July 4th Parade

We had an amazing 4th of July. We went to a parade in Round Top. It's about an hour from here. The town itself is like Mayberry. It had a really cute town square. I think the population is around 500. Anyway, they have been doing a parade on the 4th for about 150 years. We got there around 9:30 to stake out our spot and it was a good thing we did, the place was packed. The parade was fantastic. Fire trucks, horses, 4 wheelers, all kinds of antique cars and even a full brass band. We all had a great time and plan on making it an annual event. Here we are waiting for the parade to start.

All of the floats in the parade were throwing candy to the crowd. The wagon was a candy magnet! Needless to say we ended up with a TON. Jacob and Jordan used to think that Dum-Dums were the only kind of candy. Not so much anymore. Sweet tarts,Tootsie Rolls, Smarties and Tootsie Pops are now in their vocabulary.

Coming down the street next is a float with a full country music band on it! The kids obviously like it!

Little Miss July 4th waving her flag to the parade people.

Yes, those are Longhorn Steer coming down the street!! Only in a Texas 4th of July parade!

A covered wagon and decked out horses.

One of the kids on a float threw their hat to Jacob. Just what every Texas boy needs, a hat advertising liquid fertilizer!

We hope that all of you had a great Fourth of July!!