Turkeys and Elephants

Today the boys were up early and out the door faster than we could get out of bed and rub our eyes!  Yep...that's right!  We had something fun planned for them today!  We were heading to a local ranch for JAKES Day!  A fun-filled day outdoors learning about turkeys, guns, fishing, archery, and did I mention guns!  I know...we are so East Texan, right?   Do you want to learn more about this part of the day, along with a trip back to last week's event location?  Well...sorry...you will not read about it here.  You will need to go to my 4H blog!  Even though it is technically not a 4H event, our county 4H runs an archery booth at this event each year so it had to go to that blog.

However, that is not the only fun we had today.  We also headed over to the opening of our local Republican Party Headquarters in their new location.  We enjoyed a free hamburger supper and the opportunity to spend some time with our elected officials and a few hoping to meet our needs after the next election.  We also had the state chairman of the party available to say a few words. We even took a few yard signs home.  Here are some of the highlights we heard tonight:

Steve Munistreri (State GOP Chariman)-Imagine that you give a person a job with stated requirements to be met, and then have a review at the end of a year to see how the goals were met, and none of them are met.  What would you do?   We all know that person would be fired.  We need to do the same with our current president.

Trent Ashby-We need to know what we stand for...looking at both parties...Republicans are not afraid to show their love for God and country.  The Democrats took three votes to finally decide to accept the word God in their platform and were then booed!  It is pathetic!

James White-When you have a job to do, it does not matter how nice you are or how good a husband or father you are...you have to measure them by their job performance.

So much more was said...too bad I have a poor memory.  But be assured, the mood was strong of pride for this country as we prayed and sang throughout the event.  We had a great time visiting with some friends we see every day and those who we rarely see any more.  It was a great time to just enjoy the inspiration of the dedicated conservatives in our area.