Happy Happy Birthdays!

Since my last post, all my girls have turned one year older and wiser too (a tear just rolled down my cheek!). Here is a little summary of their birthday celebrations, which in our house seem to last all month long.


Cali turned 4 in February and needless to say, there is never a dull moment at our house with her around. She makes us laugh and smile each and everyday and has such a cute personality with an angel face to go with it. She is obsessed with playing all the time...it doesn't matter what it is (Barbie’s, ponies, kitchen) but if Madison stops even to take a potty break, she immediately flops to the floor and throws a 4-year-old size tantrum. She is so fun to go on little dates with and will talk your ear off about anything and everything that goes through her mind. One of her favorite things to do is blare Justin Beiber's "Baby, Baby" song or Taylor Swift's "Today Was A Fairytale" in the car and belt out all the words together. If she can tell you are having a bad day or are stressed out, she will randomly and unexpectedly come up and give you a big hug and say, "Mommy, I love you." It’s priceless!

For her party, we went and rode the "ponies," aka the carousel, at the McCormick Railroad Park. She loves My Little Ponies so we did our best to pull off a great Pony Party!

We rented out the train car and they played all sorts of fun games with the kids.

Good thing we had Cousin Tyler to lead the team!

We headed inside the train for Pony cake and ice cream! Yum!





And finished off the party with a ride on the train and a Pony ride on the carousel.

Pure Bliss!

Madison tuned 6 in April and wanted a Mermaid Swim Party, not to be mistaken for “The Little Mermaid.” Apparently she is way too mature for that! We were so excited to finally use our new pool that we had been simply looking at for months because it was too cold to use. We heated the pool and hot tub and let the mermaids loose.




The Mermaid Cake



Make a Wish!

The celebrating was definitely not over...we had a family party....

A birthday dinner at Outback.....

And a Tea Party at the English Rose Tea Room!





It was decorated so cute and they had a treasure chest of antique hats to try on and wear during tea.

 



Even Mackenzie joined in on the fun and actually kept

the hat on the whole time. Thanks Candace for such

a fun afternoon with the girls!

Despite of all my efforts to keep her a newborn,
Mackenzie had her big 1st birthday in July.

We had a family celebration and BBQ at our house and

she was surrounded by darling cousins who always give

her so many loves and hugs!

The girls had fun stunting with Uncle Chad!

 What do you think...future BYU cheerleader??

Dig In Kenzie-Cakes!



We turned her around and gave her a big girl car seat for her special day, only to learn at her doctor's appointment that the new recommendation is to keep them rear facing until age 2! Sorry baby...but look how happy she was even if it was short lived!