3rd of July parade

We had so much fun this morning at the 4th of July parade (on the 3rd of July!). The funny thing about having a grandfather in politics is that you think that being in a parade is just a regular thing! Ali got the pleasure of riding in my dad's 2010 Corvette and Ryan was also thrilled to get to drive it (literally - I don't really get it - it must be something with boys and Corvettes!). Dad wanted Rhodes to get to ride too but I thought it would be better (safer!) for her to stay on the sidelines this year!! Dad brought over the Corvette last night and we took it for a few test spins and the girls practiced waving and it was hilarious! Anyway - here are some pictures from our morning - the girls were so excited when Dad pulled up in the car for the parade! Ali had so much fun again getting to be in the parade and Rhodes, my mom and I loved getting to watch from the sidelines.

Papa is here with his "new" ride!

So excited to be in the parade!
Running around and playing while we waited for the parade to make it's way to Cherokee Street!

2nd lollipop of the morning....over an hour of waiting on a parade to begin can be tough on a little munchkin!
The parade has started and there they are!!!
Can you see little Ali? The seats are low...hard to spot a little princess!
Ryan reaching out to take Rhodes the rest of the way (about .2 of a mile!) - luckily they were probably going .5 mph.
Rhodes joined the parade and knew what to do right from the start! She was waving at everyone - and Ali pepped up more once Rhodes joined the party!
Trying to get a good picture of the whole crew...
After their float went by, Mom and I went to join them at NW Bank to watch the rest of the parade. (Since their float was the first - I think it went on for another hour and a half - we only made it through about 10 more minutes b/c we were hungry for the hot dogs!). Ali was excited to be with our fun friend, little Mimi!
Three little munchkins eating their sno-cones at the bank!
Love these little friends!

After the sno-cones came hot dog time at the bank! Sno-cones before hot dogs, of course!Sweet friends! Look how they have grown since last year (at this exact spot!) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQgOYmthlfYoB4KR8vVEYDptqzGdiFqDP9ZcLlLumqBJRg1q8hPR-3_cAzwD2j-QVV1AQbdteheoT5oPL27-iPdgDvwqs5lBBYazYGdXM5VtFHhcqK5p9YTzWPUeK-rq1w_q5xjSBng/s1600-h/June+133.jpg

The girls loved the flags!
Our 4th of July weekend has officially begun and I finally have found my memory card so hope to have more pictures!! Happy 3rd of July!