So Blessed To Be An American

Around my house in July there are all kinds of pretty little nudges…

to help us remember…

how blessed we are…

to live in this beautiful country that we love so dearly…

and truly be part…

of an American heritage…

of bravery…

of integrity…

independence and freedom.

With all of these blessings, we have a great responsibility which we take very seriously–not just in July…but always.

“America is great because she is good; if she ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great,”

~Alexis de Tocqueville~

Happy 250th Birthday America!!

 

 

The Good Citizen

Today was a local election day in Utah. I like to do these things right, so I studied the candidates and chose the ones that want to do what I want them to do. That’s how it works in my brain.

Then I started reading the “fine print” so to speak. It wasn’t really fine print but honestly it was a bunch of stuff I admit, I’ve never paid much attention to.

First, it said my signature was required. I’m good with that. I have the same signature that I’ve had since high school, so there. It wanted other sundry stuff–last four numbers of my SS# and email and phone. No big deal.

There is a ton of funny business going on in the world these days with reguards to who can and who cannot vote and about being able to mail in your ballot…that sort of thing. For some odd reason there seems to be a lot of controversy about it all.

If you just read the document, it says straight up–be who you say you are. Don’t vote if you have no business voting. To do otherwise is a FELONY.

They use the word FELONY a LOT.

Seems pretty clear to me.

Behave yourself and do it the right way. If you don’t you really can’t whine if you get in trouble for it.

The rules are pretty dang clear.

It’s simple.

Sheesh.

Now go vote!!

 

 

 

Summerfest 2026

Always and forever–one of our favorite events.

Happy Summerfest everyone!! I know, I know–they are changing it to Oremfest. But I don’t care. We’ve been doing this for 40 years.

It will always be Summerfest to us.

Old dogs…new tricks and all that jazz.

What a lovely day.

 

 

If I Have To Choose

Fact #1  I’m a very patriotic person. I decorate in red, white and blue from Memorial Day to Labor Day. My phone case is a US flag. It’s fair to say, that the USA chant is embedded in my heart and soul.

Fact #2  I love kitties. All shapes and sizes and I have pretty much had a cat in my life since I was 4 years old, with no end in sight. In fact, there are 5 baby kittens running around my feet as I’m typing. I adore them.

Fact #3  I need this shirt.

The End

 

 

America 250 Freedom’s Melody Music Fest

We attended the America 250 Freedom’s Melody event at University Mall on Monday night. It was so beautiful. Our sweet Jessica plays violin in the American Fork Symphony so it was wonderful to watch her.

The patriotic music will always get to me. Then they had the veterans stand and I nearly lost it. They were nearly all really older people which made it even more powerful. Standing for some songs. Hand over our hearts for others. Singing along when prompted and singing along anyway when we couldn’t help ourselves.

The kids marched around the pavillion and kids waved flags. I was filled with a deep, deep gratitude to live here in Utah where people don’t mind actually loving our country.

We are a patriot bunch and we will always be proud to be Americans.

What a beautiful evening.

Thanks Jessica for adding more culture to our lives!!