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By Sarah
Our ward (congregation) but on a magnificent 4th of July program & breakfast this year.  My children were talking about it for weeks afterward.  There was a flag raising ceremony by the boy scouts, special musical numbers, a great little patriotic speech that ended with a balloon launch and even gluten free pancakes that tasted good!



That night our neighbors did a great job of entertaining my family until it was time for the city fireworks to start.  I must admit my mommy alarm was going off as I watched how close my 2 oldest were getting to the action, but one of the dads in charge was also a PA (physician's assistant), so I figured if anything did happen, at least immediate help would be available.  lol.
The next morning I took Danny, Michelle, and Natalie to the Disney Store for a Planes Fire & Rescue "special event."  Kaelah opted to stay home with dad while he started refinishing our dressers.  The event was pretty lame but something surprising happened afterward.  Claire's is next to the Disney Store at our favorite mall.  As we walked by, Michelle asked if she could get her ears pierced.  This was a topic of conversation in our house for quite a while with Kaelah wanting to get her ears pierced but being too scared.  We had tried clip on ear rings & magnetic ear rings and sticker ear rings.  I talked to Michelle about what getting your ears pierced would entail and we talked to the employee and she decided to go for it.  Michelle was so brave!  You could tell she wanted to cry after the first shot but she held it back.  When I asked M why she didn't cry she replied, "Because she told me to hold as still as a statue.  If I cried, I would move and wouldn't be able to hold still."  Oh my gosh.  M was amazing & we went and played out in the giant sandbox and in the indoor play place & then headed to Costco.  Amazing.



When we arrived home Kaelah was shocked and amazed her little sister had pierced ears.  K suddenly had a huge dose of courage and we drove north to the nearest Claire's and she got her ears pierced as well.  She did not enjoy that process at all and complained that Michelle underreported on the pain but was super happy to have it done.  Then K made me get my ears pierced too.  Kaelah had remembered me promising last summer to have mine done if she got hers done & she held me to it an entire year later.  So, after 33 years of virgin ears on this momma, I now have pierced ears.  Surprise!  I wonder what else my daughters are going to get me to do in the next 33 years?

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