made famous in a small town...

I was rushing around working on a custom order tonight between bites of leftover lasagna when I stopped in my tracks and my mouth drop opened...and my babbling began...my youngest brother was on national television {ABC news} with Presidential Candidate*, John McCain giving a speech on...well I didn't catch that part...right in front of him in Tyler, Texas! WHAT?!?! My fingers immediately began dialing to find out how in the world this was on my screen...and everyone else's for that matter!

My brother Dallas...Mr. cool-calm-and-collective...played it off beautifully...hey ash...what?...yea, I had a little field trip today...then busts out laughing! He too was WAY impressed. "It was one of the coolest experiences I've had in my life!" Yea, he was excited!! Rightly should be...he was invited onstage shortly before the town hall meeting began in front "of a thousand people Ash!" to be the backdrop of McCain's speech. What a surprise invite for a senior guy in high school who was just joking with his best friend..."how close do you think that I can get to the stage before the secret s*rvice men catch me?"...then not 30 seconds later...the big invite! I am so excited for him!

In searching for the pictures...I found the article for today...when else will you see Cleveland and my home town of Tyler, Texas in the same news article!

{ please note...this is in no way a political post... }

{ pictures borrowed from yahoophotos }