So it begins....

In July 2013, we were asked to meet with President Maughan in the Stake Presidency. We didn't know him well. He was in a different ward. He asked that we be part of a three couple team to head the creation of the Stake float for the Days of '47 parade. The idea was kind of overwhelming but doable as we weren't mainly in charge. I attended the float preview party and some other meetings with people that build floats for a living. We continued living a normal life with the idea of the float somewhere in the back of our minds. Then in November 2013, shortly after Scott broke his foot, President Maughan visited us again. He asked us to be in charge of the whole float project and the other couples would be minimally involved, if at all. This became a much bigger task for us! Scott accepted the call with enthusiasm and I reminded President Maughan we were still considering moving. He said "ok" and we forged ahead. Things started to really weigh on our minds about this now. We had to have a design submitted for approval by March 1st. We got to work and this is what we came up with:

This is our second rendering of the concept:

Thanks to Ann Kofoed, our ideas became visible. Now comes the harder work...