Josh. County Fair.

Josh stayed with us the last two weeks, but on Saturday, he went home. Dave came to pick him up at the Crow Wing County fairgrounds. Josh and all of our family members went to the fair in the morning and stayed there until afternoon. Josh and Gabriel rode on a few rides, including the scrambler (by whatever name it was called at this particular fair). Gabriel had a good time and didn’t want to go home. I hate to disappoint the little guy, but we couldn’t stay forever.

We did visit with the CW Republicans. I saw that there were very few faces representing the party at the fair, though there were plenty of ignorant libs chanting the Democrat party talking points, like a bunch of mind-numbed robots. Funny how those people seem to never speak for themselves. In any case, we saw David Allan Pundt for the second time, and we offered to support him in his campaign for state representative. He is a fiscal conservative and calls for responsibility and accountability in government. Pundt says that small government is the answer, and this is a mindset that I can support and believe. He is a Viet Nam veteran, and a family man who supports pro-life causes, the sanctity of life from birth to natural death, and the right of private citizens to bear arms. Right on, (future) Representative Pundt! Keep it up; we need more of this mindset in government on every level. By the way, after we talked to his campaign representative, within three days (today), his campaign put a huge lawn sign in front of our house. As far as I am concerned, they can bring at least a couple more. Check out his campaign site at http://www.davidallanpundt.com/ This is a good man with a grass roots point of view that we need to encourage in our elected officials.

Gabriel said that he missed Josh already within an hour or two of Josh going back to his home. I like having him around most of the time. He is a teenager, so he gets testy, but then we all have our good days and bad days. Lately, Josh has been really good with the boys and spending more time with them. That is mainly because we are rearranging the house and the computer that Josh uses to get online is disassembled. He couldn’t get online, and so he was spending his days watching TV and playing with the boys.

Josh is a good kid, and I hope that he understands that when he is respectful and friendly, he is welcome to come to our home. When I have a problem with him, it is because he sometimes likes to spend his time downstairs watching TV and online, instead of being part of our household. When he is in our home, Heather and I agree that he should be part of the family goings-on, instead of isolating himself. He can be online at home, so when he visits, if he joins our family interactions, then I am glad to have him in the neighborhood, so to speak. I hope he comes back soon. The bike rides with the whole family, and Josh, are good exercise and lots of fun. The goats like our bike ride-interrupting visits, too. However, that is a story for another day.