Sunday, December 06, 2015

small town celebration....

The celebrations have begun... and one of the firsts being the Christmas parade that is always held in the home town. It is such fun to watch the parade line up and gives us a pre view of what we get to see. There's nothing like a small town parade... everyone is welcomed and some of the floats and things that people come up with are really quite wonderful Reagan is "into" Peanuts now, so he was pretty excited to see this float coming to the line up.

Rudolph  is one of my favorites, so I like this float


We all wanted to see the parade from the town center, so we got all the kids bundled up...Catie and little Bruce getting ready to go...

Reagan, while waiting for the rest of us to get ready, became the official greeter of the street. I was kind of surprised that this chap didn't scare him.... but "he" didn't....



I brought Logan with us.. this is her first parade... and it's a good one to start with. Though she isn't the kind of puppy that will be bothered by any of this. Everyone looks to see "what" dog I will bring...People are used to seeing me with puppies in training, and often they remember puppies of the past and ask how they are doing.... 

I'm impressed with some of the floats.. people go all out... this little gingerbread house was really a good one.


Baby Logan thought the parade was just fine, she really enjoyed all the attention she got!!!! First parade is definitely considered a success...

And the guest of honor... Santa..... 

After the parade it's nice to head back to Kassy and Nate's.... the evening was getting cold, so the fire felt good. Reagan was happy to get warmed up....

We always make this a pot luck affair, and there was plenty of food, friends and good conversation. I have to say, these kinds of things are what Christmas means to me. I just love being all together and having good times like this

Looks like a little boy is getting tired and time for bed... it's been a busy day and evening....


Some cuddle time with Meme and Beepa is a good way to close the day..... 


I'm glad this is just the first of many fun things to do.... because the time goes by much too fast....but I'm doing well keeping with enjoying each and everything