24th of July

The 24th of July landed on a Sunday this year. It seems like that should be a perfect day to celebrate Pioneers, but instead I think they may have been a bit forgotten. We had a youth conference report in Sacrament meeting and didn't get to hear about pioneers there. Monday was the parade, but it didn't really feel like it. James had to work and it just seemed like a regular Monday.

The only real thing we did to celebrate was to have a big Petersen Family Pioneer Party. Annie hosted it at her new house and most of us were able to attend. It was hot, but we had good food, good conversation, and a nice time. It ended with a water fight, shavy's, and a puppet show. It was great to see my dad's family and we had nice time.

Oh, and on the Thursday before the holiday, we went and visited some of the floats in the South Town Expo Center. That was the best paraded I've ever been to, seeing the floats in a nice air-conditioned building.