Impact Day

Last week, Don and I birthed a baby named Impact Day. For the last four months, Don has eat, sleeped and drank Impact Day. Now, you may ask, "what is Impact Day?" Impact Day is when candidates running for local, state and national races (from Utah) come to the U and give students an opportunity to meet them. There were about 80 candidates (a record) and thousands of students that came through! Don did a wonderful job planning and pulling off such a huge event--who wouldn't be impressed with 80 candidates coming? It was a great success, and most of all, we are glad it's over.

Picture courtesy Deseret News

 

 

Nick, Emi and Don...Government Relations Board at the U

I took work off to come and help!

Ad for the event--they also had smaller signs and lawn signs around campus. Go Utes!

Beginning of day when candidates and students are starting to arrive

Introducing candidates to speak. Look how cute.

Future politician? Maybe.

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Tis the season...for elections!

It has been a crazy few weeks in our house! Don is studying hard for the LSAT in addition to studying hard for school and working hard for the Government Relations board at the U (whew, busy boy!). I am not sure how he manages to keep up with it all. He often will stay up hours after I have zonked out at night studying and working on things, just to wake up with me early in the morning and start the day all over. What an amazing guy.

A few weeks ago the "Fire Pelosi" bus came to Salt Lake. The RNC (where Don interned this summer) has a big campaign going called Fire Pelosi in conjunction with the upcoming elections! To end the campaign, there is a bus. Yes, an actual bus that has huge letters on it making its way around the country. Being the political junkies advocates and fans that we are, we of course had to see this bus. (An aside, anyone who came and visited us this summer whilst we were in DC, knows I was not the biggest fan of this slogan, but I am warming up to it more. Plus to see it in bus form is kind of interestingly funny.) Along with the bus coming, there were several candidates that spoke. Ahh yes, we love a good political rally!

Happy camper

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