A Parade

I love summer in Utah because of all the fun events that take place. One thing that is quite popular here are the parades. A lot of the individual cities that make up the Salt Lake Valley (and actually everywhere in Utah) have town festivals celebrating the founding of their towns or just summer in general or certain holidays, like the 4th of July, and they often have a parade. The parades are usually not very huge, with some floats, but mostly businesses and teams that come through. I love the parades. One nice thing is they are free and the kids enjoy them.

We went to the Fort Herriman Days parade a few Saturdays ago. The kids LOVED getting the free candy that gets passed out. Too bad parades are starting to do away with the free candy because it could pose a safety risk (kids running into the street to get candy and possibly getting hit by a float--never mind that this has NEVER actually happened in all the years they've done these parades, it is now considered too risky), but the kids sure enjoyed it this time. Westley even got a free T-shirt from a soccer league. Corey is usually working and hasn't yet attended one of these parades with us. But we still have a great time!