Since Canada Day took place while she was here, we had to take part in all the festivities and show her that stuff really can happen, if not in our little town, then at least in the small town nearby.
At the horse show the night before the girls delighted in the novelty of having both Auntie Amber here on a visit and Uncle David home from Bible School for the summer.
Heidi, (for whom I take no credit for her outfits these days, she chooses them herself) also thoroughly enjoyed watching from the fence with Daddy.
The very rusty fence. Much to the demise of one of her best sweaters and recent bath.
This picture is a bit hard to make out, but that's my Karl.
The morning of July 1st Amber and I took the girls to the parade.
The excitement of which to them is mostly all about the candy.
It being the first parade Hannah could really remember, she was a bit confused about the whole thing at first. Why was Momma sitting with her on the side of the road? 
Then we had some time before Daddy came to meet us with our picnic lunch so we spent it playing hard on the playground. Once again I found myself grateful for Auntie Amber's energy while I was already feeling done for the day!
The rodeo was next. Another event for which Hannah was wondering why we were sitting there doing nothing. Then the cows came out. They're one of her favorite animals and we were sitting right next to the chutes. The look of wonderment on her face was worth all that sitting in the hot sun! My favorite comment of the day came from Heidi as she watched the rodeo participants rope a steer, "Hmm", she said slowly and with the certainty of one who has just discovered a great truth, "I think they must be cowboys".
This picture is a bit hard to make out, but that's my Karl.On his belly.
On a tarp.
Behind a horse.
The horse is running.
Fast.
He volunteered for this people.
He said it was fun.
Maybe it's just pregnancy, but it looks like anything but fun to me.
The morning of July 1st Amber and I took the girls to the parade.
The excitement of which to them is mostly all about the candy.
It being the first parade Hannah could really remember, she was a bit confused about the whole thing at first. Why was Momma sitting with her on the side of the road? Then the candy started to come. Momma has good ideas!
Soon she was running to greet each parade participant before they even tossed her the candy and I had to put a limit on how much she was allowed to stuff in her mouth at once.
Then we had some time before Daddy came to meet us with our picnic lunch so we spent it playing hard on the playground. Once again I found myself grateful for Auntie Amber's energy while I was already feeling done for the day!
The rodeo was next. Another event for which Hannah was wondering why we were sitting there doing nothing. Then the cows came out. They're one of her favorite animals and we were sitting right next to the chutes. The look of wonderment on her face was worth all that sitting in the hot sun! My favorite comment of the day came from Heidi as she watched the rodeo participants rope a steer, "Hmm", she said slowly and with the certainty of one who has just discovered a great truth, "I think they must be cowboys".By the time evening arrived Hannah was getting excited about all this waiting in strange places. What would happen next?! I wasn't really sure how she would respond to the fireworks, but each one was greeted with a darling little "wow" as she clamped her hands over her ears the entire time (We had brought hearing protection for both the girls, but only Heidi accepted). Am I the only one who gets more enjoyment out of watching her children watch fireworks than in watching the fireworks themselves? This time in which all is new and exciting is so precious and short I just can't get enough of it!
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