Happy St. Patrick's Day!

What a beautiful day! The temperature was 75 today so I tried to do things outside so we could enjoy the weather. I found out this morning that there was a St. Patrick's Day parade downtown today at 11:30. I had a meeting with a lady from progressive at 10 am here at the house but it didn't last that long, so I decided to take Ashlyn down to the parade. This will be her first parade. Brian was going to be in the parade so I called him before going downtown to get directions. Ashlyn was able to see Papaw before the parade started. Warren had their old antique fire engine in the parade and some of the guys asked if we wanted to ride in the parade. I wasn't sure how Ashlyn would do so I told them maybe next time. They gave her a green necklace to put on and she loved that! I took her up and we got a spot to stand by some of the firefighters on duty. I think she had a great time. Papaw was riding in the bucket of the firetruck with the police chief. Ashlyn kept asking for papaw and finally she saw him. She was so excited and waved when he came by in the firetruck. After the parade, we went to lunch with Papaw at a BBQ restaurant. By the end of lunch it was 1:30 pm and she was ready for her nap. She fell asleep on the way home and when she got up Mike was home. She told him all about what she saw at the parade and showed him her green necklace. I need to take advantage of fun things like this because these are free and they make memories.
Papaw Sanford on the fire truck.

We found a leprechaun!

Ashlyn, Brian and I.