Exciting Day!

On August 17, 2011 President Barack Obama stopped for a town hall meeting in Alpha Illinois, just right up the road from us.  We did not get to see him in person, but we tried to see what we could.  Addysen was excited to go, since she had recently learned his name.  Actually, that morning she made up a song and started singing it to me in the car, "Barack Obama to you, Barack Obama to you!"  After driving around the countryside for a while, and getting denied access anywhere close to the interstate (where he would be traveling) we finally found a spot to stop at Kleine Equipment.  Addysen and Aunt Mary took a couple of senior pictures with the tractors, the president motorcade drove by in all its glory and it was over.  It was happened fast, but it was exciting to see the United States President in our 'neck of the woods!' 

Before we left, Addysen had to give her cows a little treat!

Here she is throwing corn in to the cows, mid throw...

At Kleine Equipment, Addysen and Aunt Mary practicing for senior pictures;)

here comes the motorcade!

President Barack Obama's bus

The rest of the motorcade following....

This was very cool to see. The whole interstate was shut down for quite sometime before and after he passed by us.