All Souls Procession 2011

Last night was Tucson's annual All Souls Procession. We walked from our house to the parade route with Amy, Joe, and Dana. The parade went all the way down 4th Avenue to downtown, then across the river to the finale. It was pretty cold, but we bundled up our little skeleton in her spooky stroller of doom, and everybody had a good time. We met some friends along the way, but mostly we just enjoyed being a part of the crowd. I don't have very many pictures of the actual procession because 1. I was having too much fun, and 2. I haven't figured out how to take decent action shots in the dark.

There must be a thousand shots of Amy out there though. About halfway through the parade, she begged to get out of the stroller, and she walked with us, holding our hands. She LOVED it. It was like walking down the street with a Kardashian. She waved at the people and smiled for their cameras. She danced to the drumline and clapped her hands when people pointed at her. She even learned how to "raise the roof" pumping her little hands in the air when the music got loud. She walked almost a half a mile all on her own, cameras flashing the whole way.

She fell asleep at the finale, so we came home, put her to bed, and had a nice little fire with our company. They left way too early this morning, but I think everybody had a great time. 

Rob likes eyeliner

Family portrait. the little skeleton is gorging herself on the cheezits we brought for good behavior.

Yeah, we're your neighbors. Be afraid!

This is the only shot I have of our little celebrity walking in the parade. Seriously, she is a ham. 

The walk back home. So strange to walk in the middle of the street. An hour before this there were thousands of people in the street. 

Boo!