The Arveseths: Days of '47 Parade

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Days of '47 Parade

Well, we sure lucked out with our apartment, we have PRIME Days of '47 parade viewing!!! Our balcony overlooks the road that the parade comes down so we decided that instead of battling the crowds and melting in the heat, we'd just watch it from our balcony and enjoy the A/C as well! My sister Corrine helped make one of the floats so we invited them to come down and watch with us, we had a great time! I was glad they came because before they got here there was already a lot of noise from below and Abi was terrified to go out on the balcony to watch, but as soon as Aubrey got here she wouldn't come off the balcony!

The motorcycle cops got the parade started, I always love watching these guys do their thing, it's so exciting!

This was by FAR Abi's favorite float-even at the float preview thing we went to at the Expo center before the queen and her attendees were on it-but once she saw the girls in their beautiful dresses on it, that made it a thousand times better!!!

Here comes the Kearns float! This is the one Corrine helped make, she put a lot of work into it. I think it turned out really great!

We had a lot of fun, enjoyed some yummy breakfast burritos and LOVED the nice, cool A/C in our apartment! Until next year (although I hope to not still be living in this same apt. a year from now)!!!

4 comments:

d.r. gib said...: That is a PRIME viewing location. People camp for days for a view like that! Plus your kids could see without being on Steve's shoulders.; July 29, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Unknown said...: I WISH you would still be there next year! Thanks again for the fun morning- I was so glad to be in the cool shade of you apt!; July 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Rachael said...: Love the view!! And I bet you esp appreciated that A/C this year more than any other year :); August 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Anonymous said...: You did have a fantastic view! Out of the heat even. President Dave Checketts was voted as one of Utah's Pioneers, this year. He and Deb were in the parade. We would have liked to go but, it didn't work out.; August 10, 2009 at 1:04 AM

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Funny things the girls say...

Emma: "Mom, if you were invisible I could see the carrot in your head!" She's onto me, she knows I have a carrot for a brain!
Abi: "Look at all that snow! It looks like magic falling out of the sky!"
Emma:"The rich guy likes zucchini." Besides just being completely random, the funny thing about this is the way she says it, "Da Reech Guy likes zoo-kenny"
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Emma started climbing up on the back of our couch the other day and jumping down onto the seats. I told her to stop doing that and she yelled back at me, "GO SHOWER!!!" Makes me wonder what that girl is up to when I'm not watching her!
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We were in the elevator and it stopped at a floor before ours. Abi took a big step forward to get off and I told her that this wasn't our floor and not to get out. She turned to me and told me "Mom, I was just doing my MOVE!"
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On the way to the dentist this morning I told Abi that she'd do awesome. She started crying and said, "I'm sad cuz I'm NOT awesome!"
Abi: "Mom, you're a small creature." Thanks, I think...
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