24th of July

Since we've lived in Idaho Todd and I have been going to the 24th of July Parade up in St. Anthony. The 24th of July is also known as Pioneer Day. In Idaho, and Utah it's pretty much a regular holiday. They celebrate when Brigham Young, and the first group of Mormon Pioneers, entered the Salt Lake Valley.

I believe there has just been 1 year we didn't make it to this parade. We thought last year would be fun with Everett, but he was still a little too small to really get into it. After going to the 4th of July Parade I was excited to take him to this parade. He had just started realizing how to go up and get the candy and really enjoy it. So i was excited to see how he'd react with this parade.

coming back with his candy


watching the horses with dad

Needless to say he's still learning! He's gotten better at going out and getting the candy,but the bigger kids are a little faster then him. When he does get candy he'll put it in his bag and then take it out and want to eat it right then. His interest in the parade lasts for about 10-15 minutes. By the end he was just wanting to hang out in the chair.

We really enjoy the 24th parade. All the wards compete and build floats. Some of them go way out on the decorations. They are pretty impressive. For us it's a little more entertaining then the 4th of July parade. They do some neat things to remember what the Pioneers went through as they made they way to Utah. Plus they even hand out chocolate milk. What's not to love about that?!

little Miss Jacquelyn enjoying the parade