Happy 4th of July!!!

What a beautiful day we all had yesterday and our "photographer" got some great family pics here at "Birtville" yesterday afternoon. I'll share them with you all in just a bit. First, I hope everyone took a few minutes to stop and actually remember why we have the 4th of July. Independence Day. Yes, we'd have the 4th of July anyway, but I hope you all took a few and remembered. Remembered the stories from American History when you were in school. We had to memorize dates and names and places. Treaties and declarations, sayings, and who fired on who at Lexington. And we whined and carried on about it. But all in all, what we need to remember is this--a lot of American's have given their time and even their lives to make this country what it is today. Are we the greatest? That's a matter of opinion and we've all got one of those. What does matter is that because of all those people, we are FREE and INDEPENDENT. And that's why we celebrate the 4th of July--OUR Independence Day. I hope you all had a wonderful one! Now on to the pictures.......