We started our day by going to church, but it was not our typical church service. We were honored to hear a former United States 3-star General (ret.) speak about his service to our country and his faith. He was an original Delta force member and oversaw Special Forces before retiring in 2007. His message was clear. Freedom is worth fighting for and should never under any circumstance be taken for granted. To all those who serve or have served this great country in uniform I give my most heart felt appreciation.
After church we went to a traditional July 4th BBQ. That’s me with the cookie cake. Note that it is covered in icing and not just trimmed. This simple fact made me so happy that I even let my friend take a rare picture of me. My little man had a blast swimming. For the last two weeks every time we have tried to go swimming it has been raining. The only thing that he thought would be better than swimming was the prospect of fireworks. So we stopped and watched the fireworks show over the lake before coming home for our mini firework presentation. I don’t know what it is about fireworks but my little man is obsessed. I’m not sure what he finds so exciting about them but from what I can gather it’s a boy thing. I’m going to chalk it up to the Y chromosone because my husband and dad seemed to still have the same enthusiasm as my seven year old. Go figure.
