One election down one run off to go!

OK yesterday was such a long long long day! We got up got the kids feed, dressed, prayed with and on the bus! Hubby and I decided to go back to bed ha ha So Hubby got an extra hour of sleep I however got two and "S" got 4. That little boog did not get up to like 15 till 11:00 which was fine by me because we were going to be on the go all day. "S" and I headed to our store to pick up Hubby to go vote then to grab lunch then back to our shop to remain the rest of the day. My Mom and Pop in law were standing at the polls all day long and there had to be someone there to answer the phones and run the front. I picked the girls up from school early because I did not want them to ride the bus home to nobody! "M" had another great day that's 4 in a row. I know most of you would be ashamed to say that your so excited your daughter is having issues at school and super excited when she has 4 good days in a row. NOT ME I am just so stinking proud of her she is learning self control and that means her daddy and I are doing our job! We are teaching her all those fruits of the spirit she is catching on one fruit at a time! I AM SO PROUD! Well we went back to the store did all our homework. I had to go to the health department to get my birth certificate that was a fast and easy process. Jackson County has one of the cleanest health departments I have ever seen. I of course remember the one down town Huntsville that smelled horrible and was missing floor tiles why you might ask do I remember the missing floor tiles well because that's were I sat because it was standing room only. ha ha When we got back to the store Silas was climbing as always and fell onto a drawer. He cut his mouth REALLY REALLY bad from his back mawler all the way up to his lip. I did not think it would ever stop bleeding! ughhh by the end of the night it looked horrible.

Well sometime around 6:30 we head down to the Rec-Com to hear the final results of all the hard work my family has been doing since my Pop qualified for office. My sister in law and nephew came into town so they were there with us just like the rest of the town was there. We were electing Mayor and 2 city council seats. I just walked and walked and walked I was getting so nauseous I have said it before on this blog It was rough on us when he got beat 4 years ago. Well it was hard to pace the front and keep up with the kids so I took all four kids back to our truck and we watched the old cartoon speed racer. I was watching all the little kids with there red t shirts running around and playing I knew something had happened when I heard a roar and saw the little red shirts running toward the front of the rec com. So the results were in and we have a new Mayor Mr. Potter whom I have met maybe a couple of times but I feel like he is going to do a great job. Let me say I pray that he is going to do a great job that's one of those positions that you just have to pray for them daily to make the right decisions for our city and I believe he will be praying that same prayer. I am happy! Now onto our race my Pop is in a run off with Gary Spears. I have to say I never saw that coming and that is no disrespect to Mr. Spears because well I did not know anything about him, but I now know he is the Vic Principal in a Scottsboro City School. I just knew we were going to be in a run off with our neighbor Buddy Simmons. The other seat is Sandy Walker (I am sorry If I got her last name wrong)and Thurmond Bell. After the election there were lots of cheers and lots of tears. I felt horrible for the ones that did not win or make it to the run off. I know I should have been more excited about us making it further but I also remember how it felt to be on that end of the stick and it was heart breaking and you feel so betrayed. I pray that these people will take a day or two to take it in then move on and try to find out what they are going to do once the new elect take office.
I have to say I have never (well maybe not never but gives good dramatic effect) been so proud to have this last name than I was last night. Most people when they win or loose hit all the parties and normally my father in law does the same. Last night NO he just wanted to be with his family. It was like very symbolic to me and It just reaffirmed to me that I was right about him all along his love for his family is what is pushing him to put himself out there like this. He above all else loves his family and just wanted to relax and be with us. Not saying he did not want to be with the people that got him this far but that he just needed time to be with us since he started we have not gotten to have that and it was WONDERFUL! I LOVE MY IN LAW'S (until they hack me off ha ha ha ha ha) Well That was my day in a nut shell. We now have six more weeks of hard work and pounding the pavement trying to let people see who my father in law as the loving, hard working man he is. I just like I have said before that I just want the town of Scottsboro to know and love this man like I do. Well I am off to go get a shower and go take my passport picture and then to the court house to get it. I hope everyone is having a great day. Blessings