Happy 4TH of July!

Hope you all have a wonderful, celebratory day today but please take more than a few minutes to say a prayer for all those that have given so much that our great country is independent and free. To all those brave soldiers and their families, past and present, my hat is off to you and my heart is full for allowing me to live in freedom!

The graphics used are from an absolutely amazing collab kit put together by our friends in Germany as a gift to us USA gals! If you haven't already collected this, I urge you to run and get it now! It is a blog hopper and I loved visiting blogs that I had never been to before! Wonderful gift to us! The "Blog Rally" starts HERE!



So, many kits are out there celebrating this day! It is wonderful to see the patriotism shining and I just wish that it stayed so evident throughout the year! My Dad was an Air Force man through and through! Retired as a Major and it was one of his proudest achievements and was a large part of the man that he was. I was brought up having a huge appreciation for those that served so that I could live free and it hurts me to see those in our country not appreciate and support our troops. I grew up in the Viet Nam era and had a brother that was serving in the Air Force. I remember one time when he came home on leave and he was not wearing his uniform. My Dad asked him why since in his day, you wore your uniform when traveling. My brother explained that too many times, people treated the military very unkindly and with a huge amount of disrespect, to the point that they were encouraged by their superiors NOT to wear their uniform when not on duty! I can vividly remember the hurt in my father's eyes! Whether or not you support whatever conflict should not matter, these are soldiers that are your neighbors, your brothers or sisters, fathers, mothers or family and they are serving your country. If you must, show your opinion of the wars that they are fighting to the politicians that have sent them in harm's way. But, support the troops and do all you can do to keep them safe!



DH, DD and I went to the fireworks last night and they were amazing! Two towns near us put their resources together to produce a huge display. It lasted well over 45 minutes and the sky was just covered non-stop! I guess you could call me a fireworks junkie cuz I just love them! In a couple of weeks there is a display sponsored by one of the Indian tribes that runs one of our casinos. It is said to have cost in the 7 figures and is being done by the Grucci family, and is "supposed to be bigger than the displays of New York City". I cannot wait and I hope I can find the information to get a good seat! My DD friend lives near there and hopefully will be able to give us some "insiders" scoop as to where to go to see them without actually going to the casino and being in all that traffic! After it taking us almost 2 hours to get home last night from the town right next to us, I don't think DH wants to sit in traffic again for awhile!


LOL! I have not forgotten where we left off and am resuming Camo, Lace and Bling! Took me a little while to find it again with all the party mess but I finally did! So, for all those with those camo-loving girls...here we go!

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Wishing you all a Happy and Safe Holiday!