Freedom Festival Parade

Jacob's extended family always gets together to watch the parade together. Every year we try to negoiate, bribe, find someone to take a turn, or pay someone to reserve prime spots. This year, Charlie, Allison, and Bonnie arrived at 5:30 Monday morning and found an empty spot at the entrance on the bank on the east side of the street. It was perfect! Thanks guys for sacrificing some sleep. We had some trees that provided shade and a spot big enough for all of the family.

It was great to hear all of the high school marching bands, see huge balloons, and many different floats. The excitement to see the Provo missionaries was contagious.

All of my kids loved every minute that they spent with their cousins. We miss them!

This year surprisingly only Hyrum ran in the race. Every other family took a year off, but I think next year will be huge. On another note, Allan is dangerous with snaps. He has a good arm and I deprived him this year. He still found a few in the streets to throw at people who pass by. After the fun parade, we left beautiful Utah for home. The drive is difficult but the kids do not complain much. It will be good to get back to normal life.