July 4th 2012

  Was I into the 4th of July this year?

Well, to be honest.. um no. I wasn't.

I mean I would have been pumped up and ready for face painting, sparklers, and painting my nails red, white, and blue if it wasn't for the following:

 Second miscarriage. 

Second d&c surgery.

No fireworks nearby due to wildfires here in Colorado.

And the husband wasn't here while I was going through heartache. 

I did however find enough energy in me to make a flag cake. 

I had to do something. I'm a freak for the holidays. Love em' all. Especially, the 4th of July. It's probably my second favorite holiday if I had to number them in order of favorites. I can't let a holiday pass me by without making some kind of craft or special dish. It's just not in my blood to forget about the holidays, no matter what obstacles I'm going through or faced with.

My family and I decided to take a drive up to Loveland which is about an hour away to see the fireworks over the lake. Because let's face it.. the 4th without fireworks is like.. cereal without milk (first thing that came to mind haha).

 Long story short: 

We saw elk in front of someone's house which was the hi-light of my night by the way, walked by a house full of drunks that had signs up saying "If you park here we'll shoot you," saw someone from that house get thrown to the ground by a police officer, had the worse cramps of-my-entire-life, and to top it all off.. once the fireworks started we couldn't even see them. 

An hour of driving for nothing.

 Oh. My. Goodness.

Talk about a pretty crappy 4th.

 (Experimented with this yummy chocolate moose frosting I pinned from a friend off of Pinterest awhile back. Instead of chocolate pudding mix.. I added cheesecake pudding mix so I could get white frosting. So good!)

(Elk wandering into someone's backyard)

(Trying hard to smile)

(In pain)

(My sweet daddy)

(Sunflower with a bee zooming by)

Even though I had a long list of all the negative crap that happened that day.. 
I have learned to count my blessings in all I do, in any given situation.
Blessings: 
FREEDOM & FAMILY.