God shed His grace on thee

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Oh beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress.
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
Oh beautiful for heroes proved
in liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved,
and mercy more than life
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine
Oh beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years.
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

We went to watch some fireworks right by our house on the Paseo trail. We had to wait til about 9:30 pm, which is so late for Madison but she loved it. Just because it's night doesn't mean that it isn't boiling hot. We were all really sweating up a strom, plus it was humid. Ugh...the 4th is not fun in AZ. Anyways, the girls got to

see fireworks from the path way. It was great...

We hurried home to watch the 'finale' from Madison's window...it was much cooler in the A/C.