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Friday, July 18, 2008
4 Years - HOORAY!!
Yesterday, July 17th, Jeremy and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary! Four years, wow. It seems so much longer.... but in a good way! :) I am just as in love with my husband now as I was on the day I married him. Even more so. He is my best friend, biggest supporter, and greatest blessing. I couldn't have married a better man. We are a great pair. Seriously, sometimes it feels like my heart might explode because I love him so much. He is a shinning example of kindness, hard work, dedication, and gospel living. I want to be like him when I grow up. Every life he has touched is better because he was part of it. I am so blessed to be his eternal companion. Did I mention he makes me laugh? How could I not be happy? Cheers to my incredibly wonderful husband Jeremy!!!
God Bless the USA
After writing our 4th of July post my patiotic spirit was fire up again. I just have to share these quotes.
I LOVE this quote and anything I add will take away from it. Read on and be inspired! :)
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~John Stuart Mill
This is a prayer that was offered by our founding father, George Washington.
"Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.
Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way.
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought out of many kindreds and tongues.
Endow with the spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be peace and justice at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth.
In the time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail.
All of which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen."
What a difference it would make if everyone (especially our politicians) shared these sentiments and prayed this sincerely and righteously.
I could go on and on about this. I also love, LOVE our national anthem! Friends and family, stand up and be proud to be an American!!! We are so blessed!
I LOVE this quote and anything I add will take away from it. Read on and be inspired! :)
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~John Stuart Mill
This is a prayer that was offered by our founding father, George Washington.
"Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.
Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way.
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought out of many kindreds and tongues.
Endow with the spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be peace and justice at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth.
In the time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail.
All of which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen."
What a difference it would make if everyone (especially our politicians) shared these sentiments and prayed this sincerely and righteously.
I could go on and on about this. I also love, LOVE our national anthem! Friends and family, stand up and be proud to be an American!!! We are so blessed!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
4th of July
The 4th of July is one of my VERY favorite holidays. I don't know if my depth of patirotism is due to being an Air Force kid but my blood runs a deep red, white, and blue. I hope that is something I pass on to my children: a love and respect for our country and those who founded it and defend and serve it. I tried to throw a neighborhood street party... we had two neighbors come.:) But at least I tried. And we had fun anyway. Some pictures of us celebrating:
Our party :)
Yea for fireworks!
Making homemade root beer. I couldn't believe I had never made this with Jeremy before! He'd never even tasted it! My family has homemade root beer at MANY family gatherings.
Man, I love using dry ice.
the "boiling" root beer (it's SO cool!!)
Homemade Root Beer: (it's too easy!)
5 gallons of water
5 lbs of sugar (disolve)
5 lbs of dry ice (use carefully, it can "burn")
1 bottle of root beer extract
Mix and enjoy!!
Treats for the party (there were many left overs :) )
I was pretty proud of my cupcake "cake". How easy is it to just take your piece away?!
Our party :)
Yea for fireworks!
Making homemade root beer. I couldn't believe I had never made this with Jeremy before! He'd never even tasted it! My family has homemade root beer at MANY family gatherings.
Man, I love using dry ice.
the "boiling" root beer (it's SO cool!!)
Homemade Root Beer: (it's too easy!)5 gallons of water
5 lbs of sugar (disolve)
5 lbs of dry ice (use carefully, it can "burn")
1 bottle of root beer extract
Mix and enjoy!!
It's Like a Heat Wave...no, it IS a heat wave!
At the end of June we took a family outing to Mt. Charleston. While the Las Vegas valley sweated through the day at 110, we enjoyed a blissful 75 degrees. You gotta love the mountains. This was Isis' first trip up there but it certainly won't be the last. :) Here's a few pictures of us pretending we don't live in Vegas. :)
Hmm... what is this curious thing??
Hmm... what is this curious thing??
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