By now you have probably heard the flap about the flags.  If you haven't, well yesterday at the McCain/Palin rally they passed out many of the 12,000 flags that were leftover from the DNC--seems they were left at Coors Field (I know, it's not called that, but who can spell "Invesco?) by the good folks up there.  Well, the GOP's said they rescued them from the trash, the DNC said we stole them for a political ploy.

Well, they are American Flags so I guess we might as well have used them!  They sure looked grand there at the jet center, don't you think?!

 It was a great lesson for the kids and an experience they won't soon forget, and we all have sunburns to prove it!  We kept telling them it was history in the making.  It is fun being a part of history, not just reading about it.

This is the best photo I could get of the Alaskan Governor and Senator McCain.  We weren't willing to get there at 5:00 a.m. so we didn't get a good seat, er, I mean place to stand.  But nevertheless we had a wonderful time listening to several speakers and singing along with all the wonderfully patriotic songs (and a few pretty rauchus ones.)  I told my 13 year old son that he had better enjoy it because that was as close to being at a rock concert as he was ever going to get!)

The Gov. and Mr. McCain both had pretty powerful speeches.  Although we have already heard them speak (on TV) and online, it was positively electrifying there! Nothing like a good political rally to get your adrenaline going.  Did you see the video that the RNC had about Gov. Palin?  It had some beautiful footage of Alaska.  I loved the photo of her and the caribou--with the voiceover talking about her being a moose hunter...oh well, moose, caribou, whatever!  Now I know why I like her so much!

Just thought I would add these two pics of some very creative signage!

It is kind of small, but can you tell that the pit bull has...what else?  Big red lips drawn on the dog!  I heard that Sarah's "pit bull" line was ad-libbed.  Not sure if it was or not, but both parties are getting a lot of mileage out of it.  I thought it was great.

And this one is pretty cute too.  We saw these two kids near where we connected up to the LONG line to get in to the rally.  BTW, we saw tons of families there.  Kids everywhere! 

It was also a blessing to be with our friends.  We had the honor of standing by the parents of Adam Brickley.  (I just linked to his Google hits.  If you have time, be sure to watch or listen to some of his recent interviews in addition to checking out his blog.  But if you watch him on the Colbert show, just skip EVERYTHING before Adam comes on.  That guy Colbert uses some rank "humor" that will make you wince big-time.  He did a great job interviewing Adam though.) 

(Don't be surprised if you find that young man leading from the Oval Office someday!) 

Have a blessed homeschooling week!

Homeschooling IS Life!

Nancy