Wayne was invited to go on a 3 hour dirt bike ride with some guys from work on the 24th of July. They started out here in Cedar and went on the back roads to Escalante (spelling?). Wayne hasn't been able to do much racing this year and the one time he was able to go his bike got hit and crushed a very important pipe. So needless to say I was basically pushing him out the door and telling him to go have fun.
The next morning I followed the other wives to Esclante and we arrived right before the parade was to start. We had been told that is parade is by far the biggest "candy" parade around. I had always thought that Santaquin was the best, but I was WRONG!
The Escalante parade starts off like every other parade with with the American Flag followed by the fire trucks. And then the candy came...it was like it was falling from the sky. The girls kept coming back with handfuls of candy. Every time they turned around there was more and more. They even got a little help from and elderly woman who was sitting next to us. It wasn't just candy though it was otter pops and toys too! I was even givin a small fan. I am pretty sure I won't need to buy Halloween candy this year.
After the parade the water trucks empty out their tanks and all the kids get to run out into the water and get soaked. Kaitlyn was the first to venture out into the water followed by Ty and then Megan. 
After that the water they put on a shoot out show. It took a really long time for them to get started and I was able to watch only so much before I felt like I was going to pass out from starvation. I made Wayne take me and the kids to a restaurant to go and get some lunch before the actual shoot out happened.
The kids and I planned to meet up with him the next morning for the Escalante Parade. The morning of the 24th I got the kids ready for their first trip down main street on a parade float. They had been invited by Trinity Knell to be apart of the Ashdown Forest/Cobble Creek float. Ty and Kaitlyn got to be cute little carrots surrounded by green jello. Megan walked with some of the older kids as a cute box of Jell-O. They were all good sports and seemed to be enjoying them selves. Trintiy and crew did an awesome job on the float, it turned out really cute.
The next morning I followed the other wives to Esclante and we arrived right before the parade was to start. We had been told that is parade is by far the biggest "candy" parade around. I had always thought that Santaquin was the best, but I was WRONG!The Escalante parade starts off like every other parade with with the American Flag followed by the fire trucks. And then the candy came...it was like it was falling from the sky. The girls kept coming back with handfuls of candy. Every time they turned around there was more and more. They even got a little help from and elderly woman who was sitting next to us. It wasn't just candy though it was otter pops and toys too! I was even givin a small fan. I am pretty sure I won't need to buy Halloween candy this year.After the parade the water trucks empty out their tanks and all the kids get to run out into the water and get soaked. Kaitlyn was the first to venture out into the water followed by Ty and then Megan. After that the water they put on a shoot out show. It took a really long time for them to get started and I was able to watch only so much before I felt like I was going to pass out from starvation. I made Wayne take me and the kids to a restaurant to go and get some lunch before the actual shoot out happened.
After lunch the kids and I drove home and Wayne finished off his trip with 6 hour dirt bike ride home. We all had fun and are thinking this is something we may do again.
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