Bangs McCoy

Happy Pioneer Day

July 24th, 2008

After being sick and going overboard on Tuesday, I was down for the count yesterday. After much sleeping, I have recovered nicely. We watched the Days of ‘47 Parade on TV. Camping out to watch a parade in really hot weather in a huge crowd is just not my cup of tea. We had to watch though, because our family helped assemble the Wells Stake float (#90-something) - celebrating the first Boy Scout troop in America (it was our stake!). Rees and I spelled out the names of some people at the First Encampment on some “rocks” on the float. Bryan helped install some coolers under the float to hold drinks for the float operators. Rees was strangely mesmerized by the parade on TV.

We went to my parents’ house tonight for a little fireworks show. We brought KFC for dinner. Michael and Sarah came as well. There is something funny about my dad and fireworks. He seems like about the last guy who would buy his own fireworks to light, but for some reason he does. Maybe because he’s a dude? Anyway, he picked up the classic I remember from childhood - Killer Bees - plus some fireworks that shot out little parachutes (Rees LOVED those) and a giant $20 thing called a Nuclear Bomb (or as Sarah called it, “Stadium of Fire in a Can”). We also brought some sparklers and some of those spinning colored ball fireworks we found in our pantry (probably five years old). Michael commented that “…the Pioneers would be proud!”

Rees and James liked the fireworks but were a little scared. They kept their distance. Allie, on the other hand, probably would have walked over there and picked them up while they were going off. She had no fear. We also had some neighborhood kids come and join - the fireworks do seem to attract them. The boys slept over and Bryan and I went home. I’ll pick them up tomorrow.

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