The 4th of July!!!!

It's the 4th of July.....It's hot out here and not much to do without AC.  I took this week to start back up with school.  We did a small and fun little unit theme on the 4TH..  And had a lot of fun learning and talking about all the different things.  This year like many in the past we were ask to BBQ and to come hang out.  And this year we past on them and on hosting our own BBQ, it's a little different not having a house full of people.

   I remember as a little girl, my home town did fireworks on the 3rd always, and still does.  We would go see them, then the next morning get up and go sit on main street!!  And watch as all the flouts pass by, then we would make our way down to the park.  The firefighter would do a big BBQ, there were games for the kids and just tons of fun.  Than at some point we ended back out at my grandparents house with the rest of the family for more BBQ, and small fireworks!!  I love that I have that memories and it's a part of me.  I hope and pray that our girls will have these also.

   Like I said this year is different, we are back out in Cali. away from family for the first time in a few years.  And we are stepping back.  We spent the morning hanging out us a family.  Got Matthew making a shoe rack for all of our shoes.  Having a great dinner later tonight with my mother -in-laws coleslaw it's one of my favorite things she makes!!  Both of the girls pick things to make and are hard at work on them.  We also have corn on the cob, and a few other fav that we all love.  We plan on walking down to see fireworks later tonight.

  The 4th is a fun holiday, and that's great!!  And I'm glad that it is, but I also want to make sure our girls know why we have the 4th and why it's so important.  They got to sing last Sunday in Church and did a great job!  "God Bless America"  we have taken some time to pray for those families that love ones never will come home, and those who are still gone.  We pray for our government, and all the is going on.  We had the girls sitting there with us and praying with us about those things.  Than we pray thanks over those people and the job they are doing.  Praying thanks over Matthew and the job he is doing as a Marine for us to stay free and live the way we do.

We hope and pray that you all have a safe and great 4th of July!

~ Amber