a lovely day for a horse competition!  a lovely day for a parade!

we started the day heading up north to watch grace at her horse competition {she was representing little hunters, a group she has been riding with for years}.   it was such a beautiful day!  the sun was shining and the temperature was perfect.

grace had already competed in a few events before we arrived there {um, we got there at 8:30 am!}, so we waited around for her next event to begin.

annnddd…we are so proud of gracie!  in her big jump event, out of 27 people competing, she placed 2nd!!!  way to go grace!  she was beyond excited and so elated to share the news!

[grace and her beloved horse herbie]

[riding gear]

[daddy rocking the best team in baseball]

[competing!]

[focused]

we stayed for a couple hours at field and fences and then left to head to our next engagement.

we headed back to the city to watch the gay pride parade.  for the past couple years, matt + johann have walked in the parade and we love going {in general, it’s so fun!} to support them!

we scored great parking not too far from the parade route and a front row seat at the parade on broadway!  the whole parade, as usual, is so entertaining!  i love how theatrical it is and how everyone is so liberated!  it was especially special since the knockdown of doma!  we saw a lot of signs supporting legalizing gay marriage in illinois!

after the parade, we met up with matt + johann at crew for an early dinner.  i have to mention, we made a detour to go pick up hc’s 40th birthday present at father time {his dad’s ’67 omega seamaster watch was restored!!}.  it was a gift from me and his parents!  he was soooo happy!

oh, and it was so good to catch up with the two lovies at dinner!  as usual, we had such a blast hanging out with them {nothing but laughs and giggles}!

[gay pride]

[me + hubby charming]

[american pride]

[balloons by tommy, so cool!]

[i saw this show at my bachelorette party!  love them!]

[so excited to see them – vice versa!]

[woot!  woot!  go cubbies]

[a cool float]

[the cool couple]

[can i say the cooler couple 😉 and hc showing off his watch]

after dinner, we headed back to lincoln park, picked up cupcakes at molly’s {much to hc’s dismay}, and then headed to church!

all in all, it was a truly fantastic day!  a lot squeezed into one but all so worth it!

xoxo