Rain or Reign

The Queen with her Princes

Club of the year...They were so excited we couldn't get a good picture of everyone.

The rain just keeps coming. I guess the prayers of a couple of years ago are being answered now. It would be good if we had a prayer strength monitor, so we would know when to stop praying for things like rain! I was out driving yesterday and saw how much ice and slush were still left around town. It didn't look so bad out here, so I was wondering why school had a delay yesterday. Now I know why. All of that melt plus the rain is going to make a really big mess. Our driveway is already having a hard time of it. The traction control system on the van turns on when I enter our driveway now!

Last night went very well. Both of my boys achieved the Silver Award Level in 4-H. #1 was County Champion in 5 out of 6 project books, and #2 was County Champion in 6 out of 7 books. Our club won Community Service Award for the fifth year in a row, and FINALLY! we won Club of the Year. We actually won it the last two years, but had to share the title with another club. Sharing the title sort of makes it illegitimate; this was much nicer. Many of our club members won their Achievement levels as well as County Champion for their books.

Now they all have to make decisions about which books they want to go on to District Level Judging. Each child can only send two books to District, so out of all of those County Champions we have to choose. #1 wants to send his books on Puppeteering and Videography. #2 has a tougher decision and we will have to get some more info before deciding. The prize is different for each book, and of course he wants the best prize! So it will either be Electricity and 4-H Discovery or Science and Technology and Discovering Plants.

Today I meet with the Extension Agent to discuss a workshop we are teaching together this weekend in Raleigh. The workshop is on Citizenship. I find this topic very interesting. I guess that is part of the reason I considered Law School before deciding on Education. Lately I have been disappointed in our President and his Citizenship Behavior. I know he planned on breaking traditions once in office, but some traditions are important to maintain the respect of the office. The gifts that he gave to the Prime Minister of Great Britain and having guys over for beer at the White House are just two examples of his lack of protocol. Last week's rebuff of the Supreme Court Justices was another lowering of the bar. To maintain the respect of our government officials in all branches of the government, a good presidential role model is needed. I hope the next year will bring some more responsible behavior on the part of our President.