Celebrating Freedom

The 4th of July is just about my favorite holiday! I love our country, flag & the principles America was founded on. I appreciate the sacrifice of what it has taken and continues to take to make America the wonderful nation that it is.

On the 4th DJ and I got up early to get all the watering done for the day. It was overcast a bit but still a beautiful morning to hang the flag........

We headed up to Huntsville about 7:45 for Breakfast in the Park. It was yummy.....pancakes, sausage and eggs. (Have I mentioned before that I could just pack my bags and move to that town!)

Snowbasin through the trees

Beautiful! ~ from Huntsville Park

Chairs are all lined up ready for the parade

The flag raising ceremony was touching ~ Old Glory pulls at my heartstrings whenever I see her 

The parade is officially starting ~ small town parades are the best!

We went home after the parade and got some things done around the house then we headed back up to Huntsville at dinnertime. We ate at Huntsville Barbecue Company with our friends, the Schorrs.
This was our 9th year of going up to Huntsville Park for fireworks. I love fireworks! The kids had a great time as always running around with friends. I didn't take my camera up in the evening.
Three other families from church came up also and I got to walk a baby to sleep and then hold him throughout the fireworks! Really? Life just can't get much sweeter than that! :)
It was a wonderful day celebrating our country's birth and the freedoms we enjoy.

There is only one freedom that is truly lasting though.......freedom in Christ. Ephesians 2:8 & 9. Through faith in Him alone can we find a lasting peace ~ While we fight valiantly for our country's freedom there is nothing we can do to earn our spiritual freedom. Christ's blood on the Cross is the only thing that will wash away our sins and give us spiritual freedom.

Statue of Liberty
I'm proud to be an American,
God bless the USA!

In New York harbor stands a lady,
With a torch raised to the sky;
And all who see her know,
She stands for liberty for you and me.

I'm so proud to be called an American,
To be named with the brave and the free;
I will honor our flag and our trust in God,
And the Statue of Liberty.

On lonely Golgotha stood a cross,
With our Lord raised to the sky;
And all who kneel there live forever,
As all the saved can testify.

I'm so proud to be called a Christian,
To be named with the ransomed and whole;
As the statue liberates the citizen, 
So the cross liberates the soul.

Oh, the cross is my Statue of Liberty,
It was there that my soul was set free;
Unashamed, I'll proclaim that a rugged cross,
Is my Statue of Liberty.


(words & music by Neil Enloe )                                                             


                                                      ~JanMarie