Pioneer Day Celebrations

I had grandiose plans all year (due to our involvement in Pioneer Trek)to celebrate Pioneer Day with the true spirit of Pioneers at The This Is The Place Heritage Park. Of course having a husband that can't walk too far changed all that. It was still a FUN day nonetheless!
It began of course the evening before with the traditional parade.
Joshua was quite mesmorized-he never let go of his flag, or got off of my lap!!!

The older kids went to the fireworks with Nana and Grandpa, but we didn't even attempt it, (the whole husband can't walk too far thing....)
The next morning-Pioneer Day, we had a breakfast party up at my parents. Casey just bought Rock Band. I am not a "video game player" but this was AWESOME. It involves several people at once, we had a lot of fun playing it.

The day continued, with our dear friends, the Wielands coming over for a BBQ. Our kids had a blast playing in the pool and we adults enjoyed time to ourselves. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. I even made homemade ice cream, which usually completely overwhelms me to do. Brandi of course had to sample it...
Our fun neighbors, Kari and Kellen joined us for the homemade ice cream. We ended the holiday, sending our kids to bed and then playing cards and chatting with Kari and Kellen until after midnight! 5:45am sure came early to drive my husband to an early morning meeting (Back to the can't walk very far, or drive at all thing....)
Happy Pioneer Day Everyone!