Today we visited the Denver Zoo for the annual Zoo Lights event. Every year the zoo sets up hundreds of light features all across the zoo. Most lights are static, but there are some animated light features. It's a fun way to spend a cold evening doing something different at the zoo. Here are a few photos!

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Last night we attended the Boulder Parade of Lights. A loop of streets surrounding the downtown Pearl Street Mall are closed and a wide selection of groups and members of the community participate in the parade. This year my older daughter participated as a member of the Girl Scouts and she found it very fun.

Here are a few photos from the event. As always, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus made a visit to finish the parade.

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We have a tradition (2010, 2011) of going for a hike on Christmas eve in Boulder. This year we decided to keep it easy and go for a stroll/hike (Melissa calls it a "strike") at Dowdy Draw open space south of Boulder.

Yesterday evening it started snowing, and by this morning there was roughly eight inches of fluffy snow on the ground, giving us a true white Christmas!

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