independence holiday || photos

parade + face painting + breakfast + swimming + fireworks from the backyard = one good holiday

Oh, say can you see...

There's nothing quite like over hearing my three girls stand at the edge of the yard watching fireworks from around the valley while belting out at the top of their lungs the National Anthem. They gave me chills tonight. I know they don't completely understand how fortunate they are to live in America and have the freedoms we enjoy, but with their gusto and proud voices trailing into my bedroom window they certainly reminded me how truly blessed we are to live in this great country. I am proud to be an American.

Happy Independence Day.

the fourth

has always been one of my favorite holidays. i think for sure it was the fireworks and being with family. now it is still for all of those reasons, but i am so much more aware of how grateful i am to live in this awesome country. to know i am free and have the right to live the way i choose. feel so lucky to be here.











That morning we went and had a ward breakfast that included a flag ceremony, 15 min speaker, breakfast (it was danishes and/or homemade omletes like at the resorts...awesome), and entertainment. The entertainment was brought to us by a group call "Synergy". They performed for so long. I got tired just watching them. It was so nice we were able to eat while we listened, apparently last year they ate afterwards.












That afternoon Adam's family came up to our house and we went swimming for a few hours,

then had a bbq, games, and when it got dark watched a lot of fireworks across the valley.

Very cool. It was a great holiday.