The Adventures of Our Life: February 2010

McKenna is 4!

I can't believe that I have a 4 year old. It is amazing how fast these past 4 years have gone but in a way I can't remember life without my precious little girl. She has changed and grown so much in just one year. We no longer have a toddler or a baby. We have a precious little girl who amazes us more and more everyday! This year her birthday fell on a Saturday so we had her party on her actual birthday. To be honest I am glad that her birthday will only fall on a Saturday once every 5-6 years. I know that is me being a little selfish but the past three birthdays I have enjoyed so much making her actual birthday special doing special things that she like to do and being only a small group or just us. Then having her birthday to be able to celebrate even more. This year we were not able to have that "special time" because it was party day too. Don't get me wrong it was a very special day....I guess I just like having two days to celebrate my little girl!!
For her party we had it at Pump it Up. Besides the cake incident it was a fun birthday and McKenna had a great time bouncing away with her friends. Happy Birthday my sweet McKenna Rhae! We love you so much!

Birthday morning!

Big gift from mommy and daddy!

Before the party started!

Sweet friends!

McKenna wasn't too sure about everyone looking at her singing and clapping!

Having so much fun!

McKenna loves the bounce houses!

Wrestling with Clayton!

What a wonderful group we had!

They dropped the cake.....not the highlight of the party but thankfully it was only a broken cake can not a broken arm or leg

Thankfully there was a WalMart across the street so we were able to get a replacer cake so McKenna had something to blow candles out from. Would not have been my first choice but we couldn't be picky and had to take what they had.

Getting ready to blow out the candles!

I love this birthday girl!

We are so blessed!

McKenna loves her cake and ice cream!

Present time!

McKenna was given some wonderful gifts. Thanks to everyone who helped to make her birthday so special!

McKenna's Birthday celebration at school!

The Thursday before McKenna's birthday I brought cupcakes up to McKennas school. This was a big deal to McKenna! I think she talked about it almost as much as her birthday party. We counted down the days until it was her school party! We had to go and pick out and order the perfect cupcakes too! (tinkerbell fairies of course!!) She was so excited to celebrate her birthday with her school friends! She has such a sweet little class and I enjoyed getting to spend some time up there with them!

Almost ready to eat the cupcakes!

My little cupcake lover!

McKenna's sweet class! (two kids were even absent that day)

McKenna, Landry and Amjad

Being silly with friends!

New Years Eve!!

For the past three New years Eves our tradition is taking McKenna to Chuck E. Cheese. When Katie and I were little every New Years Eve we would go to Chuck E Cheese and to a movie and it was a tradition that we enjoyed so much that Todd and I have decided to do that with McKenna! This year Mimi, Grandad, Katie, Josh, Caleb, Reagan, Nori-Lyn, Brian and Caleb all joined us! It was a fun night!

McKenna wanted to wear her new tinkerbell jacket and headband that Mimi and Grandad got her along with her new earrings! We joke saying that this is 8 year old McKenna since she looks so grown up in this picture! I know I am partial but isn't she just beautiful?!?!?!

This was one of the favorites of the night!

Grandad and McKenna having fun!

Trying pop rocks for the first time! This is what she traded in her tickets for.

Wonderful White Christmas!!

In Texas all we usually do is dream about a White Christmas. We do not experience it! Well that was not so this Christmas! It was a beautiful white Christmas! It was so exciting to experience it but even more exicting to see McKenna enjoy it so much! Weeks before Christmas McKenna would say things like "I can't wait for it to be Christmas then it will snow." She said it many times and was bound and determined to see snow on Christmas. I would tell her over and over again that it would probably not snow on Christmas here in Texas so then she started saying "we will just go to Colorado for Christmas so it will snow on Christmas." Much to our surprise we did not have to take a Christmas road trip to Colorado. (I am a little afraid that she might expect snow every year now!!) On Christmas Eve we went to Mammys house in Ft Worth. They even got more snow being a little bit further west and it was wonderful! We had a wonderful Christmas eve playing in the snow, drinking hot chocolate, eating yummy food, and spending time with family. It was a wonderful way to start celebrating Christs birth! The usual 45 minute drive back home took over 2 hours. It was a slow one and a little stressful but also a little magical too seeing snow all around!
We woke up Christmas morning to see more snow! Santa, snow, a yummy Christmas breakfast, and wonderful family made a perfect Christmas morning! Even though they all have been great this was truly one of the best Christmas' yet!