Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The 23rd of July

I love small town America. And even though Bountiful, Utah isn't really all that small, it felt like it was last week at the 23rd of July parade. The 24th of July is Pioneer Day (when pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley) - and so to NOT compete with Salt Lake and their crazy-big parade extravaganza (which I will never attend), Bountiful puts on a parade the night before - and it was PERFECT. Floats, marching bands, dance teams, bagpipes, fire engines, salt water taffy galore, and more floats. WE LOVED IT.

The parade route runs just a block from Emily and Tim's house and so we got to park at their place and walk over to where Emily had reserved spots earlier that morning. Harrison and Claire loved all the action - it was Harrison's first parade after all - since he was sound asleep in his crib during the 4th of July hoopla in Ashland. Aunt Lizzy held him up so he could see the fire trucks - he pointed at them and had a conversation in his own little language with her. Even though is was blazing hot - we can't wait for next year's parade!








4 comments:

Emily said...

It was blazing hot, but so much fun! Next year I will get even better seats. Thanks for coming up!

Anonymous said...

Roy now lives north of SLC and had to tell us all about Pioneer Day. I guess you don't realize what a holiday/celebration it is until you live in Utah. Gotta love and admire those pioneers!!

Jenni said...

So fun seeing you Annie! harrison is a doll, i hope we get to meet him next time we are in town!

Tiana Johnson said...

I love that Harrison's ankles are still crossed in one of the pictures. Kiersa started doing that, and I immediately thought of Harrison. She's my first baby to do it. It makes it hard to get her into her walker!