Primary Parade

On Saturday our stake had a primary parade. I was anticipating a simple little caravan of kids marching down the street, but these people went all out. They started at the stake center and walked a few blocks through the neighborhood to another church -- just about the right length for a bunch of kids. They had the whole route lined with flags, like they put out on all the holidays. The parents and other non-participants lined the street to watch the parade, and they even through candy! I made out pretty good.

It started with a police car:


followed by a marching band:


Then the grand marshalls (our stake presidency):

This is the color guard:

Each ward represented a country. Our ward was Italy. The kids were all dressed up as chefs, carrying pizza boxes or even pizza dough:

Here's Chloe marching in the parade. She was one of the lucky ones who got dough:

Sophie in her chef hat:

Chloe showing off her dough:

And at the end we all gathered at the park. They sang "Holding Hands Around the World" and then let off all these balloons, and served popsicles for refreshments.