Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day 2009! Our elementary school does a neat Veteran's Day program each year and this year Mackenna had a speaking part. She did such a good job dressed as Uncle Sam! It is a neat program...but I'll never understand why they do it in the courtyard...
In Arizona it is still SO hot and they have all the kids seated in the blazing hot courtyard and then the parents and veterans all come sit in the blazing courtyard...it just seems so weird to me that we are worrying about the heat in NOVEMBER! Seriously...
But luckily Tessa, Chris, and I found a spot standing in the shade and our friend Dave sneaked up to snap some pics of the kids during the program! And I do have to say that it was a very patriotic program--watching the flag come in and hearing "Taps"--it made me feel so much gratitude for those who are willing to truly stand and fight for our freedom. Our youth gathered as a Stake and put together some care packages for soldiers and wrote them some letters and it felt really good to do something for those who are fighting for us. I believe that too often we take our freedom for granted--and probably will until it is taken from us.