Idaho Roses Parade Debut!
It finally happened! After much plotting and planning, the three Idaho Roses finally appeared in their first ever parade!
Originally, it was our hope that we could all three ride horses that we had very nattily painted and tarted up (if that was to happen on Dane's horses, we would have had to hogtie and blindfold him and lock him in the barn. For some reason I think he's afraid that if ever released to the creative spirit of "the sisters ", the horses would never be the same! Silly boy!) but after Tracy's tumble, we were MORE than happy to ride in style in Tracy's shiny red convertible. Our fearless leader, Dane, would be the only one on horseback, and Brazen was a showstopper!
In the months leading up to the parade, we wanted to coordinate our shirts and purchased one in red, one in white and one in blue. We would be beautiful! However, Dane decided we weren't patriotic enough for the Air Force Appreciation Day Parade, so he purchased amazing red, white and blue shirts with stripes and stars and we all matched, even our chauffeur, Georgie. We also all wore straw cowboy hats. We were rocking! Candy was purchased (2,000+ pieces) and we were ready.
Now this parade, held in Mountain Home, is the largest parade in the State of Idaho. And, this takes place in my hometown....my SMALL hometown. So, you can imagine my concern when Tracy informs us that we needed to wear bright red lipstick, big hair and dramatic makeup......seriously. I'm thinking, OMG! I'm going to have to become a hermit after this is over! Fortunately, most of us looked pretty normal.
This parade being so large, is attended by over 5,000 people on average, so I wanted to make sure that our measly 2,000 pieces of candy lasted the whole parade route. Have you ever tried to keep Vedder women out of bags of candy?!?! It was like battling children!!! They just don't listen....ever.....for anything.... Fortunately we finally got moving on the parade route and then the next round of mortification began....
Instead of just waving and tossing candy as we went along the route, I had one sister waving and hollering "hellloooooo, helllooooooo". The other sister was exclaiming, "oh, look at the little baaaaabies! Ohhh, hey little baaaabies". Kill. Me. Now.
Everyone that I spoke with after the parade thought that Dane riding Brazen was part of the group that went before us, the Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo. Now that I think about it, maybe that was his intention....
However, we all had fun and are looking forward to repeating the event next year. Come join us the second Saturday in September!
Originally, it was our hope that we could all three ride horses that we had very nattily painted and tarted up (if that was to happen on Dane's horses, we would have had to hogtie and blindfold him and lock him in the barn. For some reason I think he's afraid that if ever released to the creative spirit of "the sisters ", the horses would never be the same! Silly boy!) but after Tracy's tumble, we were MORE than happy to ride in style in Tracy's shiny red convertible. Our fearless leader, Dane, would be the only one on horseback, and Brazen was a showstopper!
Now this parade, held in Mountain Home, is the largest parade in the State of Idaho. And, this takes place in my hometown....my SMALL hometown. So, you can imagine my concern when Tracy informs us that we needed to wear bright red lipstick, big hair and dramatic makeup......seriously. I'm thinking, OMG! I'm going to have to become a hermit after this is over! Fortunately, most of us looked pretty normal.
This parade being so large, is attended by over 5,000 people on average, so I wanted to make sure that our measly 2,000 pieces of candy lasted the whole parade route. Have you ever tried to keep Vedder women out of bags of candy?!?! It was like battling children!!! They just don't listen....ever.....for anything.... Fortunately we finally got moving on the parade route and then the next round of mortification began....
Instead of just waving and tossing candy as we went along the route, I had one sister waving and hollering "hellloooooo, helllooooooo". The other sister was exclaiming, "oh, look at the little baaaaabies! Ohhh, hey little baaaabies". Kill. Me. Now.
Everyone that I spoke with after the parade thought that Dane riding Brazen was part of the group that went before us, the Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo. Now that I think about it, maybe that was his intention....
However, we all had fun and are looking forward to repeating the event next year. Come join us the second Saturday in September!
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