One of our favorite traditions is to go up to the Sandy Expo Center (or where ever it is held that year) and see the floats that will be in the Days of '47 Parade on July 24. It is so fun to see them up close and notice details that you really can't see on TV. Our neighbor Kaylee was able to come this year.
Grandma Gus was also able to come and hit it right off with one of the bands that was playing there for entertainment.
Mikelle posing with a live Noah (on the float).
Say cheese! It is so nice having Steve's work right up the street so he can join us as soon as he is off.
This was a float from a Stake in Murray. I accidentally deleted the full picture of it but the smoke stacks (which were recently torn down) were on it and even let out "smoke."
Grandma Gus waits patiently while the kids get their faces painted.
Christian is into the Jazz lately. He and Cameron used babysitting money to help buy basketball jerseys that they wear everyday the jerseys are clean! They had to get a picture by the Jazz player/number that is on their jersey.
Cameron also likes BYU-so he mixed the "cougar-face" look with the Jazz float.
The Days of '47 Royalty! Lookin good ladies! (i.e. live it up before everything heads south:) j/k It is neat that the girls who enter this pageant must have some pioneer blood/heritage!
Us with the oxen! It was a difficult decision to decide which float to vote for!
We ended up all voting for our "alma mater" (We primarily grew up in Farmington). Farmington Stake had done a darling job with their float that depicted the seagulls BBQ'ing up the crickets for dinner. The float was complete with crickets in the green jello salad:) It was so cute and they even had extra seagulls walking around taking pictures with people which also drums up extra love for the float. It ended up winning the People's Choice award.
The kids jumped in line for face-painting. Of course the artist was one of Steve's former students (while he served as the Principal at Indian Hills). I don't think we've ever been anywhere (especially in the Sandy area) when there hasn't been someone who knows or has worked with Steve! 
Everyone's faces turned out so cute! The girls all went with the butterfly look and Cougar/Jazz for the boys. It was a really fun night!
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That's really cool to be able to go and look at the floats up close.
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