God Bless America!

I'm telling you, when you live in another country you TRULY do realize how blessed you are to be an American! The 4th of July is such a special holiday for us for many reasons! It's when Marc and I met and when we got married. After bringing Ana home from Russia and seeing her life previous...getting her American citizenship certificate, her American passport, and giving her her American name....being an American has taken on so much more of a meaning for us. I have to say, I can not imagine not being an American and am so thankful for our freedoms and lives!

The base had a festivities for the afternoon with a "jump jump" for the little kids and darts for the "big kids". Ana is cheering her daddy on!Is that not just the happiest little girl ever?

Being silly with her daddy...

"Just Bite It"...it was melting faster than she and Marc were licking....mom took over and helped out in the cause!

These are some of our friends in our squadron...we met them for fireworks. Ana wasn't sure in the beginning about the fireworks, but loved them by the end. As you can see, she thought they were too loud at first...then she warmed up and enjoyed the show. It was a GREAT show too!