4th of July '17

After the beach, we came home to Austin, unpacked a few beach items, picked up Chris, and then headed off to the lake for the 4th of July!  Pearce watched his movie for a while and then passed out the rest of the drive :)  We had such a great time because it was the first time Chris had gone with us to the lake and Pearce was so excited to show him everything.  We loved that Auntie Jen was able to come for the weekend, too!  The only time Pearce wakes up early is when we're at the lake.  He gets up early and then goes to the living room and sits with Papa and Annie and watches a show for a while until everyone else gets up.  Mama cooked us a great breakfast and Pearce could not wait to get on the water to show his daddy tubing and swimming skills!  Daddy even took several rides on the tube....so fun!  That night we went out on the water to see the fireworks in the middle of the lake.  This was such a neat fireworks show!  Pearce loved sitting on the back of the boat to watch the show....and what an awesome show it was!  We decided we're always going to the lake for the 4th...nothing better than being on a boat in the middle of the lake to see fireworks!  We did lots more swimming and fishing and tubing the rest of the weekend.  Papa did SUCH a good job cooking ribs for celebration dinner.....nothing better than BBQ for the 4th!  Since the 4th was on a Tuesday, the fireworks show was on Saturday night which was kind of nice because we left on Monday and were still able to take part in the pool party at the club.  On our way back home, we stopped by to see Grandma.  She was having a tough time when we first got there and it was obvious she was in pain and very uncomfortable.  It really worried Pearce, but he was such a trooper and watched the nurses make her more comfortable and once she received some pain medicine she was so much better!  She laughed and smiled at Pearce and talked to him.  Pearce was so sweet to Grandma....rubbing her hand, talking to her, and giving her LOTS of kisses.  Anytime the little kids visit Grandma, she enjoys it so much.  It was a really nice visit and I'm so thankful for that and for the sweet pictures I have of that visit.  On Tuesday the 4th, Pearce and I went to the club for their big pool party.  The pool was totally packed.  We swam for about 20 minutes, but then decided to go check out the big blow up slide they had set up.  Well, as soon as Pearce did it one time, that was it....we stayed there for TWO hours!  He loved it!  They also had a foam bubble pool thingy set up, too.  Pearce went back and forth between those and just had the best time.  He also took part in an awesome water balloon fight....it was so funny seeing Pearce throw these water balloons at kids....totally crazy, but fun!  Later that evening, we went over to one of Chris's friends' houses for ANOTHER pool party.  Pearce was very popular there....the guys there LOVED playing with Pearce in the pool and throwing him in the water...it was really cute to watch.  We got home later that night and were excited to let Pearce try out some sparklers we got him.  He had never done sparklers or any type of fireworks, so he had a blast!  We got smoke bombs, sparklers, and a bigger thing that spewed out sparks and smaller fireworks.  These things are all approved to do in the city limits, so we will definitely be getting more for next year!

Funny story about this little guy.  We were at dinner with everyone at a Mexican food restaurant and when Pearce took a bite of his quesadillas, he said loudly "Mmmmm, these are so damn good!"  We were all a little shocked and not quite sure whether we should laugh or not.  Then Pearce said with a shrug "Well, Daddy says that."  Then we all started laughing!  Daddy does enjoy good food and yes, he does say that quite a bit!