We arrived Sunday night. The parade was Monday morning. The parade goes right past Allen's parent's house - so we watched it there. There were lots of extended family and we all had a great time. I really enjoyed watching Allen teach all the little kids exactly how to work the system to ensure that they get the most candy thrown their way. All the adults would snicker and smile at him. The kids were a quick study and soon had FULL bags of candy.
After the parade we met up with my mom and dad and Aunt Marvelle and Uncle Clifford to visit for a bit. We ran into some of the RCMP officers that had been in the parade. Peirce wasn't too interested in meeting them at first - but he was slightly swayed when he got to try on the hat.
...although as you can tell by the picture he didn't want to look TOO enthusiastic
Jill asked the RCMP officer if she spoke French and she replied in French that she spoke a little. Jill asked her another question in French and the lady quickly responded, "Whoa! Her French is way better than mine!"
Later that day we planned to check out the rodeo - but Jill got a sliver in her foot. We spent a lot of the afternoon trying to coax her into letting us take it out. Grandpa was the chosen one to work on it but he couldn't get it out. Finally we took her over to the Raymond hospital and they took care of her. They ended up having to freeze her foot and dig it out as it was really deep. She was quite thrilled with her first experience as a hospital patient. Something to remember for the 'what did you do this summer' essay come September!
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