God Bless America

Every Heart beats true for the RED, WHITE, & BLUE

Happy 4th of July! Here are some of our festivities:

Arthur sang with four other men at the flag ceremony for our Tri-Ward breakfast and 5K run.

Then we went to a neighborhood 4th of July celebration that was so fun! They had a cute bike parade, (or stroller, wagon, or people walking dogs, parade). Tragically, we discovered upon our arrival that Dallin's tire was flat, so he didn't get to ride after all. But there were lots of other fun things. Here is Dallin sitting atop the dunk tank.

He and I both got dunked, and it felt great.

The Albuquerque Fire Department sent one of their engines over

and let the kids explore and try on hats, and coats.

Adults, too. Those hats are HEAVY!!!

They also took the kids for a ride around the block in the engine, and later sprayed everybody with the hose. Unfortunately, we missed that part because the kids and Arthur were tired, so we headed home for naps, since it would be a long night.

Snow cones at the neighborhood celebration

Daphne with her good friend Kirra.


Hayden snoozing during all the celebrating.
Doesn't he look patriotic in his attire?

In the evening we drove over to Rio Rancho to visit some friends we met at Cornell. They have a perfect view from their backyard of the Rio Rancho city fireworks show which is a pretty good little fireworks show. I think we enjoyed it more than the kids. They were all pretty tired by the time it was dark enough. But they enjoyed the fireworks we did on the street, and of course, SPARKLERS!

How grateful we are to live in a land where we have so many opportunities and freedoms. Where we can worship how we choose and where there is no lack of food or necessity.
I feel so blessed to live in this land, and grateful for all the soldiers who have given their lives to secure our freedom, and for those who serve our country now. Thanks for making our nation the land of the free!