Presidential Election 2012

We believe in teaching and involving our children in politics. It helps them better understand the world they live in and to be more open-minded. Children need to be taught how government works, how to determine which laws are beneficial and how to choose trustworthy leaders. Another important lesson that children need to learn is that people can differ in opinion or beliefs and still get along. Respect for differing beliefs and opinions is important in thriving in a global world. Hotch and I differ in our political affiliations and some of our political views, but we have always had mutual respect for each other's personal beliefs.

This year it was a blast getting the kids involved in the Presidential Election. I loved that our kids knew who the Presidential candidates were and that they asked tons of questions about the candidates. A family tradition I really look forward to is taking the kids with me when I vote. We talk about the process and I let them help me vote. We were pleasantly surprised that at the voting center there was a children's vote for our county. They were so excited to get to place their vote for President. We love Barrack Obama so four votes were cast for him. Too bad only one counted in the real election!

My Hotch is not always the most responsible man. He forgot to change his address on his voter's registration (even though I reminded him to check it) which made his voting location 40 minutes away. We made it into a voting date.

Thankfully, he didn't have to wait too long to vote. Now we have five votes for Obama from Hotchkiss Home.

We love staying up late watching the results of the election roll in. 

And the winner is...Barrack Obama!

It took what seemed like forever for Mitt Romney to concede the race to the clear cut winner Barrack Obama. My kids stayed awake long enough to see who won and then the little ones fell asleep half way through Obama's speech. (It was about 1 AM.) Alyssa was my pal for the acceptance speech. 

So grateful that the best qualified, most honest and our personal favorite, Barrack Obama, won the 2012 Presidential race!

"I believe we can keep the promise of our Founders. The idea that if you are willing to work hard it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in America if you're willing to try. I believe we can cease this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggest. We're not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America."

President Barrack Obama