Pioneer Day

To celebrate Utah's founding we took Corbin to his first parade.


First of all, we saw signs about the parade in Bountiful, which was suppose to start at 6:00 pm. A couple of days before hand my aunt (who has attended the parade numerous times in the past) tells me that people are a little crazy when it comes to the Bountiful Days of 47 parade and they set out chairs ridiculously early to try and save seats.

I guess at one point things got a little out of hand when chairs started going out the day before so the police posted signs saying you couldn't reserve spots until 7:00 am the day of the parade. So I was driving home from the gym around 6:30 in the morning and people are lined up on the street waiting to set their blankets and chairs down. Seriously?!

So I go home and grab some chairs and head back over there right at 7:00 and there are no good spots left anywhere! People brought out police tape and ropes and tied off large sections of public property within minutes. How annoying is that? So anyway, we ended up sitting in the sun and poor baby girl was dying the whole time, but being the trouper she is, she chugged about 16 ounces of water within those two hours and we all survived and had fun watching the good ole parade.

They threw out lots of candy, which all of the other kids around us decided to focus on completely. About 90% of it was salt water taffy that Corbin can't eat. At first I felt so bad that he was missing out on part of the experience that the other kids considered their favorite part of the parade, until I realized that it made the actual parade his favorite part of the parade. He was looking forward to each float, got excited when the mayor drove by and was asking questions about who he was and what the soldiers did and dancing along with the bands. In the end I was so proud of him, because he was by far the most attentive 2-year-old there. It was fun teaching him about our community and our country and pointing everything out, as he was not preoccupied with candy.

The next day was the actual 24th of July and we went up to Ogden to hang out with Harmony's family. We enjoyed their yummy barbecue, played volleyball and played on the legendary slip-n-slide. Corbin LOVED it, and I even enjoyed it once I got over my wussiness and braved the cold water. Thanks Hesley clan!


On the way home we stopped at my parent's house and Corbin got to light some sparklers and throw pop-its. We love holidays!