Veterans Day

Today Avery’s American Heritage Girls troop participated in the local Veterans Day Parade. This was Avery’s first parade to be involved in and she was excited! The girls also sang the National Anthem at the Veterans Service following the parade. The troop practiced really hard to learn the National Anthem. A lot of the girls in our group (the Pathfinders 5 & 6 year olds) did not know any of it when we started practicing and in just a few short meetings we were singing it all. It was really fun to watch them learn it. We also read the history behind the song and all the girls could tell us who wrote the song – Frances Scott Key and all about the battle that was fought at Fort McHenry while he wrote it. One of the great things about American Heritage Girls is that we are teaching the girls to  honor their country and teaching them about the history of America.  I am really enjoying being involved in AHG. It’s a great thing for Avery and I to do together and I am loving getting to know all 16 girls in our Pathfinder group – they are so cute! Here are some pictures from the parade – Riley Kate got to tag along and was the only little one to ride along on the float. Daddy drove his truck and we borrowed a trailer from Taylor to pull some of the girls in too.  A great day! Thank you to our Veterans who faithfully serve and protect us – we are forever grateful!

Donuts for breakfast

Ryan's truck decorated

It was COLD and WINDY

The trailer full of girls

Ready to sing the National Anthem