Pioneer Parade

Emma and I went to the Pioneer parade in Clay County today. This event was big in my family when we were growing up. We went to the Rodeo every night and the parade each day. When in high school, I marched in the parade with the band and my sister Jill rode in the parade as a cheerleader. Jill was even the class favorite her Sophomore year for the class float. Tradition continues for our family. Jill's daughter was the freshman favorite and rode on her class float today. They did not win, but it was fun. Emma was so excited to go to the parade and see her cousin, she wanted to ride on the float, too. The floats are a lot fancier than ours were back in the day. The theme this year was Through a Child's Eyes. The freshman created a little boy's dream of flying a plane. Alaina and the other favorite were flying high in a plane of some kind with a little boy flying a toy plane behind them. Check out the slideshow near the bottom of the page.