The Lambert Ohana: Proud to be an American

Friday, July 9, 2010

Proud to be an American

Since the 4th of July fell on a Sunday this year, we started out the celebration on Saturday morning. Our ward does a cute bike parade for the kids, then a potluck breakfast. Corynn was so excited to get up and decorate her bike, but Dallin on the other hand was too tired to get up at 7 a.m. I guess he is enjoying too many late nights during this summer break.

Here is my mom and I waiting for the parade to start.

Brother Magaoay made a wonderful Uncle Sam as he led the parade. The kids made a couple of loops around the parking lot while some patriotic music was being played. So cute.

We made a birthday cake for America. Nothing too exciting, but the kids love doing stuff like that.

We had a fun 3rd of July, so it kind of made up for a boring 4th. Since it fell on a Sunday, Chris felt like we needed to uphold our standards to keep the Sabbath day holy. I admit I kinda wanted to go down to Waikiki and watch the fireworks over the ocean along with the rest of the island. Instead we got out the binoculars and watched the fireworks from our upper lanai.

I am so proud to be an American. I am proud of Chris' commitment and service to the Army, and our country. I am grateful for our founding father's who, with God's help, established this great nation. Let freedom ring!

1 comment:

Mills Family said...: Cute cake! Loved Corynne's bike! Looks like you had a wonderful fourth!; July 11, 2010 at 4:34 PM

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Kid's Quotes

~ Ususally when I buy Corynn something I am sure to tell her the price, with hopes of instilling a sense of money in her. The one exception I have is Christmas. So, after opening all her presents, Corynn kept wanting to know how much each present cost. Since I refused to tell her, she kept pestering me. I finally asked her why she wanted to know so bad, was she trying to determine her self worth? "Self worth?" she asked. "I already know how much I'm worth. I'm priceless."
~ One day Corynn asked me if we are in the Animal Kingdom, to which I said yes. "Are you sure?" She asked again. "Yes, we are Homosapiens, which are in the Animal Kingdom." As she turned around I heard her mutter under her breath, "I'm going to ask Dad. He went to college."
~ When my mother-in-law came out to help me when Masen was born, she kept asking me to let her take him during the night so I could get some sleep. I told her I would love to let her take him, but I needed to nurse him. Jokingly, she said she could nurse him. Dallin looked at his grandma in horror. "Grandma, your milk is so old, it's probably sour."
~ When the kids came to the hospital when Masen was born, Dallin took one look at my tummy and asked, "Mom do you still have another baby in your tummy?" Thanks bud!
~ Dallin told me the other day that he was kind of scared to get baptized when he turns 8 next month. I asked him why. "I think it would be kind of scary to see the Holy Ghost."
~ I was talking to Dallin one day about Daddy going on a safari while he was in India, where he got to ride on an elephant. Dallin said someday he would like to ride a camel. After thinking about it though, he changed his mind. "Never mind. I don't really want to ride on a camel because they have humps, and it might hurt my tenders."
~ After Corynn discovered some hair growing on her toes, she told me, "Hey Mom, I have hair on my toes just like you." (Do I really need to be reminded of unwanted body hair?) I told her that it was just starting, to which she replied, "When is this puberty nightmare ever going to END?" Hate to tell ya sis, but it's just beginning :)