This is my favorite verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand



Between their loved home and the war's desolation!


Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n 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!

Thanks to our troops who through the years have given so much for our country.  How do you repay that?
I have to tell you I got a new phone with a great camera on it, I think.  Over the weekend we attended the Stadium of Fire in Provo, Utah.  It was awesome but I thought why take the camera when I can take the pictures with my phone.   Sure enough I got some ok pictures, I emailed them to myself from the phone and they never showed up.  I have no idea what I am doing wrong but I am sure it is simple.  Just not to me.
So just to let you know, no pictures today but my granddaughter did an awesome job as one of the Stadium of Fire Dancers.  My girls have been doing this for about 8 years now and it is lots of hard work but worth it for the preformance. 

I always love the flyover.  Planes from Hill Airforce base do a flyby each year.  It is one of my favorite parts.  When my oldest two were growning up we lived in an area where jets from 3 different bases would fly over.  We loved seeing them. 

I got a little teary at the presentation of the colors.  My dad and his generation were vetrans of  WWII.  We were raised with patriotism.  I am not sure that we will see that level of patriotism in this country again.  However, at SOF there were 50,000 people who were showing patriotism like you seldom see any more. 
And BTW Brad Paisley put on a great show
Sorry for no pictures.  I have no idea where they went.
Enjoy your 4th of July!
Jan

WIP

Wish me luck.

two favorites today!

Modern Day Diamonds and Sugar and Spice.   Both have been on my list for a while.    I need to square it up and put the borders on before the weekend.  Wish me luck.  The pattern is from Heather Mulder Peterson's book Livin Large and the fabric is a Riley Blake fabric. 

I hope you are all having a productive summer.  Or a laid back good time. 

We finally were able to get together to sew! Yay

Lana brought her completed crochet bag.  I love it, why didn't I take that class? 

Great colors.

She said she found this pattern in a McCalls magazine.

Look at those little squares.  love it.

Jeri brought this baby quilt to bind.  She said she started it a long time ago but then there were only boy babies coming into the familly.

Wait until you see this right side up. It is stunning.  Right now she is somewhat frustrated and is doing some unpicking. 

Cute table topper. 

It seems like by the time we leave things just don't fit in the case very well. 

Tomorrow is the balloon festival so we will be up early to see the balloons take off.  Our mountain air is perfect for the balloons.  Tomorrow night is the glow down main street.  Each year it gets bigger and bigger.  It is so fun to walk down the street and see people you haven't seen in years.