Blood and Water(falls)

For Canada Day, we (of course) headed down to Raymond.
Kyler and I watched some fireworks alone the day before Canada Day, since all our kids were asleep already.
Raymond didn't have their Canada Day parade until the day after, so on Canada Day itself we headed to Waterton a bit. The wildfires of last year means that a significant portion of the park is closed.

Even a portion of the visitor's center shows its scars.
Still, we had fun. We went to Cameron Falls and hiked around a bit there.

Then we headed to Linnet Lake and hung out playing on the shore for a bit.

 Even though many things were closed because of the fires, we still enjoyed it.

 Plus, the wild flowers were absolutely beautiful!

On our way home, we stopped for a snack at the temple in Cardston.

Once we got back to Raymond, we spent the rest of the day playing at the park

 watching TV,

and helping Maria prep things for the next day.

Which was parade day!

Craig mostly stayed in his seat, but had a ton of fun.

Calista collected as much candy as she could and had a blast as well.
Caleb, well... he didn't want to sit still prior to the parade beginning, so we were walking up and down the road when he fell.

Poor kiddo got a nasty fat lip, and didn't so much enjoy the parade. Some nice people brought us a Popsicle for his to suck on, to try and get him to ice his lip. It was very kind.

Caleb had a fat lip for a couple of days, but even that has gone away now and he's doing great.
Still, put a bit of a damper on the parade, and we didn't get very many pictures after that. Oh well.

Happy Canada Day anyway!