4th of July Switch-A-Roo times 2!

Happy 4th of July!

This morning we headed over to a neighboring town in which the Skyview Marching Band was playing in the parade. This was the first parade for the "rookies" (or 1st years), which included Tanner.

Last year at this same parade (which was Josh's first parade) he wore the wrong shorts. Fortunately for him, I happened to be wearing jean capri's so we did a switch-a-roo in the van and rolled up the capri's into shorts for him. I however, could not fit into Josh's shorts (what?), so I had to wrap a blanket around my waist for the remainder of the parade.

Here's a "proof" pic from last year! =)

So...today I was happy to see that everyone wore jean shorts today! Yeah!

However, some of the rookies didn't get parade shirts! They ran short. So all the band Mom's who were wearing parade shirts --- found other kids who were wearing undershirts (that would fit us) and traded. We managed to do the switch-a-roo with about 6-7 band Mom's and found enough shirts for all the band members to march! Even if it meant putting on a white-t that was a little damp under the armpits from the prior teenage wearer! (which I did......whooopeeeee)

It was great to see everyone pull together to make it all happen in time before the parade started.

The weather was warm, but overcast, which provided some relief from the sun and heat.

Landon got into the action and was able to walk with me along the sidelines with the band. He particualarly stayed close to the drum line as he's working to be there someday.

Warming Up!

We're marching.....marching......

Marching Band warm up -- They have a lot of fun with this.

Little short "snippets" of the parade. It was difficult to walk with the band as well as take pictures and video. Sorry if it's a little shakey!