Farewell Obama Family

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As the world prepares to bid farewell to Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, I thought I would share a few of my favourite moments from the past eight years - video and photos of the first family, both at work and having fun.

The White House

Michelle Obama and daughters, Malia and Sasha, talking to Barack after her Democratic National Convention speech in 2008. The girls, who were only 7 and 10 years old at the time, were so cute.

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The New York Times

Barack Obama's 2009 election night and Victory Speech

The 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States

Boston.com

The New York Times

The first family introducing their dogs Bo and Sunny

The President's response to the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting and his proposals regarding gun control. Read the article below.

http://gawker.com/5976588/the-touching-letters-these-kids-wrote-president-obama-after-the-sandy-hook-shooting-will-convince-you-to-support-gun-control

The White House

The First Lady's public health campaign, "Let's Move!," which aims to reduce childhood obesity and encourage children to have a healthy lifestyle.

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Let's Move!

The 'Inside the Obama White House' documentary which shows us what really happens in the white house and the work that the president does.

The first family handing out food to the less fortunate for Thanksgiving.

Easter celebrations at the White House

The President and First Lady's appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

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The Advocate

Malia and Sasha's first state dinner. They looked so beautiful. I loved their gowns.

The President's farewell speech.

Yahoo

The Australian

Barack Obama is the first US president I have paid attention to. I enjoy listening to his speeches. He is a great speaker, the first lady Michelle is a wonderful role model to women everywhere and the whole family seem so casual and friendly. They said that they wanted to make the White House "the people's house" and they definitely did that. Their appearances on talk shows were interesting and funny. I'm going to miss them a lot.

Thank you Mr and Mrs Obama, you have been a great president and first lady and made America proud. Goodbye and best wishes to all of you.

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