Fourth of July weekend festivities

I have been anticipating this holiday since I knew my due date with Zoie! It's her first holiday!!!!! In all festiveness, I went out and got myself, Brandon, Zeke, and Zoie enough American themed outfits and accessories for every day of the holiday weekend.

We spent our holiday weekend at my parents, who live in a gated community with a lake, their pool, and a fireworks extravaganza over the lake.

We invited friends over, they invited friends over and we all had ourselves and fabulous time all 3 days!

Sunday was Brandon's birthday so we celebrated Sunday for him. We celebrate birthday weeks and months in our family so he has a lot more coming his way, at least this week, since two of his presents were a little on the late side and we are having people over for a firework show in our backyard this coming Saturday......

Comments

The Kirks take over NH

Or the other way around! After our quick trip to NH, I felt slightly dominated. Let's start with the day before our trip when we were trying to clean out the fridge and finding something to make for dinner was a bit challenging. Well we did it! Mashed potatoes, corn, and chicken. Not bad right? Until the next day..... Our flight didn't leave until 9PM but both Brandon and I were texting each other all day about our upset stomach rendezvous! Brandon gets home from work and immediately hugs the toilet for an hour. I, on the other hand, was going in and out of feeling good and not. We managed to make it to the airport and board the plane in one piece. A little piece of advice: just because your slightly under 2 year old flies free until they are 2 does not mean it is comfortable or feasible! When he was younger it was definitely doable but almost 2 was extremely challenging. Prepare for landing........or more like me getting sick in a seat with the fasten seatbelt sign on...

Cruisin'

One of my best friends is getting married so in getting married style we had to have the bachelorette party. Her and her fiancé met on a cruise ship while both working, so going on a cruise was very fitting! We took a short little 3 day (booze) cruise. It was a lot of fun, my first time on ship/cruise, and I'm glad it's over.....wedding time! Brandon had the kids all weekend and did an amazing daddy daycare job, even with activities and sports and all! He's super dad in my eyes!

4th Annual Kirk Klan Ugly Sweater Party

As you can tell by the word annual, this is our Kirk family tradition. We have an ugly sweater party every year for Christmas. We deck out our whole house, garage, ourselves, and have a great time with friends and family. I usually make everything home made with some help from my mom and all her and my grandma's recipes. This year I wanted to make it as simple but still cute as possible. I decided on a chili bar as the main entree. I also delegated everyone that would help to make my favorite chili they make. SCORE! Way less work for me! Muahahahaha! My dad made his tri tip chili, my mom made her white chicken chili, and Brandon made his pulled pork chili. Besides the fact that we always make way too much food, the chili was definitely a hit. Of course the chefs tested everyone on who they thought had the best chili. They are all delicious in my eyes, obviously! I did pitch in a little and made some appetizers and corn bread! Oh and I did all the decorating...

Following the Kirks

Search This Blog