Soldotna Progress Days Parade

Hanging out on the church lawn waiting for the parade to start

He LOVES trains...so thought this was the coolest!

Running for candy while the cool Corvettest scared him with their loud engines

The Jacksons...Kam, Dani, and Brooke....with Tiny

So, we don't have a Day's of '47 Parade, or any Pioneer Day parades...but in Soldotna Alaska we have a Soldotna Progress Days Parade...and it happens on the weekend closest to July 24th.  Coincidence you might ask?  Nope...years ago we had an LDS Mayor and he started Soldotna Progress Days on the 24th of July.  Funny huh?

Anyway, Shayne & Aaron got up super early to go fishing, and Janelle had run to town with her baby, so I took Shordy and Tiny to the church parking lot with our lawn chairs to watch the parade.

I thought it was going to be a really nice day, but the wind was blowing and it was a lot cooler than it looks i this pic.  Oh well.

I was SOOOO glad the Jackson's (they are in our ward) ended up coming and sitting by me.  Kam (mom), Dani, and Brooke, entertained Tiny while I watched Shordy as he was running in the road for the candy. They made the whole parade experience way more fun and enjoyable for all of us!

Shordy LOVED it!  He thought the trains, fire engines, loud cars, and horses were pretty cool.  And he could not get over all the candy they were throwing at him.  The nice think is that we were at the start of the parade, and we didn't have any kids sitting real close to us so Shordy didn't have to compete with anyone for the tons of candy being thrown at him.  It was a perfect situation.

Yeah for parades that have lots of candy!!