Wish

 Once and awhile there is still something special that I get to do at the day job. Last week made the drive to Ft. Morgan with balloons, and gift basket and some cupcakes to participle in a Make-A-Wish for a young man and his family. His wish? To have high speed fiber connectivity in order to game with his brother. I was able to watch the installation, then present the goodies and take some photos. My intern Anna also “graduated” from ALLO, as summer ended and her junior year began. I’ll miss her, the positivity she brought to the events, and all the music I was able to educate her on over the summer. And finally, just like the good old days, my friend and coworker Tom were able to fill 22 backpacks with school supplies for kids in Eaton and present them to the owner of Eaton Pizza to be handed out.

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City Stuff

 Never a shortness of excitement at the side hustle. The old city hall is officially rubble now, which will be cleared out for a parking lot. Rep Evans was in town for another check presentation, this time for 8.6 million for our water project. A few headlines of upcoming decisions (spoiler alert: the council voted down the possible tax 4-3). 

Kids

 Haven’t checked in on the kids for a bit. After checking, yep, all is well. Sara(Beth) took a weekend trip to a National Park. Hello Crater Lake!! And a stamp in the passport too. Nathanael’s photo was randomly selected to be featured in a post from Christ Community and the time him and Ruthie volunteered at Zoe’s. We also stopped by his birthday party after smoking 2 tri-tips on the Traeger. That board game looks complicated. And finally, a few first day of school pictures from Mr. And Mrs. Roth, only a few weeks late. Bonus picture of the recent YFC golf tournament and the team that Than and Ruthie get to work with. Thanks again to Grandpa Jim for making the drive from OKC to paticipate. 

Mash

 You could say it was a Monster Mash in downtown Greeley over the weekend, as close to 10,000 folks descended in various stages of undress and costumes to celebrate the 10th and final Monster Days. Can’t imagine how hot it was in some of those costumes, as temps touched 93. Whatever the reason, always happy to see people in downtown. And thanks to the ALLO crew for showing up and posting up. 

News

 Few items of interest from the past week or so. At least Darth Vader hasn’t shown up at one of our meetings yet. IYKYK. 

 

24/Draft/Hawaii

 Looked who turned 24 this week as birthday season begins! Also had one of three fantasy drafts, this one with the Cooks. I even brought along my co-owner. Finally, sadly, some damage in Hawaii from the hurricane that just went through the island. We were at these places in June. The first two pictures where where I walked in the mornings, about a mile from our resort. The second row and from Whalers Village, where we shopped, and the happy hours and the Welch’s got their tattoos.