It started out with groceries.  Banjo Man loves groceries.  Look how happy he is.

We also went to Walmart, because it is so much fun to go to Walmart the day before the 4th of July. Everyone knows that, right? I didn’t take a picture, because we had ice cream in our cart. And it was a very hot day. And Banjo Man and I lost each other in the store and were supposed to meet at the ice cream aisle and that didn’t work out because there were, oh, a thousand people in the store.

On to a better experience, decorating the 4th of July parade float.

Everyone was so excited.

At least someone took it seriously.  Mike is attaching “waves” to the float to represent the Clark Fork River.

This woman has incredible decorating skills. She came all the way from Oklahoma to hold the balls.  (And why does she only have one leg? Did my awesome photography skills do a magic trick?  How the heck did that happen?)

Left side. We’re making progress now…

Right side and done!!