Our first time celebrating Pioneer Days with Madeline and we had such a great time. Uncle Kelvyn is the Mayor of Cottonwood Heights (he has been the Mayor for over 5 years), and since he has been Mayor he put together an event called "Butler Days" to celebrate Pioneer Days. Butler Days was held at the local elementary school, and there were lots of fun activities: a parade, a 5K run, classic cars to look at, concerts, several yummy food stations, little fire trucks that kids were spraying water with each other, face-painting, pie eating contests, lots of games, and fireworks. But Madeline's favorite were the balloons - she would watch in awe as the balloons were twisted and shaped to make different objects. She loved the flower balloon that was made for her - even though it only lasted about a minute until it popped! We weren't able to make it for the fireworks (past Maddy's bedtime!), but we had a great day celebrating our Pioneers that made their way across the plains in the 1840s - what amazing examples of strength and perseverance!
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