Days of 47 Parade

At midnight they led all the floats down the freeway to our queuing position in front of the Salt Palace. Our float was number 97 out of 114 entries, so we had a long wait. Somewhere along the way our camera died, so we drove her down the parade totally blind. Ben and Becky walked on either side with walkies-talkies and Bob drove on faith. We made it down the 45 minute route with no incidents at all, other than Bob getting a little loopy from the fumes at the very end. What a great experience!

We didn't hit the parade route until 10:35, so we had a long wait.

Waiting to start.

Inching down the line to enter the parade.

We drove right past temple square.

We're on TV!! KSL read the long story about our float.

Going down state street. Some of our turns were touch and go but we did great on the straight.

These two banner walkers were youth from Magna Stake. Their stake got the assignment for all the banners.

We understood why we were given a height limit.

All along the route people pointed and commented about the sheep. They loved the sheep.

The crowd was quite dense all along the way.

Bob, our driver, was covered in sweat when he crawled out from under the float.

She didn't break down and we didn't crash into anything. We did great!!!

More Photos from the Preview Party

Kids were invited on the float to take pictures.

Kids could pet our real live sheep!

Getting Ready for the Riverton Parade

I wasn't able to get any pictures of the actual parade, so if any of you have pictures or video, please send them to me.

Our spinning wheel really spins.

The biggest float in the parade, and the most colorful!

We used a big box of glitter!

The sheep in the back are doing a stick pull. You should see them in action!

There is a cute cat playing in the balls of yarn.

This spunky sheep waves goodbye.

Everyone in the stake can be proud of the work we have done.

The log cabin and tree both look fabulous!

This sheep has been eating our float for weeks. (sideways)

Queuing in line, ready to go!

Looking good

Deseret News Article

A story from our float has been featured by Deseret News!

"I immediately recognized the opportunity to pray for the glitter and other supplies we needed to finish our float, but I was reluctant to pray about it. In my mind I was certain we weren’t getting the supplies. I figured we’d have to crush our dishes to make our float sparkle the way pioneer sisters did to give the early Kirtland Temple its luster."

Read the Full Article Here

A walk around the Float