Happy Flag Day 2009

Last night we stayed over at Mom & Dad’s b/c I was too tired to odrive home.  Autumn didn’t sleep in and so we were up at 7 am.  We went over to WalMart to get some chips and the stuff to make saltine crackers toffee.  Then Mom came and picked us up at 10:30 to head over to Tyler & Emily’s for their NON-LAGGING Flag Day party.

I don’t know what it is, but every year on our way over there we see something crazy on the high way.   Last year it was this bright pink  limousine.  This year it was this STUPID guy on his motorcycle wearing a helmet that looked like it had a mop brush on top.  I hope he doesn’t get in an accident, b/c otherwise his back and stomach will get all torn up.

This year we went all out w/ trying to look festive.  Autumn was being a stinker and wouldn’t look at the camera, so you just get to see the back of her head.  I was wearing a headband, visor, sunglasses, earrings, necklaces, and even got a fake tattoo on my cheek.  It’s so funny, b/c when we walked in the door Tyler BLASTS patriotic music to welcome us to the party.

They had quite the spread of food.  This isn’t even the main course, this is just all the stuff to much on.  We had chicken fajitas w/ the yummiest meat and guacamole and fresh tortillas.  It’s always a gourmet feast at Tyler & Emily’s.

Autumn was only interested in the strawberries and ate about 15 of them!

After we ate, we went outside and went swimming.  We had a cannon ball contest and just had fun being out in the water b/c it was so dang HOT!  After swimming, we went and got ready for the piñata.

Shane won the prize for the best outfit.  Gotta love the Sponge Bob pants look w/ black cowboy boots! LOL!

Autumn got quite a bit of candy and I didn’t know this, until I went back to look at the picture, but she had opened all of her lollipops and licked them!  What a little stinker.

Just looking at this picture, you might be tempted to think that the party was LAGGING, but it wasn’t.  It’s just that Nick was up ALL night last night playing his game cube, so he spent most of the party catching up on some sleep.

Shane wanted Uncle Robert to go out and swim w/ him, but Uncle Robert didn’t want to.  So, Shane got down on his knees and clasped his hands together and was literally begging Uncle Robert to go out and swim w/ him.  I was laughing SO HARD!  How can you say no to that???  This smart little boy has learned at a young age how to get what he wants. LOL!

Guess where I found Autumn?  Yep, stuffing her mouth full of strawberries.  But, at least she’s holding a flag so she is being festive.  I’m so glad she likes so many fruits and vegetables.

She was starting to get tired and so when I told her it was time to go she came over and hit me.  I spanked her hand and she started sobbing as if her world had ended.  She went running to Tyler and let him hold her for a good five minutes.  Usually she won’t even go near Tyler, so she must have been really tired.  I love this smirk on Tyler’s face as if to say, “Ha! Ha!”

Tyler & Emily had gotten a new kitty, and it was so sweet and soft and little.  We went to leave, and it was sitting in Nick’s shoes playing w/ his shoelaces.  So cute!

About 2 1/2 minutes after we got in the car and drove away I turned around to check on Autumn and this is what I saw.  We didn’t even make it out of the subdivision before she fell asleep.  That is a good sign of a NON-LAGGING party.