Julia Meets Jindal!

Last November, our state elected a new governor ... Bobby Jindal. He's a young father, with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Best of all, he is a sincere Christian with a lot of desire to make a difference in our state. In case you can't tell, I am very proud of our newly elected governor.

This past week, I was invited not once, but twice to meet with Gov. Jindal! I was invited to a dinner for 4-H agents at the Governor's Mansion. Sadly, I had to turn down that invitation, as the kids were starting school this week and I already had plans to be away from home one other night. I just didn't feel like it was good timing. I needed to be home and not out hob-nobbing.

The second invitation was to meet with Jindal as he visited in our parish. Turned out that this was the day I had a prior committment to being out of town. Again, I had to turn down the chance to speak with Gov. Jindal. I was very, very disappointed.

But as luck would have it, Julia got to meet Gov. Jindal instead! Kindergarten students didn't have school this week due to individual testing, so a homeschooling friend of mine (Phyllis Jordan) kept Julia. The Jordan family (Phyllis, father David and 9 of their 10 beautiful children) was also invited to meet with Jindal. They took Julia along with them. (I had no idea that she would be going to meet Gov. Jindal that day. In fact, I learned about it that evening after I returned from my 4-H Agents Conference.)

While meeting Gov. Jindal, Julia asked if she could show him a trick. Here are some pictures of Julia showing Gov. Jindal how she can balance a stack of quarters on her arm and then stand on one foot. I was unaware that Julia had this special talent (though I got to view the trick myself last night). Trust me when I say that it is just what I typed ... she stacks up 4 quarters on her forearm and then balances on one foot. I'm sure it is much more difficult for a 5 year old than it would be for a 35 year old!



You can tell Gov. Jindal is a young father because he looks extremely interested by this fascinating trick my obviously talented 5 year old daughter shared with him. :) Too precious for words!




One last picture: The Jordans plus Julia and Jindal ... how's that for a lot of J words?!



So, even though I'm disappointed that I missed out on meeting our wonderful governor, I'm proud as peaches that my little girl got to spend a few minutes with him!