Citizens

 I was able to attend a few events supporting the community last week. One was the naturalization ceremony for 22 new American citizens. It was a great night seeing families cheer on their loved ones, share a potluck, and receive their official citizenship paperwork and certificate. I was also able to stop by Sailda del Sol academy for their science night. Got a tour of the building from their director, got to meet some teachers and interact with several of the organizations that had booths set up. It was also a beautiful fall afternoon as Twin Rivers Community Park had the ribbon cutting for their new playground equipment. I also attended the Northern Colorado Energy Summit hosted at the Chevron campus. Interesting stuff for sure. 

Birthday Girl

 Birthday season rolls on this fall, with Mrs. Roth’s turn on Friday. Spent the evening in downtown, surrounded by those that love her so much. Thanks to Than and Ruthie for taking her out to lunch. Thank you all for all the folks who called, texted and sent messages of love and support. It was a fun night attending Matt’s book release, singing along to the band, and closing the night at the speak easy. Noah is on deck!

Sunshine

 Or at least a sunrise. Pays to get up and start moving the body at 530. Also the incessant pawing from Bella can be a strong encouragement. A few bonus pictures of a much needed night on the back patio.

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.