Our Journey Ends...

We began this journey on November 22, 2008; we will end our journey on Presidents Day and Black History Month.  Following Malia and Sasha was an experience of a lifetime.  We learned so much and hope you enjoyed  our weblog.  We want to thank all of our visitors and fans of the First Daughters. We end our blog with almost 50,000 visitors to our site.  Although this is our last post, grandma will continue to acknowledge birthdays and good news on our book twitter and facebook pages.

Don't forget, you can view four years of Malia and Sasha via this weblog and the first year is in our book entitled Our Journey with Radiance and Rosebud.  We will still post comments.

Thank you so much,
Kailysia and Kaila Beckwith
aka (KandK)

Click here:  Welcome back, President Obama!  (go to student view)

A Prayer for Malia and Sasha

God of Heaven and Earth, we thank you for life and life more abundantly.  We thank you for leadership in the greatest country on earth, the United States of America.  We thank you Father for the gift of family that we see evident in the life of our President. Father God, we pray a covering not just for the leadership of America, or the White House, not only for President Obama and his wife Michelle, but particularly for their daughters Malia and Sasha.  

While being children of the President of the United States of America, and in the spotlight each and everyday, we cover them while in school, in the parks, when traveling, when shopping for fun and fashionable wardrobes and games, or maybe just being outdoors playing with their puppy BO, it is our prayer, God, that you will protect Malia and Sasha, as well as their parents and others who attend to them.

It is also our prayer that they will be educationally, socially and spiritually developed, and even though their roles are very important, it is also our prayer that they will have a chance to enjoy a wholesome childhood.  We also pray, Father God, that their parents will continue to cover them with prayer everyday, and Father God, while Malia and Sasha did not ask for this we are truly thankful for their position to influence so many others in a positive way. Now we pray that you will give them everything they need to deal with the pressures that come along with their newfound responsibilities. 

Lastly, but certainly not least, Father God, we thank you for the lives that will be changed all over the world for the better as a result of Malia and Sasha.     This is our prayer.  Amen.

Pastor Donald L. Johnson

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Bartlett, Tennessee

Happy Birthday, Great Grandmother

Our Great-Grandmother (Armittie Heard)  is 90 years old today!

Our Favorite Malia and Sasha Photos

Malia and Sasha!

Malia Obama and Sasha Obama arrive during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.      Credit: WIN MCNAMEE/AFP/Getty Images

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, though the act predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years.

King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed on January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.

Our First Family

Malia and Sasha at Kids' Inaugural

First lady Michelle Obama, center, and daughters Malia and Sasha attend Kids' Inaugural:
Our Children. Our Future." event in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. 

Happy Birthday to Malia and Sasha's Mom!

From MSFC:

MSFC featured in Divine Magazine

We would like to thank Megan Mottley, owner/publisher of Divine Magazine for featuring us in the 2012/2013 Fall/Winter Issue (35 People Who Inspire) special edition.

Click here to read our section.

Malia and Sasha head to Honolulu

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha walk from Marine One to board Air Force One, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to a holiday vacation in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Merry Christmas

Lighting of National Christmas Tree 2012

(Photo 1)  President Barack Obama, right, and daughter Malia Obama, sing as Santa Claus arrives during the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse south of the White House (Photo: AP)

(Photo 2)  First lady Michelle Obama (R) and their daughters Malia (C) and Sasha Obama light the 90th National Christmas Tree during the Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse behind the White House on December 6, 2012 in Washington, DC. This year is the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

(Photo 3)  President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and Marian Robinson participate in the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) 

Malia and Sasha shop for Christmas

President Barack Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha shop for Christmas presents at One More Page, an independent, neighborhood bookstore in Arlington, Va., on Small Business Saturday.

White House Christmas Tree 2012

From our Family to Yours . . .

Malia and Sasha Pardon Turkey

President Barack Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha pardon the 2012 National Thanksgiving Turkey Cobbler during a Rose Garden event at the White House on Wednesday (November 21) in Washington, D.C.

Signed Leotards for Malia and Sasha

The Fierce Five at The White House -- Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Aly Raisman, and Jordyn Wieber -- claimed the gold at this summer's London Games.

They signed leotards to give to Malia and Sasha during their visit.

Malia and Sasha's Dad Won!

Congratulations, President Obama!

The winner of the Scholastic and Nickelodeon Student Vote is President Barack Obama

Wikipedia, Scholastic and Nickelodeon

Kids Pick the President is a series of "campaign" specials produced by the Nickelodeon TV network, organized around a mock election to determine children's choice for the President of the United States. Since 1992, Kids Pick the President has accurately predicted the winner of each election with the sole exception of the 2004 race.

The "Scholastic Election" has been conducted by Scholastic News every election year since 1940. It claims to have predicted the final election results correctly with two exceptions: Harry S. Truman's win over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 election and John F. Kennedy's win over Richard Nixon in the 1960 election.

<sup>Kids picked President Obama in the 2012 mock Scholastic and Nickelodeon elections.

Richard Hutchings / PhotoEdit</sup>

Malia playing tennis

The View: A chat about Malia and Sasha

Atlanta Blackstar
Photo:  Business Insider

The Commander in Chief and First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by “The View” for a chat and their daughters Malia and Sasha were the highlights of the conversation. According to the president, the girls are getting to the age where they aren’t attached to their parents’ hip. “They’re now at the point where they still love their daddy, but they come in [to visit him] strategically,” he said. “They’re not being surly or anything.”

The president also shared that Malia is “turning into a night owl like me” and a cute story about how the girls compared their dad going on stage to give a speech to the Hannah Montana movie. “People are whispering in their various headphones, and I’m about to go on cue. I see Sasha and Malia spinning around,” he said. When he asked them why they were spinning, they told him “this just like in the Hannah Montana movie.”

Sopapillas for Sasha and friends

bethesdamagazine.com
by Carole Sugarman
Lots of Secret Service made a sweep of Rosa Mexicano’s Friendship Heights location on Friday afternoon, September 21. A party of six had a reservation for 6 p.m. And guess who came to dinner? Here are the particulars, according to Caroline Schoen, general manager of the restaurant:

Who: Sasha Obama and a friend, Kathleen and Hunter Biden and two of their daughters.

What they ate: All six had the restaurant’s signature tableside guacamole, as well as an amuse bouche of shrimp and bacon made especially for them. Sasha Obama and the three girls each ordered the chicken quesadillas and Jarritos Grapefruit soda; Kathleen Biden had the chicken tacos, Hunter, the enchiladas suizas.
The chef made a special dessert for the group as well—Raspberry Sorbet over Mexican Spiced Chocolate with Cinnamon Sugar Sopapillas (photo). Sasha reportedly had seconds.

Where they sat: In the glass-enclosed room; the Bidens at one table, the girls at another.

How long they were there: About 1½ hours, with lots of talking and having fun.

What they wore: Casual clothing.

Who paid: Hunter Biden.

Best overheard conversation: Sasha Obama’s friend, asking her, “Are we going to your house for a sleepover?”

Malia and Sasha (2012 and 2008)