And the Winner Is......

It has been a jam packed week around our household.

I was able to spend some Nana time with our new little wonder on Wednesday while Grandpa spent some quality time on the golf course.  Although Hubby loves his weekly outing, he was a little jealous of my cuddle hour.  (Never fear, he'll get his cuddle time in too.) It was my favorite time of the week though.

Most of the week was spent winding down the campaign of my favorite candidate.  Some interesting turn of events occurred as election day approached and reached a fevered pitch.  One of the current city council members decided to run an add endorsing my candidate without his permission.  Although an endorsement is always a positive, he was not too happy about the content promising something he was not at all sure he could deliver on.  Fortunately, he was notified of the ad in time to make a change - namely taking his name off the ad!  I am proud that he is a man of integrity!!  Most of the rest of the week was spent making calls, getting people to the polls, talking to people about their vision for the city, and listening, listening, and more listening.    We have a new city newspaper that we are enjoying, and they did a great job covering the pre-election day forum and candidate platforms.

Election day arrived in conjunction with the dreariest rainy day that we have had for awhile.  It was much needed rain, and while my rain barrels are full again, I had hopes for a sunny day that would bring people to the polls.  Hubby got up and went to an early breakfast, and then drove to City Hall to see what was happening.  What was happening was that the candidates were setting up tables and the voters were arriving in record numbers despite the rain!  Hubby decided he should stay and do some campaigning and ended up spending the entire day there.  (And yes, he managed to do some baby kissing before the polls closed!)  It was a tense day with so many candidates and so many voters.  The great news is that our community wins!  It's wonderful that there is so much interest in our city and it's leaders.  The more people who are involved, the more we can accomplish!

The polls closed at 7:00pm.  We had a steady stream of people stopping by the house, as well as calling in for their support.  Sometime around 9:45 a neighbor rang the doorbell, and excitedly offered his congratulations.  Although we had not been able to get the results yet, his diligence paid off and he was able to be the one to announce the big WIN! - Not only a win, but the candidate with the most votes out of the three who won places on the council.  It was a late night of congratulatory phone calls and house calls. Now the REAL work begins.

During the day Saturday, I got a call from our next door neighbor excitedly telling me to get outside quick!  There was no other information, so I anxiously ran out the door.  As I headed for their house, they yelled at me to "TURN AROUND!!"  This is what all the excitement was about:

If you look really carefully, you can see the double rainbow.

 There was the brightest double rainbow I have ever seen!  It was the talk of the entire town.  So incredible.  The entire "lens" of the earth could be seen - end to end.  It lasted that way for almost 20 minutes!

All in all.....a day to remember!

Gratitude for:

- Baby cuddles

- Amazing rainbows that come with amazing promises from God.

- Great new leadership for our city.