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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Already time to get together with my favorite group of elected’s from the Municipal Leadership Academy for another day of learning. This month’s focus was on media relations. We gathered at the Aurora Municipal building, which was just beautiful. Highlights were being filmed for a mock interview by a news station after a crisis, participating in a news conference after a local tragedy, hearing from the former mayor of Superior and his experience during their fire in December of 2021, and learning more from a panel of reporters and their relationships with elected officials. Grateful for this year-long opportunity.
Oh, hi, hello. Been a few days since we last caught up. Almost middle of October. Football. Baseball playoffs. Highs only in the mid 80’s. Played some BINGO for some friend’s birthdays. Made my monthly appearance at Rotary and found a cool poster of my favorite movie. Hosted a meet and greet with a famous guy from all those TV ads on PlutoTV. The view from the end of the dais on a Tuesday night (hi Maria!). A good looking couple and their doggo.
