Memorial Day

This year again we marched in the Memorial Day Parade - Graham with the color guard at the beginning of the parade and Addy, Cora and I with our church.

Kicking off the parade.

It was a gorgeous day with lots of sun, or perhaps a little too much sun...it was very, very hot.  Addy made it about halfway (about 3/4 of a mile) and then decided that she was done with her bike.  Thank goodness we had Grandma Sherry staged halfway through to check in on us.  So we dumped the bike, but we all wanted to keep going.

And here we are at the end, with our friend Callie, who was so kind to Addy and helped her make it the whole way.  Callie and her mom were skipping, and swinging Addy, and all were smiles despite the red, dripping with sweat, faces.

Poor Cora after the parade...I've never seen her look so hot.  But she was a trooper and in a good mood (had her first lollipops along the parade route).  And while I was quite worried about her face when I saw how red it was, I should have had more faith in the sun block I lathered her in because she had no sunburn anywhere.  Phew.

And just for fun, here's a picture of Addy's preschool's float in the parade.  So cute.