In the town where we live now, the first Saturday of May is Good Neighbor Day. They have a parade and lots of people cook out. We live on a main street of the town and found them lining up the floats for the parade in front of our house. We watched there for a while before we headed down to the actual parade route and found a place to sit while we watched.
Noelle did not like the beginning of the parade. They had ALL the firetrucks, ambulances, dive rescue vehicles and police cars at the very beginning… all of them having their sirens going.
I loved the marching bands. Those were my favorite part. There were three of them throughout the parade. It always makes me remember my days of marching band in high school… especially Sullivan South down in Tennessee. Those were some really, really good days.
Another thing I liked was how the musical floats and the marching bands were spaced out enough that one didn’t overwhelm the other with their sounds.
The parade was an hour long and they threw out way too much candy, but it was a good one to watch. I really enjoyed it.
In other news, Jeremy and I had our first time actually leading the Youth Group yesterday evening. It took a little while for the kids to get into the discussion, but they did well. What impressed me the most was their willingness to pray for each other’s prayer requests. Afterwards, we had a game of Capture the Flag. So far, I’ve met four of the girls in the group and I don’t what they think, but I know I am going to love working with them.
So, there is my update for today. I’ll try and make sure to update again soon.