Utah County Parade of Homes

We have been enjoying the Utah County Parade of Homes the last couple of weeks.  It's given us some great ideas for our basement, since we really need to start finishing that soon (hopefully before the baby comes).  Today was the last day of the parade, so we finished it off by stopping for Hokulia Shaved Ice.  Camden has been begging to get some again this summer.

The kids especially liked seeing all the little play houses built into the homes.  There was one house that had a mini city in it, with each little building housing a different activity for kids.  We all thought it was amazing, but not something we would ever do.  We also wouldn't allow Camden and Ciera to play in it even though they really wanted to.  They still enjoyed just looking at it.  It was like having a little children's museum right in the house. 

In the one below, they were actually allowed to climb up inside.  They had fun with that, especially sliding down the slide to get out.

While these play houses were fun, they aren't practical for our basement.