Today I watched the inaguration of the new president with mixed feelings. I hope that he can do a good job because America needs him to. We as citizens of this country are counting on him to help us and fulfil his oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America. I hope that he truly does have the best interests of our country foremost in his mind. My fear is that he will not be able to live up to all the hype. We have seen how his policies have changed already since the campaign and then through the election victory until now. I hope the country remembers that we have elected a democrat to the highest executive office and that democrats can't do anything but what democrats do: tax and spend, regulate everything with big government and dismantle the military. All these things leave our country vulnerable. Hopefully the president will be able to overcome his party and do things in the best interest of the citizenry.
I do take offense with all the references this new president has made to Abraham Lincoln and racial predjudice. Naturally, Lincoln is one of the most revered, respected and honorable presidents this country has ever had. I think it is arrogant presumption on the part of the incoming president to think that he is anywhere near the level of Abraham Lincoln. His policies and decisions will have to stand the test of time, not just flash in the pan to be known at the same caliber of president as Lincoln. With all the references to slavery and other inflammatory racial remarks, I just wish it would die. White people can seem to forgive and forget, but others can't seem to do the same. There is no one person that can apologize for all the sins of white people, so it seems that we can never live it down. Hopefully one day soon Christ will come again and set everything straight once again. We are all brothers and sisters, none better than the other and equal in the eyes of God, so why not equal in the eyes of Man as well?
So today is a beginning, I pray it is not the beginning of the end.
It is Kody's 1st birthday today! The kids asked us what we were going to do for him today. We decided that we would wish him happy birthday and give him an extra treat. Kody is just a really, really big puppy. He loves to play and be with the family. We enjoy having him around.
Conner lost his first tooth last week and he didn't even know it!! A few weeks ago I noticed that there was a gap appearing between two of his bottom teeth. I wiggled them and found that one was loose. I would check it periodically but didn't think much about it...neither did Conner. Last Friday morning he woke up and his tooth was gone! We thought that he might have swallowed it. But our budding detective, Tyler, went on a search for it and found it on Conner's mattress. The tooth fairy came and then Conner got excited about it. Isn't he a cutie!!!
