We started out the day at the Newport Beach Second Ward's pancake breakfast. Everett loved eating the pancakes.
Cole was happy and content just hanging out with Mom.
We ended the day watching fireworks over the bay. It was an amazing show. Everett was sitting on the fence and I got to cuddle with my two boys. Granted I was trying to keep Everett from falling down a cliff into the ocean and Cole just didn't want to be put down. Good times!O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassion'd stress, A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes prov'd, In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine. Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. (lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates)
I am always grateful to be reminded of what a wonderful country we live in. Today in church we sang "America the Beautiful" and I got choked up. I am grateful for the men and women that have sacrificed so much so that I could enjoy my freedoms today. I so marvel at the people that have worked and sacrificed for all the blessings that I take advantage of. What an amazing legacy our generation has been given.
It is my hope that I will strive to follow with a legacy of my own. That I leave the world a better place. I believe that if I teach my sons righteously and with the Lord's help they will be my legacy. I am so blessed to have them.
I give thanks to my father for passing his love of our country to me. He was a role model of a citizen who would fight for his country and beliefs. I hope that our armed forces today are filled with people who have the same convictions that my dad had.
I am so proud to be an American!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassion'd stress, A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes prov'd, In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine. Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. (lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates)
I am always grateful to be reminded of what a wonderful country we live in. Today in church we sang "America the Beautiful" and I got choked up. I am grateful for the men and women that have sacrificed so much so that I could enjoy my freedoms today. I so marvel at the people that have worked and sacrificed for all the blessings that I take advantage of. What an amazing legacy our generation has been given.
It is my hope that I will strive to follow with a legacy of my own. That I leave the world a better place. I believe that if I teach my sons righteously and with the Lord's help they will be my legacy. I am so blessed to have them.
I give thanks to my father for passing his love of our country to me. He was a role model of a citizen who would fight for his country and beliefs. I hope that our armed forces today are filled with people who have the same convictions that my dad had.
I am so proud to be an American!
Yay for the fourth of Yuly! I hope you had a great weekend!
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