Who doesn’t love a parade? ..and in a small town – the BEST!
The temps cooperated for early December – that said, was mighty happy to have my gloves. Enjoyed the evening with the Pyper family from church – and saw more and more folks I knew as we walked the parade route. Lovin’ my new hyper-local life!
Live Nativity scene adorned with donkey & goat, carolers, Santa, a dinosaur (seriously) – and of course, the Parade of Lights (which included our newly crowned state football champs – Go Monarchs!)
LOVE LOVE LOVE my adopted Colorado hometown 🙂
Parade of Lights returns to Downtown Louisville Friday
Downtown Louisville is set to shine when the Parade of Lights returns to Main Street Friday, Dec. 7.
The Louisville Chamber of Commerce’s annual event will start at 6 p.m. with a living nativity scene, a petting zoo and choirs.
Santa will sit in front of the chamber building, 901 Main St., from 6 to 7 p.m. to listen to children’s wish lists.
The parade begins at 7 p.m. and travels north on Main Street.
Louisville ‘Parade of Lights’ 2012 (short clip)
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- my first ‘Parade of Lights’
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- downtown Louisville
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- Shawn with Bones, the Christmas Dinosaur?
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- Pyper family AND a donkey (yeah, that’s how we roll in Colorado)
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- baby Anders with the Clauses
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- start of the Parade, Hooray!
I can honestly tell you [that] I had never heard of ‘Gotcha Day’ until 8 or 9 years ago when my friend’s cousin Patricia began celebrating this day for her adopted daughters. Both girls had a birthday and both girls had a ‘gotcha day’ – and I just couldn’t get it right (utilizing the limited brain space God provided).
Fast forward to 2012 & Ro’s first ‘Gotcha Day’. Yeah, I’m a total hypocrite 🙂
Happy 1st Gotcha Day Ro!
Gotcha Day (sometimes called Gotchya Day, Adoption Day, Family Day, Adoption Anniversary Day) is a day celebrated by American families of adopted children to recognize the day they received the child. The Gotcha Day is the day that the child was placed into the family’s home for adoption, in other words, the day the family Gotcha. It is the most celebrated of adoption related events. In her book, The Joy of Family Rituals, Barbara Bizou wrote, Gotcha Day “is designed to show your adopted child how much you wanted him and that every year you continue to cherish him.”
Families who adopt animals, particularly dogs, will often refer to the day they adopted their pet as the animal’s “gotcha day.”
Gotcha Day 2012
It’s holiday season, givin’ back a pint of my best B-positive at Bonfils Blood Center in Boulder.
Do it, give back & inspire others!
donating a bag of B-positive
