4th of July Celebration

It has become a tradition to meet at Lila Mae's for the 4th of July.  I thought this year we might have to cancel the gathering because Hayley could have been exposed to COVID.  But, after tests were done and all came back negative, we were able to go ahead.  Our usual gathering went without a hitch.  We had a delicious lunch of hamburgers and hotdogs with fruit, potato salad and always Lynda Ann's fancy dessert.  Lila Mae had made bread that morning so we all got to take home a loaf of fresh made bread along with all the fun prizes we won playing bingo.  Bingo is also a tradition.  Jeff won the grand prize for the black out game.  What a fun day.

Annie's famous 4th of July pin wheel cookies.  They were gone almost before we even had lunch!

 Jeff golfed with a friend at Soldier Hollow.  He didn't have Neal to play with.  Neal was very sad.

 Just chilling out on Lila Mae's patio.

 My annual and traditional picture of me and Lila Mae.  Love this picture.  Lila Mae will be 89 in October.  She is amazing.

 Playing the famous Bingo

We left Lila Mae's about 5:00 and headed up to Scofield to Ron and Judy's cabin.  We had a wonderful time and stayed up there through the weekend, coming down the canyon Tuesday morning about 8:30 so we could get ready for Neal's therapy session at St. Marks at noon.

 Had to capture this picture of Ron out on the patio, reading and watering the lawn.  Now that is the relaxing life we all dream of!

 Judy jumped in the picture with her shirt that summed it all up.  "Busy doing nothing!"

Judy loves to cook .  She was making a rhubarb upside down cake.  It was delicious as all of her cooking is. 

 Neal coming down the road.  He is walking great!

 My car parked in front of the cabin with the flag flying.  Love our country!!

 Another creation by Judy. 

Some thoughts to leave on the 4th of July.

"As we walk the path of spiritual liberty in these last days, we must understand that the faithful use of our agency depends upon our having religious freedom.  We already know that Satan does not want this freedom to be ours.  he attempted to destroy moral agency in heaven, and now on earth he is fiercely undermining, opposing, and spreading confusion about religious freedom - what it is and why it is essential to our spiritual life and our very salvation.  Some are offended when we bring our religion into the public square, yet the same people who insist that their viewpoints and actions be tolerated in society are often very slow to give that same tolerance to religious believers who also wish their viewpoints and actions to be tolerated.  The general lack of respect for religious viewpoints is quickly devolving into social and political intolerance for religious people and institution."