Kla Ha Ya Days

A couple weekends ago, we found out about a little celebration in Snohomish, about 45 minutes North of us.  We decided to get out of the city and check it out.  We actually really enjoyed it; of course nothing beats the small town Fairview parade and celebration on the 24th of July, but it was a decent.  We arrived early and found a spot on the parade route.

The lady standing next to us, crammed her way in as the parade was starting.  Then, she had the nerve to ask Seth to move a little so she could see better. Twice!  haha...if my husband wasn't such a gentleman, she would have received an ear full.  We were in the Kla Ha Ya spirit so we tried to tolerate her.

The parade was interesting.  Anything that combines dancing mariachi horses, Star Wars characters, and fun animals is a good time.

We ate some yummy local fare while listening to an awesome singer

This small town has over 500 antique dealers.  There were awesome shops everywhere!

 We browsed the streets and had a great time seeing all the fun games and activities they had going on at the street fair including: frog racing, pie and ice cream eating contests (seth totally would have entered except they were for kids), seed spitting contests, water hose tug o war, & sawdust treasure hunts

 Addy putting her loot in her bag

We went to the Senior Citizen Center where they were hosting Bingo.  I only got to play one card because Addy was getting super tired, but I could totally play Bingo all day.  It was awesome!  I wonder if I could go play with my local seniors back home? 

If you were wondering what the heck Kla Ha Ya means, we wondered the same thing.  At first we thought it had something to do with frogs since that seemed to be a big part of the day; however, we found it was an old indian saying meaning welcome or hello!

You can't have summer without going to at least one parade or festival, so we're satisfied now!