Color Guard and Visit with Family - July 23rd and 24th

The girls did the mini colorguard again this year.  Usually, Brinley is too scared and she refuses to do it, but not this year.  This year she was brave and participated.  She ended up loving it.  She definitely wants to do this again.  So, on the 23rd they had their mini colorguard camp, where the girls got their shirts and they learned the routine that they will be doing in the parade tomorrow.  At the end of camp, the parents get to come and watch the kids perform their dance.  This year, they let the older girls that wanted to try, learn how to use the rifle.  Alissa was excited to try, so she got to be in a small group (the ones who were brave enough to try) and perform what they learned with the rifle.  Alissa  loved it!  She loves the colorguard and can't wait until she is old enough to actually be in the colorguard.

 Alissa's friend, Erin, always does the mini color guard camp with Alissa.  They both really love it.

Posing with the color guard girls that taught them.

 Every pioneer day, there is a parade in Bear River City.  That's the parade that the mini colorguard gets to march in.  My dad, Kari, and her kids came to spend the day with us.  It was nice to have company over.  Kiara is in the colorguard in her school, so she was excited to see Alissa and Brinley marching in the parade.  We sat with the Beverleys and two other families from our ward.  Tammy Beverley was surprised at how many people I knew there.  A lot of people that I knew, just happened to walk by.  I told her the only reason I knew so many people is because we've moved around so much lately.  I hadn't really thought about it, but we really have met a lot of people over the last few years.

After the parade, we went back home and sat around in the living room relaxing and visiting with Kari and my dad.  Kari wanted to go out adventuring, but we couldn't really come up with anything close and inexpensive that we could do.  Also, Roger had to work and we didn't have a lot of time to do anything.  Kari wanted to check out the Bear River, so me and her drove over to the river to see if it was a place that we might want to play.  It wasn't too inviting, so we just headed back home.  We visited a little longer, then they headed back home.