Happy 150th Birthday, Canada!!

Happy Birthday, Canada!! We were all ready to celebrate with our red shirts and Canada flags!

We were heading to Forgetmenot Pond in Kananaskis where we would meet up with the rest of the family for photos and a walk around the pond.

It is so beautiful and many, many people were enjoying it on this special day.

The cousins getting ready for a photo...

Nicholas with his Grandpa...

A certain boy got a hold of my selfie stick...

Damian practising his dabbin'...the look on Dominic's face is priceless..."really?"

Grandma and the boys...

Now that's a close up!

Grandma and Dominic...

Two flags!

The whole family in a beautiful setting on an amazing day!

Family photos...Nadine, Dominic, Damian and Jeff

Jennifer and Doug...

Randy and Stephanie...

Kim and Jim...

Cousins Dominic, Alex, Sawyer and Damian...

Siblings!

Love this photo...thanks to Randy for bringing his gear and taking so many photos!

Alex, Krysten, Patrick and Sawyer...

Krysten and I...

How beautiful is this? Even though there were people everywhere you turned, we still managed to get many photos of just the natural beauty.

Thanks to Randy for all the photos...

That water was cold!

Dominic was offered $5 to wade out to the rock. No problem!

Jeff and Nadine...

Stephanie and I working the selfie stick. I think this photo was better than the one we took.

Brothers...

Breathtaking...

Dominic taking his turn with the selfie stick...

A crazy partial group shot...oops, cut off Alex's face!

Mother and son...Stephanie and Erik

A beautiful photo of Stephanie...

Our official photograher, Randy...

With that lovely morning over, we headed home. The boys had not stopped talking about the Cat Cafe so we decided to take the train for another visit. Dominic immediately got the hang of the train map and announced how many stops until we got off. He's 8...impressive!

Before the cats...cat cupcakes!

The rules...

Some days the cats are more interested in sleeping and this was one of those days...

The boys still managed to get play time with the Pepper lookalikes...

Back home, we prepared for a family BBQ. I have no idea what I'm running away from, but it made me laugh.

Joanne's son, David, with his wife, Sara, and son, Malcolm, also joined us...

A contemplative Jim...it was a super Canada Day. We couldn't have wished for better.

Some of the group went on to the fireworks. We wussed out and enjoyed our time at home.