Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Happy 4th of JUly 2011



                                                   HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th!  We spent ours....digging a hole....well, I watched while Vern dug a hole with the backhoe....but that pretty much means I dug one,too...moral support and all that.  We vetoed our annual party this year to save $...this depresses me only because the 4th IS MY FAVORITE holiday!!!  We did.....nothing even remotely patriotic :( I think it may take me AT LEAST until next July to recover from this.  We did make s'mores and had a few sparklers left over from a few weeks ago...but that's it....sigh......BUT...hopefully everyone else participated in yummy food, swimming, ( ahem...alcohol), and lots of pretty,pretty, fireworks...oh...and lots of FUN pictures....because I didn't....sigh...again. BUT (again).....be ready and make your plans...next year, the party will resume....and I expect you ALL to be here ( with a dish and your own alcoholic beverages, of course :)....oh...and fireworks are welcome) dressed in your red,white and blue finest!!


 yes...she's wearing a box on her head....but there isn't much that she wont at least TRY to stick on her head ( like the potty..which got stuck...and gave her VERY bruised ears!)


                                                          Best Friends
                                                                     

                                                                      Being Silly





Emma's 3rd Birthday....from April......... :)

                                   
 I keep forgetting that with this new blog format they have...I need to add my words BEFORE my pictures....I just can't ever get them all where I want them. Oh well!!  Happy Belated Birthday to my little Emma "lou"....even though I took VERY few pictures ( even less for Lakins...it's just to hard to take pictures when your busy with everything else!), I thought I would finally post them.  Thanks everyone who made it for coming to see us and for those who sent a gift that couldn't.....we LOVE to see everyone, we just don't do it nearly enough!

p.s.....the spongebob cake was TOTALLY Emma's doing ;)