Day's of '47 Children Parade

Our Stake had an opportunity to participate in the Day's of '47 Childrens Parade this year. We were one of the biggest stakes to participate...there were over 300 of us! We were featured in Salt Lake Tribune and were also on Channel 2 news. Any primary children and their parents were invited to walk. Our float theme was "Press Onward and Upward". Abby, Rachel, Joe, Dan and I decided to walk in the parade. We loved our cute yellow shirts with the hand prints on the back. We painted our toes and finger nails yellow to match (except Joe and Dan, of course). We were so excited for the parade! We arrived at 9:00 a.m. and anxiously awaited the 10:00 a.m. start of the parade. Unfortunately we were one of the last floats to start :( We waited until nearly 11:00 a.m. to have our turn to wave. It was a long wait, but well worth it! We had a lot of fun waving at all the people watching. Frankly, I was surprised there weren't more people, but then again, I had no idea they even had a childrens parade until this year. It was fun to wave none the less. Hailey, Ruthie and Grandma Jeanie were on the sidelines shortly after the start. Ruthie didn't quite know what to think. She stared at everything but didn't show much emotion. After the parade was over, we started our long walk back up to the car (5 blocks, lol). The kids were so hot and tired! We all met at Golden Coral for lunch. It was such a fun morning! I'm so glad we had the opportunity to participate! Happy 24th of July!!!