Parker Days

As most of you know, we currently live in a town called Parker which is approximately 20 miles SE of Denver. It was incorporated back in 1981 and had about 260 people at that time. Now, 27 years later the population is closer to 45,000, but the town council has worked really hard to keep a "small town feel" with a lot of different town festivals and activities which are really pretty cool.

One of the town traditions that helps keep that "small town feeling" is an event held every June that is offically the "Parker Country Fair", but is actually called "Parker Days" by everyone...old habits die hard, I guess! It is a LOT of fun because it's a combination of carnival, fair, and non-stop concert events and it's held right in the middle of town just down the street from our house. Talk about convenient parking!

We had a great time this year. It started on Friday night when my friend Janice and I went to hear a U2 cover band and they were actually really good! Topped it off with a funnel cake. Friends, music and fried food...you know you just can't go wrong with that!

The next morning was the parade which, conveniently, takes place on a street approximately 30 seconds from our front door. We decided that Rusty would probably find it more entertaining this year than last and so we headed on over.

It's starting!







This is a replica of a church right down the street...so pretty!

Oh come on...a Republican donkey...I can't be the only one to get a kick out of this one;-)



The next day we walked down after church to take Rusty to the petting zoo. The baby animals were too cute:-) He gave a few goats and a llama hugs, but spent a lot of time watching the pony rides in the next pen. You know, the ones we DIDN'T pay for because we thought he'd like the petting zoo more. Can we say "grass is always greener"??;-)