Thursday, July 17, 2014

Independence Day….. Old Nauvoo

Celebrating the 4th of July again by being in the Naples parade with our cub scout pack. Our 3rd year in a row! This time we had the help of our son Patrick and his girlfriend Ping.  She was quite excited to wear a Scout Shirt….

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Patrick even wore his Eagle Scout sash but has grown alittle since those days Smile

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 It was a very humid day so we were pretty melted by the time the parade got started!

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 Chris is one of my favorite scouts (shhh) and he turned 10 on July 4th. 

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 All too soon it was time for Patrick, Ping & Himo to leave us. We enjoyed their company for a few months. We are happy to say Patrick got a ‘real’ job and will be living in Austin, TX.

After the busy wk.end we made our way over to Ft. Lauderdale with a stop at Randy & Linda Godard’s home and then started our trip to Nauvoo.

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This year Phil’s family joined us. We enjoyed the Bagpipe Band….

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I love this picture of Nick

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 Fun was never ending….

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 A favorite activity- sampling the Gingerbread cookies Smile

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 Hailey got pretty good at walking on stilts!

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Wagons are plentiful in Nauvoo…

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 Another Nick favorite~

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 We were fortunate to see both pageants this year (original and the British version).

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 The main reason we come is for my Mom’s b-day! She turned 81 this year!

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We are thankful for our Pioneer Heritage!

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 and those that sacrificed before us…

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 Until we meet again Red heart

1 comment:

Amber said...

looks like it was a blast!