A Real Parade!

We have parades in our sleepy little town, but at BYU we got to see a real parade--complete with a marching band, dancers, candy, firetrucks, and a firing cannon that blows your ears out!  It was awesome!  Well, the cannon was a little much, but other than that, we thoroughly enjoyed the festivities for BYU's Homecoming celebration.

The kids frantically gathered the candy that was thrown out every few minutes.  Jason pumped up Kyle to run all over the place and grab candy in between the parade floats.  He took his job very seriously.

Jason and I had to laugh at this float--BYU's Pillars of Sustainability--which was built with all recycleable material, paper, cardboard, plastic, pop cans, etc.  It's great that BYU and other Utahn's are now touting their environmental awareness.  Unfortunately, they're about three decades behind the curve.  It's something we complained about all the time when we lived in Utah ten years ago.  Sorry, guys!  You're a little late to the game!

Can you see this guy?  He did a laid-out flip twisty thingy over these other students.  They all did it, in fact.  Like a wicked game of leap frog.  My kids went berserk when they saw them doing this.  It was pretty cool.

The kids got to see their cousins and Aunt Allison and Uncle Chad during the parade.  Karina and Elizabeth played and danced to the parade music the whole time.