A Happy 24th of July Birthday!

Pierson had a great birthday and loved every minute of his day. It is so fun for him to have his birthday on Pioneer Day and he loves all the celebrating that goes along with it. **Unfortunately this is going to be a picture-less post for now. The good news is we got an amazing new camera, which I am only scratching the surface of it's potential and can't wait to learn how to really use. The bad news is that I shot all of his birthday pictures in RAW, knowing that RAW means "really good" and not much else, and I got a plethora of great pictures, but can't do anything with them until I get photo shop. So- I will add in the pictures later.**

The morning begun with a LOT of excitement for the birthday boy! He had a VERY loose tooth that needed to be pulled all week, and the day before I finally convinced him that he would be so lucky to have the Tooth Fairy come on his birthday and she just might bring him something extra for his birthday. Sure enough, she didn't disapoint and Pierce woke up to a surprise of a dollar and a great new Super-Hero book under his pillow. Thank you Tooth Fairy!

*tooth pic

It has become our little family tradition to have a birthday muffin for breakfast complete with singing "Happy Birthday" and a "practice" candle

*muffin pic

Then off to the parade...Pierson loves that there is a parade on his birthday!

*parade pic

The races in the park have also become a favorite Pioneer Day/Birthday event. Madi was so thrilled about the race this year, and she was pretty fast. I love to watch her run, prancing along, pure joy!

*Madi race pic

Pierson and his buddy Grant were super anxious for their race and won with an accidental early start! They just couldn't hold back the excitement!

*Pierce race pic

After the races we hurried home and got ready for the big Super-Hero party. Pierson had all of his little "best friends" there and we had them all dress up in their "Super-Hero" costumes. They were so cute and had so much fun together.

*group pic

Pinata Time

*pinata pics

Present Time

*present pic

Cake Time

*cake pics


After the party we all had a much needed rest so we could be ready for more fun in the evening. We had our great friends, The Houskeepers, over for more partying! The kids had fun splashing in the blow up pool for a bit and then we enjoyed a yummy dinner, and of course, more cake. The kids had a ball and we loved having them over to celebrate with us! Thanks Lynds and fam! We love you all!

*pool pics

We were totally disapointed that the city wasn't doing fireworks this year. (The best part about a Pioneer Day birthday is the fireworks!) So we had prepped Pierson for the fact that we wouldn't get to see any this year. Then we heard that there would be fireworks after the baseball game at the college. So we let the kids stay up and we headed over to the college to catch those fireworks. Even though they weren't the best fireworks ever, it was enough for us. Our SUPER birthday boy had a SUPER day!!! (I can't believe my little boy is 6!)