SAVA

 It was a very woman-focused Saturday, attending the grand opening/mural reveal at A Woman’s Place, followed by the SAVA Soriee. Bumped into Uncle Steve’s friend from college, Tom Bourbor. Fun table at the gala, great food, and a very worthy cause. Sadly, might be the last gala with ALLO for the foreseeable future, as the direction of the company is changing and will be less focused on attending events and building the brand, and highly focused on sales driven activity and community activations. Knocked off our morning walks, as the season is finally changing. Just made a concert in time to count towards October: David Rosales at the record store downtown. Whew, that was close to snapping the streak. Also a little history from the Dave Matthews Band and the show Jen and I were at in Broomfield to support flood relief. 

Cloudy Weather

 But where there are clouds, it will always be followed by sunshine and maybe even a rainbow. The clouds were above the luau in Hawaii in June. More recent cloudy weather was the past two weeks. Some sunshine has emerged though, with several community events, some family time, and some birthday cake and candles. 

26/24

 A few quick happy birthday wishes from the Blog Father and the entire crew that keeps the Campingdad Blog up and running behind the scenes. Today we celebrate Little Andrew’s 26th birthday. Last week we celebrated Ruthie’s 24th. Happiest of birthdays to each of you. We love you both so much. Blessings to each of you in the year ahead!

Hoops

 It’s basketball season! Attended the Roundball Rollcall scrimmage and dinner with the UNC Men’s basketball team. We have the pre-season Big Sky MVP, and are picked second. First game November 2. Can’t wait. Squeezed in a few other events throughout the week, including the ribbon cutting for both the new admin building for District 6 (hi Sean!) and the new emergency room at UCHealth hospital that Bella and I have been keeping an eye on the past 7 months on our morning walks. Great feature and picture from Congressman Evans in his newsletter. DDA board meeting (where you at, Matt??). Spent an afternoon supporting ALLO at the KFKA VS. The Sponsors at the Back 9 (Sponsors lost). I did get to go live on the Hull Show with”Lunchtime Wonderments” segment, which was fun. 

Bright

 Jen and I were grateful to be able to attend the annual Bright Futures gala and fundraiser in downtown Greeley over the weekend. Such a fantastic organization and opportunity for Weld County graduates. Noah and Andrew were both able to access Bright Futures n scholarships in their pursuit of higher education. My radio friend Tanner did a great job co-hosting. Fun to see Ali, among other friends and supporters. 

Site

 Stumbled into the opportunity to attend the final night of the annual site selector committee dinner and panel discussion in Denver. It was interesting to hear from a national panel of their thoughts on the current business climate in Colorado. Dinner was nice, got to sit with some colleagues from the Brighton EDC, and next to the good folks from the city of Greeley.