Celebrating Canada Day!

Yesterday we celebrated Canada Day one day early. Kathy and Joel hosted a bloggy BBQ at their place for some of the local (and not so local - Doris) adopting families! It was great to spend time catching up with old friends, meeting new ones and getting to know some of the hubby's of ladies who I've met through our Waiting Mommies group.

Here's a pic of the group. It's a little tough from this pic to match everyone up because we're kinda mixed up but I'll do my best. Back row l to r: Jaap, Shawn, Joel and Jamie. Front row l to r are: Jill, myself (with Jill and Jaap's daughter Adrianna on my lap) Kathy (hubby is Joel), Dolores (hubby is Shawn), Laurie and Sophie (hubby is Jamie) and Doris with Daisy. Sadly Dan wasn't able to make it this weekend. We missed you Dan!! Also, our friends R & J were there but not in the pic.

Doris and Adrianna hit it off and had lots of fun playing with bubbles and comparing their Canada flag tattoos although once Adrianna's good friend Sophie showed up the adults were left to entertain themselves.

The girls had a great time playing together and paused momentarily for a photo shoot but we had to work quickly as there were kayaks to play in (on the grass) as well as candy to be eaten and Dora colouring books which were calling their names. Who had time for pictures with all those exciting things to do?

Part way through the afternoon Doris, Joel and I headed to the store. I laughed as I looked up to talk to Joel in the store and was quickly reminded that he was celebrating Canada day in style! :o)

As the evening came around the temps dropped so that ladies took to the inside while the guys toughed it out in the outdoor room in the backyard. Sophie and Adrianna quickly warmed up to everyone as you can see by this pic. Doris thought it looked pretty comfy too so when Adrianna moved on Doris took her place!

It's always such a treat to spend time with fellow adoptive families. Not only don't we have to describe 'the wait' we can also encourage one another, support one another and talk about what we're doing to deal with the long delays. I am so thankful for the many, many friend's God has given me to share this journey with. I can't believe how blessed I am to have all of you in my life and in the future, in our little girls lives! We're building friendships now that our children will be able to enjoy in the future.

Happy Canada Day everyone! It was a treat spending time with you!