Blogging Life: Hard at Work on the Campaign Trail

Monday, October 01, 2012

Hard at Work on the Campaign Trail

Our little family has been working hard to campaign for Judge Jill Ganus (District Judge, Jefferson County - Bessemer Division) - that means that we've been attending street festivals and passing out flyers and popsicles while eating way too much junk food, buying too many junk toys, and socializing. It's been really fun.

Pause for a political plug:
Judge, as we affectionately call her, is Bessemer's Family Court judge, where Dave spends a significant amount of his time. While she only hears cases in the Bessemer division, she will be on the ballot for all of Jefferson County in November. If you are a Jefferson County resident, we hope you will vote for her because she is passionate about the families and children she sees every day and she's doing good work. Check out her website for more information.
End political plug.

125th Annual Whistle Stop Festival

We spent Saturday afternoon at the Whistle Stop Festival in Irondale. The festival is 125 years old, but this was our first time and it was cool. The main stage is set up in front of the railroad tracks and 4 city blocks are roped off for vendors and foot traffic. The whole afternoon, we listened to music and watched the trains roll by. Luke loved it.

There were lots of things for the kids to do. They ate and ate. They jumped, they got paper train conductor hats - which Luke wore all day like it was his job. They played with their friends. They got positively disgusting, running around with bare feet on the street, covered in spilled snow cone syrup. I hope they didn't tarnish the judge's image with their filthiness.