The Kirk's - Boys-R-Us!

July 4, 2009

Let Freedom Ring and The Good Times Roll!

Pierce -

This is Pierce on July 4th, five days post-op. He had his draining tubes removed and although he was still sedated he was at a much lower level so we got to see him move around a little which was a really good feeling. Our friends Todd & Mel wanted to come visit him and since it was Sat. & July 4th, we found a cool kids celebration down in Atlantic Station to head to after our visit.

A Very Busy Day But Full Of Fun & Sun

Independence Day In The City
Since we were already going to be downtown to visit Pierce we decided to stop by Radio Disney's Independence Day Celebration. It was fun & obviously exhausting!! Our good friends The Robinson's wanted to come visit Pierce and joined us in the festivities down at Atlantic Station. Also, because I have super awesome friends in the Lamberts, they came to play with us in the heat!! It was hot and when I say hot I mean it was take your breath away, don't stand outside of the shade ~ not that it's cooler in the shade it just seems like it should be, happily pay $4/a pop for snow cones, if you have your shoes off the soles of your feet sizzle on the sidewalk HOT!!!

What To Do. . . .
Well as I mentioned it was a bit warm, but we were determined to have fun so we let the kids pick a few activities and since it was a party JUST for kids there was no shortage of things to do. One of my favorite options was this decorate a balloon station ~ SUCH a cut idea, they had hundreds of adorable stickers with facial features on them and countless balloons to chose as the head, what could go wrong? I sent Dave with Kaiden to do the craft. . . . BUT I have to say this balloon had a seriously funny sense of humor & he LOVED the camera!!
I ended up loving this balloon friend!! Every video and photo we took this day (and night) there he was facing the camera with his adorable 'grrrr' face ~ yes I realize just typing that makes me seem a little crazy but it was a rough week & you gotta laugh when possible. . . .


Perfect Way To End The Day

FIREWORKS!! What else?! It wouldn't be the fourth without sweating your way through a humid night to watch the bright sparkle of some fireworks!! Although I'm fairly certain I didn't get any actual pictures of the fireworks we were watching, but at this point in the evening I was feeling pretty loose & am quite impressed with the photos and videos I did get!! Remember my baby just had open heart surgery at three months old five days earlier, so I needed to blow off some steam!! And apparently a few pitchers of 'Sip & Go Naked' (aka summer beer = frozen limeade, 12oz vodka, 12oz Diet Mt. Dew & 12oz Corona Lite or your favorite beer) will do just that!!! Don't worry I didn't show up to the fireworks naked, but I don't remember too much other than we went HIGH CLASS!! Yup, we watched the fireworks from the parking lot of the wal-mart about 2 miles away from the launch sight because although I thought I was keeping us on track we didn't actually leave for the fireworks until they were supposed to begin. . . . detail, details details!

We had fun either way, again most of what I remember is from watching the video, but here are a few cute pictures from the fireworks portion of the evening!