Dixie Round Up Parade

This is my favorite parade of the whole year in Washington County.  There have been many changes of the years but the one thing remains the same it draws a large crowd, a lot of candy, and a lot of entries of all varieties.  One change they made a couple of years ago was moving it to the morning instead of the late afternoon.  It was a whole lot cooler.

Time to start...
It still took 10 minutes to make it 2 blocks to us.

Rodeo Clown...Randy Munns
He still dresses up his horse and
has more energy than the crowd.

Marching Bands!!
They make the parade
All the high schools were represented.
We counted how many baritones were in each.

Our Royalty!!

I love their craziness
I guess they are really reacting to me
and all my cheering.

Once again they didn't disappoint or scrimp on the candy.  We came home with a large bag full.  Ryder's highlight was Yogartland's free cups.  He didn't share of course but secretly slurped it down.  This parade lasted an hour.  It took us a little while to connect with the royalty.  We got to watch the entries once again at the end.

We had just enough time to get home, change our clothes, and head next door to Andrea DeMacedo's wedding.  She looked beautiful and the ceremony was great due the stand up comedy / minister.  

There was even more that need to be done.  Ryder's birthday needed to be celebrated.  I definitely need a weekend to recover from this weekend.  All I want to do is sleep.