Fiesta Bowl Parade

Today we did something I didn't think we'd ever do again. We went and watched the Fiesta Bowl Parade. Back in the day (24 years ago to be exact), when Erin was quite young and twirling, we attended the parade (and several others) every year. We got to the point that we didn't really ever want to see another parade again. But Erin's girls are getting old enough that we/she thought they'd enjoy going. So that we did! And they LOVED it! All four of them watched the entire parade and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We asked them if they wanted to leave early, and all of them declined the offer. We got there over an hour early and stayed for the whole thing. It was a fun time!

The last time we went, Erin was almost 7! She said this is what we'll soon look like as a twirler! LOL!

Some of our favorite things were the horses, the bands, the big balloons and the clowns.


We liked this band's uniforms, but those shoes had to be a killer for walking in a parade!!








Before the parade started, we saw Sgt. Ben Moore, an old family friend. We had a good visit with him, but before we left, he made us promise we wouldn't tell his mom he rides a motorcycle at work. So if you see her, PLEASE keep it under your hat!

Back to Reality

The party's over....no more holidays here! Today was back to work day...house cleaning, class projects, Great Skate, etc. Jan and I worked again tonight on our Valentine class project. It's coming along. It will be cute when we're done.

Last night we went to Brian and Kamille's for dinner and a movie. We watched Miss Potter. Kamille and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but Brian and Mark checked out about a quarter of the way into the movie! It was about the life of Beatrix Potter, author and illustrator of the Peter Rabbit books. She had an interesting life and imagination.

Here's a picture of Abigail without her front teeth. Too bad she lost them AFTER Christmas, or she could have sung the song!


I've included a couple of pictures of Emma during her birthday sleepover last month.

I've started a new project for 2009. It's called Project 365, meaning you take a picture every day all year. It's supposed to be a snippet of your everyday life. It will go in a CK album designed for the project. There are places on each two-page spread for the 7 pictures for the week, as well as journaling spots for each day. We'll see how long I last!!!

I think we're going to go to the Fiesta Bowl Parade tomorrow. Many years ago, when Erin twirled, we went most every year because she was in the parade. When she stopped twirling, we all swore off parades. But we may venture out tomorrow.