Special guest at his school:


Dear son was very impressed with the Secret Service and all the security measures that were taken in the days leading up to the event. The day of the event, he was up at 5:00. "If I'm not there by 8:15, I'll be locked out."





Here's why there was no garbage pickup that day. I guess garbage trucks make good barriers:


Finally they let the visitors in.


Dear son got a seat near some VIPs:



The governor was sitting just in front of the mayors. (That's his blurry head in the bottom right corner of the top photo.)


Wonder how this guy got through security. Did they x-ray his cheese head?


Finally, after much waiting, and an introduction by the amazing Principal Nancy Evans:


Imagine having this man speak right at you, telling you that it's up to you to do your best and succeed in this world. Yeah, he was there to make some political point, but to my son, it meant so much more.


A day he'll remember the rest of his life.