Madison Turns 10 AND a little gripe

My little Madison turned TEN on February 20. We only do birthday parties with friends every other year, so this year was a family birthday. We went to The Mayan which is a really neat Mexican restaurant with a huge waterfall and divers that you get to watch while you eat. My parents were able to come which made it extra special for Madison. Later that night we opened presents, had cake and ice cream and she was able to have a "stay up" with some friends until about 10:30pm.Madison is creative, strong, empathetic, athletic, a good friend, and FUN to be around. We love her so much!

Now for the gripe. Everyday while running errands, I listen to the Doug Wright Show. I LOVE Doug Wright because he always says so eloquently everything I already think. So the day after Obama's most recent speech on the stimulus package, apparently there was a lot of negative commentary on the speech as well as everything he has or hasn't done so far in his 5 week administration. It seems to me that people (especially conservative Utah Republicans) WANT HIM TO FAIL and are standing by at every turn to criticize his every move. This is basically what Doug Wright was saying--he is LDS and conservative, but so right on target with this one. Would we all rather have the previous IDIOT back in office that embarrassed us at every turn, ruined diplomacy with most of the rest of the world, got us into a preemptive war in Iraq with no end in sight, and subsequently caused a complete lack of hope and trust on the part of the American people?! No, I do not agree with everything Obama believes, but he loves his country, he is brilliant, he is diplomatic, and he has an oh-so-rare attribute--COMMEN SENSE. Why is it that if people do not believe as we do, we have to turn them into the enemy? I actually got an email that suggested that he was the ANTI-CHRIST!! Wow. Was that because he was black, or democrat I wonder? Oh, and by the way, he was sworn in on a BIBLE not the Quran, wore a flag on his lapel (oh how grandly important this one is) and put his hand on his heart--all to the disappointment and dismay of many conservatives, waiting for him to fail. So I guess my point is, although we may not agree with everything he stands for, we should WANT HIM TO SUCCEED, with all our hearts. Our future depends on it!