Friday, June 4, 2010

Face Paint and Piccadillies

I took the girls down to Manti over Memorial Day Weekend. We go every year for the Scandinavian Festival. Mark usually joins us, but this year he was too busy fixing up a rental home so we have somewhere to live in a few weeks.

Millie and Ivy were so excited to collect candy at the parade (or at least Millie was). My sister Deanna was on the Miss Manti float. Millie told me that when she grows up she wants to be "First Attendent" and be in a parade. It was so cute.

And here's the famous "First Attendant" after the parade chowing down on Sanpete barbecue turkey and piccadillies -- so good!


Vikings are also a favorite at the festival. Here Marie (a foreign exchange student from Germany who has lived with my family for the past 5 months) poses with one.


My mom took Millie to get her face painted at one of the booths.


She was on cloud nine. Thanks mom.


Sunday morning we took a trip to the Manti Cemetery. Millie was so excited to see where her great-grandfather is buried.


We also visited my friend Emily's grave. It's such a pretty headstone with her signature on one side and her photo on the other. The visit brought back sad memories but it was nice to have my daughters there with me.

3 comments:

MIMI n' LINCOLN RULE!! said...

hey, lincoln and i even made it out to the scandinavian fest this year. so sad that i missed ya!

Diane said...

That's awesome face painting! They must be real professionals doing that. My parents went to the Scandinavian Festival too. Your sisters look gorgeous!

Katie said...

Wow, professional face painting! Looks like so much fun!