Let Freedom Ring

Whenever the Fourth of July rolls around I always think of the Martina McBride song Independence Day. It's a very old song but always sticks out in my mind.

Future Miss America

This was our first Independence Day with Lillian and there is not much you can do to celebrate with a 3 month old and a continuous rain ALL DAY LONG! I was bummed at first we couldn't do anything outside since Kevin was off work I was hoping to go to a park. We ended up snuggling around home all day and went to the grocery store. It was a nice relaxing holiday with the people I love. Thanks to those serving in our military to protect our freedom.

For dinner we went very "America" and had BBQ and then topped it off with some oreo milk shakes. We got very lucky and found out that the huge firework show in Huntsville is done at the Space and Rocket Center, which is literally 2 blocks from us. It was still raining so we pulled out some chairs under our carport to watch. We had a great view because we were so close but noticed they were low so we got in our car and drove to the front of our neighborhood and got an even better view. It was perfect! Lillian got to experience her first fireworks show and was intrigued.

 

Since we were in the car she wasn't scared by the noise so we sat and enjoyed our first 4th of July together as a family. After the fireworks Kevin and I watched  Independence Day. Funny how movies have changed since 1996. Kevin kept pointing out how old the cars look and the clothing was awful. lol. It was a great day spent together even though it was rainy.