My pipe band - Stillwater Pipe Band of Stillwater, OK - marched in our local Christmas parade yesterday. It's a fun event, with 30-40 entries each year. It's called the "Parade of Lights" and each entry must be lighted up; lots of people go all out with this, some of the floats look like they need their own generators.

It was our third year to march. The first year, we were dreadful. Last year, we were very bad.

This year?

We got second place in the band category, beating out the local HS band!

It's so exciting to see progress. Next year?

We're going to bring all our dogs along and place in the "Animal" category as well.