Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Birthday America

You are 235 years old today!
It sounds so old, and yet, it is so young.
Of all the thousands of years I could have been born.... I was born within the last 235. 
And of the 196 countries, (yes I googled that).. I was born here, in America.
It just occurred to me the slim chances of me having even been born an American.
That is something I NEVER want to take for granted.
I am proud to be an American.

For the 4th of July, we had a bbq with Shawn's family which included: ribs, tri-tip, pork loin, chicken verde, hamburgers, hotdogs, and carne asada. We were stuffed. Then we headed to the pool.


 We had the pool to ourselves for a while. I realized that this was the 1st time that ALL of the cousins have ever been together. So, I had to take a picture of everyone in the water. It wasn't happening, so I had to take 2.


Happy Birthday America. Hope you had a good one. We sure did... and maybe Shawn more than anyone else...

3 comments:

Mitch n' Molly said...

Getting stuffed and having a grand ole time is what the 4th is all about! Glad you had one of those!

Lynn Gurney said...

Love all the pictures at the Lindberg pool :) Shawn...I love the enthusiasm! I looks like the Skinners had a blast on the 4th :)

Jennifer said...

Awesome!!! I love that last picture...did you get the ok from Shawn before you posted that one? :)