Parade

The boys got to be in a parade this weekend. They were so excited to be able to throw candy at people and ride in the back of a gator. It was the topic of many conversations last week and finally on Saturday it became reality.

Ben drove a gator representing his employer through the annual Goessel Threshing Days parade. The boys were supposed to throw out all the candy, but Ben said they kept getting distracted so he ended up doing a lot of throwing, too.

When we got to town on Saturday, Noah said, "Holy cow, that's gonna be a lot of throwing!"

And halfway through the parade, Levi told Ben, "This is fun!"

It was very warm on Saturday. Too warm to carry a camera around.

At the museum grounds we watched a saw mill operation (I don't know what the men were doing is called but it was absolutely fascinating to watch). We checked out some old harvesters, ate some delicious vernike and dropped a few sno-cones in the sand....but the weather really kept us from enjoying the rest of the activities. We were drenched in sweat and tired before we could see everything at the event this year. Thankfully, there's always another year!