We had a pretty low key 4th of July celebration this year, but it was still a lot of fun. To start off the day, Dustin put up a flag pole on the side of our house so we could be more patriotic then he made us flag pancakes for breakfast. We had Dustin's sister, DawnSheree, and her family along with my sister came to join us for the festivities later on in the afternoon. We went swimming, ate lots of great food (including homemade root beer, stuffed cream cheese jalapeno burgers, and homemade ice cream!), watched the fireworks from the roof of our house, and enjoyed a fireworks show that the boys put off in the yard. All I can say is that we were grateful to have our nephew Garth here to remind us how exciting the simple things in life really are! He was so excited about the fireworks!
As I've been thinking about the different freedoms that I enjoy it has really struck me how blessed we are to have the freedom to worship as we choose at this time. My mind keeps thinking back about the pioneers and the sacrifices that were made to make their trek West so that the Gospel could roll forth and prosper in our day. We truly are so blessed! The sacrifices we are asked to make don't seem much like sacrifices at all when I think about the marvelous blessings we receive in return for our diligence...
I didn't take many pictures on the 4th, but here are a couple. The first is of Dustin's snazzy flag. The others are the boys making root beer and DawnSheree's cute chubby baby (I hope you don't mind me sharing these, but they're too cute!).
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