Other side of things
On Friday, my little family was in the Bountiful city 24th of July parade.
It was interesting to be in the parade rather than watching it. We were hot and sweaty just like always though. That’s how parades are, right? Hot and sweaty. And crowded.
But this time, it was endurable because the float we were on had a “family dinner-valuable tradition” theme. So, our job was to sit at a table and look like we were having dinner as a family. We joked that to make it like a real family dinner, we should be yelling at the boys to “eat! you are going to take a bite of that before you get down! I don’t care if you hate it!” But we didn’t. We smiled and waved. The boys loved it, especially the attention-loving Beck.
A city ordinance said we couldn’t chuck candy at people, but it just felt wrong. People wanted candy! Some people even asked about it from the roadside. Well, not to disappoint, Beck did what he could. Our table was set with props such as roast chicken, corn on the cob, rolls and grapes, and Beck started chucking those things into the crowd. I’m not sure what the parade-goers thought when they were beaned in the head with a dinner roll, but at least it was something.
I took a few photos with my phone while we were cruising down main street on the float. They’re not great, but I was doing my parade wave with one hand and snapping photos with the other. They’re just to give you the flavah.
6 comments
So fun! My daughter and husband got to walk in it last year. They would have loved riding though!!
We saw you! We were in front of the Instacare. You guys looked like you were having fun, especially Beck.
Well now Josh has been in 2 parades this year. The only difference was we were getting rained on and we were walking. Good times!
You looked so cute! Gald you had fun.
okay first of all, how did i miss you?! second of all, it WAS hot, holy crap, i’ve never seen wy’s cheeks so red! third, i have never seen so much candy being chucked! i kept yelling to stop, because wy thought it was the best thing ever, candy raining from the sky, and thankfully he was too slow for most of it.
fourth of all, you look awesome! i wish we’d seen you! how did that happen?
I caught up your whole sight (site?), everything I’ve been behind on. Totally entertaining hour, you’re such a good writer, ect. I don’t have the strength to comment on each one but I loved each one….. When’s your jewelry event? LM
Leave a Comment