Utah State Capital Building

"America is less of a place than an idea, and if it is an idea, and I believe that to be true, it is an idea that has been deep in the souls of Man."

~ Ronald Reagan

I took the above photo while out and about with my sister Krista and two nieces.  The whole afternoon was spent looking at houses for the SLC Parade of Homes for fun, and my camera phone was about spent.  There was about 10% battery left, and at that point the phone usually shuts itself off.

Then we found ourselves coming down the mountain right at sunset with the Utah State capital building all lit up, looking beautiful.  I looked at my battery life and freaked a little, but still I had to take a shot.  Krista pulled over and I was soon running up the hill, whipping the phone out and taking as many pictures as possible.

By the time I got back in the car the phone shut off, just in the nick of time! 

Voting Day

I've just voted . . .

The wait was about 45 minutes, so that wasn't bad at all.  Now it's a waiting game to see what happens.

I love this country.  I feel proud and lucky that my ancestors fought in the American Revolution.  And I feel blessed that I have the right to vote.  Will what I vote for win?  I don't know, anything can happen, but regardless of what happens at least I put my voice out there instead of staying at home in silence.  Voting is a blessing and a right.  A gift given to us by our forebears.  No matter the outcome, I feel lucky and honored to have this freedom. 

Here are some of my favorite quotes.
I'm such a history geek; I love our American founding fathers.

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, 

when the government fears the people there is liberty.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”  ~ Patrick Henry

 “I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.” ~ Ronald Reagan

“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”~ John Adams

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” ~ John Adams

And my favorite.

“But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Those who know what virtuous liberty is, cannot bear to see it disgraced by incapable heads, on account of their having high-sounding words in their mouths.” ~ Edmund Burke, the Father of Conservatism

God Bless America.

Sarah