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When You Share A Country's Birthday...Part 1


So far our summer holidays have been a blast!  We're at the baseball field nearly every night, but loving every minute of it.  Between summer camps, mini getaways and baseball tournaments I feel as though we haven't had any real down time.  But the weather has most definitely been on our side and it's safe to say we've been making the best of summer 2019.  Needless to say I've had no time to work on my blog, but so much to write about...starting with our Canada Day weekend.

When you share a country's birthday...you know you're going to have fireworks for life!  Irelynn Grace turned 2 this past Canada Day and much like last year we celebrated our little girl, our 7th wedding anniversary and quite possibly the best country in the world - CANADA (no bias there -ha!).

Although we celebrated on a much smaller scale it was still quite the party!  We literally threw everything together in less than 2 days and relied on decorations from last year as much as possible.  That alone kept our costs down considerably.  In order to save some time I created a cookie decorating platter for the kiddies to enjoy, rather than decorating them all myself.  It was definitely a hit with the little ones and even the bigger ones!  Who doesn't like decorating their own cookie?

All in all it was a great day/evening.  We had originally planned to head out after dinner and watch the fireworks, but everyone was having too much fun.  So instead we all chipped in and went out to buy our own!

Here are some of the photos from the party...I'll share the rest in a few days!











Have a great week!

Katie
xo

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