american pride

this morning i took taylor to the groundbreaking of the local museum. i think it's called the great basin museum. we rode our bikes there, and it was quite fun.  the usual dignitaries and speeches. in the hot sun, taylor kept saying "can we go now?" ....i gave him $1 to put in the donation jar bcs they are still collecting money for the museum. so he went to put it inthe jar, and a lady stopped him and sd, "this is for teh adults. kids go over there". so we walked over to the kids' jar just as a guy sd, "great, let's get a picture". do you think i could get taylor to put anything in the jar?? do you think i could get taylor to come out from behind my shadow?? do you think anyone saw his face the rest of the time we were there? you are right. HECK NO. :( 

anyway, sammy's whole school was there and sang "proud to be an american" by one of my heroes whose name has escaped me. :) it was one of those heart stopping moments. course this is what most of us heard...... from the lakes of shshakrkhag  mm mm hills of tatatat...blblabla.....georgia....from sea to something sea....from baldktjwel bla bkajlwjelabk....I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN...WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED AND GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME AND I'LL GLADLY STAND UP....blablabla...

but o, how sweet it was. :) sammy was smiling and waving. i was standing there grateful for big dark glasses to cover my teary eyes. yea...it's all hormones. :)