The 4th!!!

We had a great 4th!!! We did fireworks yesterday, and we loved them, but Bri's flash on her camera was torturing every one it was so bright!!!Not really I think it was that and the fireworks, ;). She got some beautiful pictures!

Happy 4th of July!

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

"America, the Beautiful"

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,

Melody by Samuel Ward

My favorite CHRISTmas song...

The Carol Of The Bells

Hark how the bells,
sweet silver bells,
all seem to say,
throw cares away

Christmas is here,
bringing good cheer,
to young and old,
meek and the bold.

Ding dong ding dong
that is their song
with joyful ring
all caroling.

One seems to hear
words of good cheer
from everywhere
filling the air.

Oh how they pound,
raising the sound,
o'er hill and dale,
telling their tale.

Gaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer,
Christmas is here.

Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.

On on they send,
on without end,
their joyful tone
to every home.

Ding dong ding... dong!

~Peter Wilhousky.~

The Carol of the Bells lyrics were added to the original folk music from the Ukraine by Peter Wilhousky. For a bit more about the song you may visit here:

Thank you!

'tis the season to be jolly...(Fa-La-La-La-La-La-La :) )

Ha-ha! The little girl is  summer decor! :) (Abbi was born in Summer)


Doesn't it look nice? All of it?

 

....... And she Brought froth her firstborn son, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Merry CHRISTmas everyone!

Well...

We're sick. At least, the little ones (Bethi and younger) are... just them for now... we've been trading it off and on. I got it first, I think I gave it to everybody else as an early Christmas gift. : O! Heehee : - ). At least the rest  ( expect maybe Mommy ) are getting over it! Please pray for Mommy.

Now on to the bright side of things! We started decorating for Christmas last Thursday! Also, I was eating some taffy from the candy store that we went to when we went on our trip in October (I'll have to tell about that in another post- I'm kinda behind in posts, and it's the busiest time of year, uh, also the most eventful ; D - getting off topic, haha!) and while eating it I lost a tooth, that we didn't know was lose! It's odd, really, the ways you can lose teeth! On my second birthday, Bri lost her first tooth, just eating a taco! One time we were making Christmas candy, and, while we were making chocolate pretzels, I went into the bathroom, and almost immediately , Bri came knocking on the door, "Tori! Tori! I need in there!" She had lost a tooth eating a pretzel!    

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I'll be posting again soon!                Bye, have a blessed week! :)