Happy Birthday, USA!

We had a fabulous 4th of July weekend. We celebrated on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th!

Saturday evening we went over to Will's Nonnie's house. Emily Kay was so confused as to why Will wasn't there, but she ended up having a great time playing with Andrew and Mallory. I think she enjoyed being the oldest. Jesse and Natalie grilled hamburgers and hot-dogs for us; Miriam brought her delicious corn dip, Nonnie baked a yummy pound cake, and we supplied the coleslaw and chips. It was all so good. We had fun in the pool and watching the little ones play.

Nonnie and Andrew, We missed the rest of the Whatleys!
The Dickards

Andrew and Emily Kay


We all joked that we couldn't let Will see this one!
Having fun in the pool.


We went home with a VERY sleepy little girl. She slept until 9:00 on Sunday morning, it was so nice because that meant that Matthew and I slept until 9:00 too!

We got dressed and went to church. After church, Lolla took EKay to see Toy Story 3. Emily Kay wasn't too sure what to think at first but ended up enjoying the movie. While EKay was at the movies, Matthew and I got ready to have our families over for dinner. We had ribs, baked beans, hashbrown casserole, and more coleslaw. It was all so good! I love that both of our families are here, it makes holidays so fun.

Then on Monday, Matthew took the day off. We packed up all of our leftovers and went to the Kirk's house for lunch. (Emily Kay now has names for the Kirks - Beeba and Paw. No one knows how she came up with these names.)

After lunch, we walked down to the pond and did a little fishing.

Emily Kay likes to play with the bait (crickets), she did NOT get this from me! I made Matthew bait my hook. :)
Showing off our fish!



Emily Kay did not want to hold the fishing pole, but she did want to pet the fish. She'd say "hey fishy, fishy".


We all had a fantastic Fourth!