the time oliver made mitt romney laugh

it was early sunday morning, october 21.  i was busy getting ready for church. i had to be on time because it was the primary program and i am the pianist.  while hurrying about the house i got a text from my friend, rachel who is in another ward in our stake. "hope your primary has fun performing for mitt today!" i freaked out.  the final debate was taking place the next day here in boca, but the thought hadn't even crossed my mind that he would attend our ward.   what the what?!

my heart was pounding as i finished getting ready.  was i nervous to play the piano for mitt? what was my problem?  WOULD HE HAND OUT MONEY???

as i pulled into the parking lot, my suspicions were confirmed.  police cars, a fire truck, and secret service had invaded the church parking lot.  there were also news reporters and cameras waiting outside.  as i walked in the building a few secret service agents entered the building as well, adding to the ones in the hall and foyer.  as i walked into the chapel there they were... ann and mitt.  sitting in the back row.  like a couple of normal mormons.  no entourage, just a few secret service agents sprinkled throughout the congregation, sitting among families, serious faces and earpieces in place.  we were sitting a few rows in front of them and everything inside of me was screaming to tweet something, or instagram something!!!  anything!!!  all i could think of was how i could get a picture.  but alas, i kept my cool and decided against a totally obvious photo-op.

then it was time for the primary program.  as i was playing all i could think was "mitt romney is here, MITT ROMNEY IS HERE!!!! i'm playing piano for mitt romney!! what if he thinks i'm SO great and asks me to be his campaign pianist?!! IS THERE SUCH A THING?"  it was so hard for me to not just stare the whole time i was up there, because I HAD THE BEST VIEW!  oh what i wouldn't have done to take a picture from up on the stand...

ollie got up to say one of his parts and he had a giggling attack and everyone laughed.  i glanced at mitt and he was chuckling.  thatta boy, ollie.  parker gave her excellent talk on baptism and macy killed it with her big word she had been practicing, "avoiding".  the entire program was awesome and i'm sure mitt and ann LOVED it and had never seen anything more spectacular.

when the meeting was over, secret service rushed mitt out of the building, but not before josh was able to run around the building and get a handshake as he exited.  but ann, poor ann.  mitt left ann to the wolves.  seriously, during sacrament meeting we all held it together, but as soon as that "amen" was said all of our crazy came out.  she just stood there in the foyer as people rotated around her snapping pictures and posing with her like she was a zoo animal.  and i was one of them!  i got my picture!  and the whole time she was saying "i think i'm going to be late for sunday school..."  poor woman.  we mormons be crazy!

josh found this picture on the internet and added the names for clarification.

it was definitely the most exciting thing to ever happen to the boca raton ward.  and i'm sure mitt will never forget the cute sunbeam who made him laugh.