Palin Rally

Porter asked me last week if he would ever in his lifetime get to see Sarah Palin. He has had a lot of fun watching her on the news, and thinks it's pretty cool that he lives in the same place. He's been pretty interested in politics this year for some reason. He's been rooting for Sarah Palin, and for Sean Parnell (our Lt. Governor) to oust Don Young, our rep. that has been in congress for over 25 years. Personally, I just think he thinks Sean is "cooler." Anyway, he was willing to get up at 5:30 in the morning to go see her in Anchorage, so I took him and Bridger to the rally.

We got a great spot right on the front row (thanks to Donna).

Here's a picture of Willow and Trig. Todd is on the left signing my button. I wanted to reach out and touch Trig's cute little hand, but I figured the Secret Service would karate chop me if I did! It's pretty weird having Secret Service here in Wasilla. There's three coast guard boats on Lake Lucille (it's not that big of a lake.) We were thinking they would make a mighty fine moose hunting rig. :)

In this picture Sarah had reached out and tussled Porter's hair. She said, "Hey, how are you!!! So glad you came!" Anyway, Porter was pretty excited. Piper is on the left. Porter got both her and Sarah's signatures. I think he's more excited about Piper's but he gets really mad if we tease him about it. Both Sarah and Todd signed my campaign button.

This is Sean Parnell introducing himself to Porter. It must have been because he's a kid, but Porter was man of the hour.

Porter and Bridger getting ready to rally

Bridger had a rough time because he got really claustrophobic. He squatted down on the floor and peeked out of a crack in the barrier to get some air. Poor guy. He ended up enjoying himself in the end. So.... Porter did get to see Sarah in his "lifetime." :)