Welcome to a Providence Christmas!
This is our sixth year of running a computer controlled light show and we’ve continued to add unique elements once again for 2011. We’re proud of the traditions that are created here and hope you’ll join us in celebration of Christ’s birth!
The show is synchronized to a variety of unique holiday tunes and can be heard by tuning your car stereo to 107.3 FM.
Happy Holidays!
Thank You for Your Support!
As many of you may already know, I have been hospitalized since last week with a mysterious illness that has been dragging on for several weeks. I returned home last night after 5 days of playing the role of lab rat to a handful of specialists including an infectious disease doctor, oncologist, surgeon, pathologist, general practitioner, hemotologist and the usual array of anethseziologists (sp?), radiologists, etc.
I spent saturday night in ICU. Started mondya morning being told I would be starting Chemo next week and ended Tuesday with the Oncologist telling me there, in fact, is no cancer in my blood – and the infectious disease specialist telling me I didn’t have Lymphoma, rather a very unique and rare form of… Mono.
So, we’re still waiting for the FINAL results. I spent Saturday night and Sunday in ICU. It’s been an emotional roller coaster. And We really still don’t have a 100% answer, but it looks more like a weird form of Mono at this point. I still feel miserable and have a handful of drugs to take. My spleen is twice it’s normal size and all of the incisions from the biopsy and other testing have made me very sore – so it’s difficult to get around.
I have my first follow up and should have final results from the biopsy sometime next week.
In the end, I am blessed to be able to spend the holiday with my family. I am blessed to have the family, friends and neighbors that I have. I want to offer my sincerest gratitude to all of our great neighbors here in Providence Village. I always knew we had it good here, but it’s times like these that the absolute beauty of true community shines through in all it’s glory. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL! You will never know how much your support has meant to us over the past couple of weeks and as we continue to sort through my health issues.
Read MoreI Promise…
I promise to be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
I promise to talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.
I promise to make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
I promise to look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.
I promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
I promise to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
I promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
I promise to wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
I promise to give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
I promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
I promise to think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
I promise to live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.
- Christian D. Larson
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Well, with all the rain we’ve had over the past 2 days and the technical problems it causes (because I didn’t wrap my exposed plugs!) we’ve decided to just shut the show down for the season a day earlier than expected. We will not be running tonight or on New Years’ Eve as we originally intended.
Thank you to all of our neighbors – for tolerating my insanity and the mini traffic jams.
Thank you to all who stopped by to see the lights.
Thank you for all ofthe email and comments.
Thank you for believing in the spirit of Christmas!
See ya next year!
- The Vader Family
Read MoreVaderille on Channel 11 News!
What a wonderful surprise – and perfect timing!
Just as my family was finishing up our annual Christmas dinner, our local CBS affiliate stopped by to chat about our display. You can view the interview here: http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=15080@ktvt.dayport.com
What a fantastic end to the most joyous Christmas I can remember!
We all stood outside in the cold to watch the light show and the CBS crew do their thing. Very cool!
Technical Difficulties
It’s been fun trying to keep up with all the little things that can go wrong with a large Christmas light display… strings of lights that go out, broken bulbs, broken yard stakes, lights falling off the house, wind blowing everything around – but most of those are easy fixes.
Last night, however, the heart of my background show, my Light Flurries box, blew its motor 
I’ve asked around on a couple of the local enthusiats boards with the hope that someone happens to have a spare on lying around, but I don’t have my hopes up. So I’m pretty bummed that on of my favorite parts of the show has come to a halt. This is the machine that creates the affect of snow falling on our house.
I’ll probably just remove my pre and post shows which rely heavily on the Light Flurries box – and just run the full show for an hour earlier and shut it down an hour earlier to make up for the loss.