Fae and Russell and talked to them for awhile. Then came back to town and visited Dad and then went home for some R & R. They had fireworks at the park but your dad doesn't like to watch them so we went to bed!