4th of July

Jonathan told us many times that Grandpa was old. He is looking pretty good here though!

Stanley Park

After the wedding, Edmund took Jonathan on a train ride in Stanley park. (I waited in the car with a sleeping David.) Jonathan had a blast. He loves trains, not as much as he loves diggers, but he was very enthusiastic about it. They also had an Native American man doing a traditional dance and wearing a traditional costume. Jonathan liked the drum beats and danced a bit too. After David woke up, we took a walk around the train loop. Jonathan collected leaves. I love Stanley Park.

Wedding

We went to Edmund's neighbor's wedding. It was in the woods at Stanley park. They had bubbles, and this is Edmund's other neighbor blowing bubbles for the boys. She kicked a ball around with Jonathan too, it was super nice.

Rice Lake

I had never been to Rice Lake before.  It was just above Lynn Canyon. I can't believe how close all these beautiful things are to the Leemhuis house. We had a lot of fun hiking with Grandma!

Aquarium

 We went to the Vancouver Aquarium. The special thing they had was an awesome display of different kinds of jelly fish. Jonathan thought they were really cool because they glowed in the dark.

 They have a tide pool where you can reach in your hand and touch sea urchins and starfish. I was impressed by Jonathan's bravery. He seemed to really enjoy reaching in his hand and touching the different things.

 This bubble allowed you to look inside this tank that was full of tiny little frogs.

 These are the Amazon fish. They were enormous! This was David's favorite part.

 Down below the dolphin tank they had a children's play area. They had some awesome dolphin costumes that we enjoyed.

 Tanya brought the boys birthday presents and a very delicious cake. The most amazing thing was that they actually let her hold them. They had a lot of fun blowing out candles.

Happy Birthday!

I'm not 100% sure why you would ever need to shake your legs, but that is what this machine does. Jonathan loved it.
 

We took a hike to Lynn Valley Canyon in the morning with Adam and Elisabeth. I think this is my very favorite place in Vancouver. It is probably a five minute drive from the Leemhuis house, and you just disappear out of the city and into a gorgeous forest. Amazing.

Jonathan wanted to eat breakfast for all three meals on his birthday. We had cereal for breakfast, scrambled eggs for lunch, and pancakes for dinner. He probably ate more that day than any other day in his life.

 

Judi and her mom Great-Granny Yourk.

Elisabeth decorated this amazing cake for Jonathan. It was delicious! Jonathan just couldn't wait for us to dish it up so he could eat it.

He took a sneaky lick while everyone was getting plates and what not.

Canada Day!

 This is the Sunday before Canada Day. Grandma Judi has some amazing books, and she was wonderful to get down her favorites and read them to the boys.

 We played at the park simultaneous to watching the parade, so the boys were happily entertained. It was a good thing we played at the park before it ended because as soon as it was over a hoard of children came to play.

The neighbors invited us to go to the parade with them. Unfortuantely, David took a monster morning nap, so we didn't get to go with them, but we still went to the parade. Jonathan's favorite part was definitely the fire trucks.