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About The Senator's Wife

I started this blog on a whim thinking it would be fun to write about politics while my husband served in the OK State Senate. The jury's still out on that, but having a front row seat on the sideline of Oklahoma politics has been one big adventure.

My Day at the Capitol

The ceremony honoring the Oklahoma Mother of the Year and Young Mother was held yesterday at the Marble Palace….and, it was such a nice day. Truly, these women are amazing and were recognized as such on the floor of the House of Representatives and up in the Senate Gallery. My job was to help move them from room to room as our Capitol building can be a little overwhelming if you aren’t terribly familiar with the beaten path of the place.

This is our 2010 Mother of the Year with her State Senator (right).

And, our Young Mother with her State Representative.

Pictured here are past Oklahoma Mothers of the Year who were there for moral support.

This next one was taken before they were recognized on the House Floor with the winner of the Oklahoma 5th Grade Essay Contest – a national contest, sponsored by American Mothers, Inc. ® She wrote an essay titled, ‘What My Mother Means to Me,’ and read it to the crowd during the ceremony. Not sure there was a dry eye in the room, especially her mothers….could not have been more precious!

She also had her picture taken with her representative…which I think is way cool.

After the official festivities, there was a lovely reception in the rotunda. My Oklahoma mother-friends snatched a camera and took a pic of me with my Senator. I think he’s pretty cute!

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A Couple of Things…

…only because I have not blogged since March 12th. And, today is significant not just because I haven’t blogged in a few weeks, but because it will be the first day that I will actually enter the Capitol building during this legislative session. That may not sound like a big deal, but considering I enjoy hanging out down there and watching the chaos, makes it a big deal…at least, for me. I might have even forgotten where the Senator’s office is located?

However, today is different. Today, the Oklahoma Mothers Association of American Mothers will recognize the 2010 Oklahoma Mother of the Year and Young Mother in the Blue Room of the State Capitol. I happen to be a member of this group and am involved with the program so I think I will be there with bells on…and it should be a nice occasion.

Oklahoma has some amazing moms. Including mine, who is pictured below!

I promise I will take my camera with the best intentions of using it so that I can share some of these awesome Oklahoma moms with you!

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Dinner

There is nothing like a home cooked meal…or, so the Senator says. Which is why he enjoys having his colleagues over for dinner during the legislative session. He particularly likes inviting those members over who live a great distance from the Capitol and are unable to go home to their families each night.

This year the King’s Ranch Casserole was back by popular demand… and my kitchen and I lived to tell about it. Never mind that it looked like a fraternity house for a while, but what would you expect with eight grown men hanging out?

Once dinner was served I left them to their own devices and discussions. I mean, seriously, someone had to begin the monstrous clean up!

Meanwhile, these guys played pool, laughed a lot, watched a basketball game and discussed all of the world’s problems. I’m not sure what they were laughing at, or who won at the pool table, but I don’t think it mattered. The Senator should do this more often. After all, the world has a lot of problems that need to be solved, right?