Parades & Reunions

This morning our stake participated in the Days of '47 Youth Parade. The kids loved walking by the float and waving their flags and ribbon wands. Jenna was definitely in her element. She waved her wand and walked to the beat of the band in front of us. Britton's quote of the day, "This is the first parade I've ever been in. . .this is definitely going in the blog!" I'm pretty sure there were far more people in the parade than actually watching the parade, but the kids loved it and had a great time so mission accomplished.

We went straight to the Hoopes family reunion in Sunset after the parade ended. Adam's Grammie's maiden name was Hoopes so she and her 3 living sisters were all in attendance along with various members of their families. Grammie was the oldest of 8 children. Two brothers and two sisters have passed on, but here is Grammie (Melba) with her sisters Vieda, Zella and Velda.

Grammie was the oldest and the shortest of all her siblings. :) She is 93 years young and a thundering 4 ' 9"! The kids love to give her lots of hugs and kisses.

Korinne and Jenna share a bedroom and they each have a bed with a very comfortable mattress. Adam and I can't figure out why we bothered to purchase said mattresses when time and time again the girls choose to sleep on the floor! In fact, they love sleeping on the floor so much it is truly the exception and not the rule to find them actually in their beds. What is up with that?! I finally went in one night after they were asleep to take a picture of their usual nighttime behavior.

My back hurts just looking at this picture!