Utah's Pioneer Day Celebration

Oh my! What a relief! The float is done and it was a huge success! We even had quite a few people tell us that we had the best looking float of all 100+ floats! Many of the floats were made by professionals and we did this as an all volunteer group! We have some wonderful people who were in charge of it and made sure everything got done and they spent countless hours getting it ready. Jason and I added our approx 30 hours - but that was nothing compared to what they did. The people are made out of chicken wire, sheets, and lots and lots of glue & paint. The flowers are made out of foam and wire and we spray painted them.

For those of you non-Utahn's - here's the low-down on Pioneer Day. On July 24, 1847 LDS President Brigham Young looked down upon the Salt Lake Valley after a long trek across most of the US and said his now famous words, "This is the right place". We celebrate our state's pioneer heritage every 24th of July. It's a wonderful time to think back because I have pioneers in my family line and it's great to have a reminder of what they did for me. Some of my relatives we not even "Mormons" when they crossed the plains, but joined later.

So, for everyone out there...HAPPY 24TH OF JULY!!!