As a kid we went to the Salt Lake Days of '47 Parade every year. I loved it and yesterday I looked at my watch a few times thinking of my parents, my siblings and their spouses at the parade. When I called my mom later in the day to hear how the parade was she shared a cool story.
Her and my dad were making their way down from the car with all their chairs and parade gear and ran into Elder and Sister Oaks who were out for a morning walk. It was before 7am. The Oaks offered to help my parents carry stuff, but they declined. My mom said she spoke with the couple for over 3 blocks. Not only did they speak genealogy (they are 3rd cousins), but they talked a little bit about the University of Chicago Law School (he attended for his 50th reunion and spoke to the Dallin H. Oaks Law Society aka Mormon law students and after the event I gave him a tiny graduation cap I made as a souvenir, which my mom brought up in their conversation) and she spoke about us and what Ross was doing career-wise since he understands the law world. They said goodbyes at their apartment and later she spotted them in the crowd dressed up a bit more. She admitted that after talking with the Oaks and later seeing L. Tom Perry and his wife from a distance, walking near the Beehive House, the parade didn't seem as cool to her.
I posted some pictures below. I did not blog 5 years ago, but I thought it would be fun to do a flashback and include two pictures from the LDS group, the first one with spouses, second one with just law students.
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| May 2007 University of Chicago Law School I'm the pregnant one in purple on the front row. Our baby Abby joined us 2 weeks later. |
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1 comment:
Awesome pictures! I sure miss all those people!
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