Summer Vacation

It has been a long hot summer here in AZ, but we have been fortunate enough to enjoy a lot of vacation time. We just got back from Pinteop and enjoyed 80 degree weather with rain showers everyday! We also visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Ballard in Snowflake. We took the boys to the Pioneer parade and they came home with a grocery bag full of candy! Brett said it was the best parade he has every been to in his entire life, I think he is right! I haven't been to a parade where they threw Reese's peanut butter cups and full size bags of M & M's. I agree that is a way to have a proper parade. At the end, the firetruck brought up the rear by hosing down all the bystanders. I thought I was safe sitting next to GG Ballard in her wheelchair, but she was lucky enough to be carrying an umbrella and we all got soaked! We are definitely going back and bringing more grocery sacks....