Happy 4th From My Family to Yours! // Cache Valley Family Photographer

I had to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy 4th of July!  It's almost 11:30 at night and I've been going through my pictures of the day.  Neighbors are lighting off fireworks in the background, and the kids are asleep.  While scrolling through my pictures, I was overwhelmed with gratitude that my sons will grow up in such an amazing country.  How blessed are we to be born and live in such a holy land - one that I truly believe is blessed by God to allow us the freedoms and liberties we enjoy.  I am so grateful for my all-American boys.  I'm grateful that even though there are policies and laws in my country I do not agree with, my religious liberties are still in tact.  My children will receive a great education.  I can own my own small business and do what I love.  My little family is so blessed because of this land.  I am proud to be an American.  And I am forever in debt to those who have given their lives and served so that I may enjoy the benefits they have fought for.  Happy Independence Day, America!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

The Star Spangled Banner - 4th Verse (it's the BEST! Wish we sang this instead!)