Veteran's Day!

November 11, 2008

We started at Brookly's Brownie Troop in the Apache Junction parade. Wes had Josh at home to make it to Dallin's Skyline Band in the Mesa parade. We didn't know that AJ would finish in time to see both! What a fun family day - we were sad that Wes had to leave to go to work before Dallin marched by but we had been there 2 hours already! He ran up the parade route to say hi to Dallin and they hadn't even started on the route yet.
What a fun Troop 216! Ben and I even walked it with the stroller.

Ben loved all the candy!

What a ham! He played peek a boo with this flag!

We are a patriotic bunch!

Waiting hours for Dallin to come by! We've never seen such a parade! Neither has anyone else since they left after about half! We stayed until the end! Wes was there most of the time!
Daddy, I want to see!
There he is, our Star Trumpeter!

We are so blessed to have so many veterans in our family! We have soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, members of Mormon Battalion, and even a bodyguard to Joseph Smith. What a legacy of faith in our nation no matter what! In light of our recent elections we just keep praying and have faith God will protect those who are righteous and serve Him. We are proud of our cousin, Shawn Frost, currently serving in Afghanistan and of our cousin TJ leaving for Baghdad Feb. 10th.