Ken and I have volunteered for the Utah Pride Festival for three years. This year, my friend asked me if I would be willing to be the team leader of ticket sales before the parade. Of course i said Yes!!! What a great time. We started meetings (every other week) in March with last night being our last one. The Festival ran Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th.
Ken and I sell tickets on a parade float before the actual event starts on Sunday. Ken drives the truck and guards all the money (no small task. It is A LOT of money), while I work with the volunteers on the float to make sure they have enough tickets and clean totes to stash their money. We make a pretty good team. We didn't have any problems getting through crowd either. Of course, when a crowd sees a pregnant woman coming at them with a big truck following they pretty much move out of the way.
At the meeting last night, we got a few details that blew me away! We sold about 5000 tickets off our float in 3 hours. It is the most we have ever sold off the float since we have been part of it. The festival sold 25000 tickets!!! that isn't counting any children because kids under 12 are free! The attendance alone was enough to cover the budget for the event.
Other details: 85 parade entries - that's right 85 floats!
260 runners in the 5k race the night before
120 exhibitors inside the festival
15 food vendors (not counting the vodka garden and bear stands)
4 different stages had entertainment non stop!
800 + volunteers
It is amazing how much goes into this festival every year. The festival is HUGE and gets bigger every year. Last year it rained but they still had the best year to date. This year almost doubled it!
I am just in awe at how well the event is planned and attended. It is amazing to me that there are this many people that will support the festival and the cause and yet they still cannot get equal rights. This is a different topic for a different day though. I won't get political.
I am proud to be part of the Utah Pride festival. I have already informed them that we will be part of the festival next year too! Anyone want to babysit the first weekend in June next year??
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
He moved it up!!
We had our monthly check up with Dr Rappleye yesterday morning. He is a great doctor. I really like his sense of humor. When he walked in the room he looked at me and said "wow, you've really been growing". Upon measuring, he stated that I am still measuring two weeks in advance. I have been measuring ahead of schedule since our second visit so this isn't anything abnormal.
He then decided to check Kj's heart rate which he does every visit. it is so cool to hear it. I love to listen to the rhythm of his heart. Kj really doesn't care for things being in his space. He kicked the heart rate monitor a few times just to let Dr rappleye know that he didn't care for it. He kicks at anything that gets in his space. Ken's head and my bladder are the main culprits. Let me tell you, it isn't any fun to be in the car, know you have to go to the restroom REALLY bad and there is nothing you can do about it and have your son kicking your bladder every 10 seconds just to remind you. Such fun!!!
Once we finished all the normal exam, we went back to our due date. Every visit we discuss the date and whether it is possible for me to really be two weeks ahead of where it is set. We remind him that it is IMPOSSIBLE for us to have conceived two weeks in advance and we just have a big baby boy. I am tired of the talk so I told him to do what he felt was right. If he wants to move it up, go ahead and do it. We discussed our charts again and he decided to split the difference. So, he moved up our date. We are now due on September 7th.
I realize that little KJ will come when he decides he is ready. However, i am still planning on the 17th. He is just going to be a big baby. Besides, this whole due date thing is just a guess anyways. No one can really tell when you are going to give birth. My only wish, NOT IN AUGUST. We have WAY too many birthday's in August.
He then decided to check Kj's heart rate which he does every visit. it is so cool to hear it. I love to listen to the rhythm of his heart. Kj really doesn't care for things being in his space. He kicked the heart rate monitor a few times just to let Dr rappleye know that he didn't care for it. He kicks at anything that gets in his space. Ken's head and my bladder are the main culprits. Let me tell you, it isn't any fun to be in the car, know you have to go to the restroom REALLY bad and there is nothing you can do about it and have your son kicking your bladder every 10 seconds just to remind you. Such fun!!!
Once we finished all the normal exam, we went back to our due date. Every visit we discuss the date and whether it is possible for me to really be two weeks ahead of where it is set. We remind him that it is IMPOSSIBLE for us to have conceived two weeks in advance and we just have a big baby boy. I am tired of the talk so I told him to do what he felt was right. If he wants to move it up, go ahead and do it. We discussed our charts again and he decided to split the difference. So, he moved up our date. We are now due on September 7th.
I realize that little KJ will come when he decides he is ready. However, i am still planning on the 17th. He is just going to be a big baby. Besides, this whole due date thing is just a guess anyways. No one can really tell when you are going to give birth. My only wish, NOT IN AUGUST. We have WAY too many birthday's in August.
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