Capitol

I admit that I thrive on busy...but I am tired!

Thursday and Friday were our first days of our Horse Tales Literacy Project.  We visited THREE HUNDRED students with horses and books!

Friday evening we attended a wonderful marriage seminar and spent some time with good friends.

Saturday was volunteer training and we trained an almost entirely new set of volunteers for our spring semester.  Titus and Andrew also came down with high fevers on Saturday, which have kept Michael and I on the low-sleep end of the parental spectrum.

Almost everyone woke up Sunday with head colds which prevented our family attending church service together.

Another training on Monday...

Tuesday was Homeschool Day at the state capitol.  We were very glad to get to go, even though we had to leave several children at home who were not feeling well.  It was nice to visit with so many representatives who are favorable to homeschooling.

Sarah went early (of course) to volunteer.  I admit, I don't even know what she's doing most of the time! 😳

Our traditional child picture on the stairs (quite small this year!)...

The girls

 The boys

There was also another event going on at the same time, which the boys were excited to watch.  The Oklahoma Sheriff's Association announced the donation of NARCAN Nasal Spray, the drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose to all sheriffs and deputies across Oklahoma.  The floor below us was full of officers and it was a neat sight to see!

We left the capitol and Michael and I headed straight into another important evening meeting...

Wednesday we were back at the capitol for OVHC-PAC's 3rd annual Capitol Day and Educational Forum with Marcella Piper-Terry as the keynote speaker.  Marcella is the founder of VaxTruth.org, which helps inform parents of their legal right to exemptions and she publishes many articles on different aspects of vaccination and vaccine-injuries.  She was a wealth of information.  I was surprised to learn how much I DIDN'T already know about vaccines.  Her topic for Wednesday was over why we need religious exemptions and why it's impossible to be both pro-life and pro-vaccine.  I'm very glad I was able to go!

Some interesting slides...

Marcella Piper-Terry:

Fun at the photo booth:

Of course Sarah wanted to go early, again, to volunteer with Dan Fisher's campaign that morning.

We went in through the basement where the representatives enter.  I had never been through there before.

Michael and I went with her and learned of the Rose Ceremony, which we attended and listened to.  At first I thought it was a great idea.  Now, I'm not so impressed.  But I'll not get into the whole political thing here...everyone knows how to contact me. 😀  I did enjoy listening to the Oklahoma Baptist Children's Choir...

After all the events, we walked around and spoke with our legislators and legislators from other areas.  Sarah had several specific people that she wanted to visit and we ended the day with a visit with Senator Dahm, who has some really good things coming up!

There are some exciting bills on the table!  Stay after your legislators!  They need to hear from you!  There are 15 bills up for discussion that will hopefully make it out of committee that are in support of parental rights.  We need to see these through!  There are also 2 bills, both authored by Senator Yen, which are harmful and detrimental, not only to parental rights, but even more devastating, to children!  Know what's up...make your voice heard...let your legislators know who they are representing. 😊

Whew!  What a busy week!  I'm glad that classes are starting so I can rest again...