Our Fantastic Family Of Four Forever Believes

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family" Anthony Brandt

Saturday, July 05, 2008

FLAGS REPRESENT FIGHTING SOLIDERS


ON OUR TRIP TO BAKER, WE PASSED THROUGH SEVERAL TOWNS THAT HAD MANY MANY FLAGS OUT. THERE WERE FLAGS EVERYWHERE. BEAR WITH ME, I HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL PICTURES ALONG THIS TRIP, BUT THE HOTEL'S COMPUTER WILL NOT LET ME PUT THEM ON MY BLOG, SO YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TILL SUNDAY BEFORE YOU CAN SEE THEM!! SORRY, AND I TOOK PICTURES OF THESE FLAG,ETC. WHEN WE PASSED THROUGH JERRY'S FAMILY TOWN OF WINNSBORO, BAILEE TURNED TO ME AND SAID," MOM, YOU KNOW THAT ALL THOSE FLAGS SHOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT IN THE WAR, AND THAT THEY DIED,IT IS SHOWING RESPECT FOR THEM". WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING LITTLE SHE IS!!! I THEN PROCEEDED TO ASK HER IF SHE KNEW WHAT TODAY REALLY MEANT, AND SHE ANSWERED,"OF COURSE I DO MOMMA, WE ARE CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY,THE DAY AMERICA WAS FREE". I AM SO GLAD MY CHILDREN CAN REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR HOLIDAYS!!! I AM SO GLAD I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WERE I HAVE FREEDOM, EVEN MORE FREEDOM FOR MY FAMILY!!

4TH OF JULY FAMILY MEMORIES




WOW, IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING!! I LOVE FOR MY FAMILY TO TRAVEL TOGETHER. IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO REALLY ENJOY SOME QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. GOD JUST KEEPS ON BLESSING US!! OUR FAMILY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS ON OUR WAY TO BAKER. BUT, WHAT IS REALLY WONDERFUL IS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE LITTLE TOWN OF WINNSBORO, WHICH IS JERRY'S MOM AND DAD'S HOMETOWN. JERRY THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL OUR CHILDREN HIS 4TH OF JULY CHILD MEMORIES. HE SHOWED CAIDEN AND BAILEE WHERE MIMI'S HOUSE WAS THAT SHE GREW UP IN. JERRY SHARED ALL THE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES HE HAD WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, HE THEN SHOWED US WHERE HIS GRANDPA USE TO WORK. CAIDEN AND BAILEE WERE SO INTERESTED IN HIS 4TH OF JULY MEMORIES. WE ALSO PASSED MY HIS AUNTS PLACE, WHERE WE CELEBRATED OUR FIRST 4TH OF JULY AS A WHOLE FAMILY, WHEN WE BECAME OUR FAMOUS FANTASTIC FAMILY OF FOUR. BAILEE WAS JUST 4 MONTHS OLD!! I CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT LITTLE RED,WHITE, AND BLUE DRESS THAT SHE HAD ON!!! CAIDEN GOT TO RIDE HIS VERY FIRST HORSE THERE!!! PAPPAW ELLERMAN TOOK PICTURES OF HIM ON THAT HORSE, AND I STILL HAVE THAT PICTURE FRAMED!! I REMEMBER ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WERE THERE, AND BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE MANY!! ALL OF JERRY'S AUNTS WERE GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE, SHARING FOND MEMORIES OF THEIR DEAR MOTHER, JERRY'S GRANDMOTHER, AND SHARING HER TRADITIONS WITH THE FAMILY!! I WAS A LITTLE SAD ABOUT TRAVELING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO "MY" TRADITIONAL 4TH OF JULY, BUT GODS PLANS FOR US THIS 4TH OF JULY WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. MY CHILDREN GOT TO SEE THEIR DADDY'S 4TH OF JULY TRADITIONS AND THEY WERE SO INTERESTED IN KNOWING IT AND HOPEFULLY CARRYING SOME THESE MEMORIES ON WITH THEIR CHILDREN. FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT TO US AND MY CHILDREN HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE TRIPS LIKE THIS. HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAY!!