A new beginning: Mckennas birthday fun

The weekend before Mckenna's birthday, she was so excited to have her favorite cousin and best friend, Dana and family come spend a few nights with us. As crowded as it was to have 9 of us sleeping in the trailer, it was a blast! All the kids had endless fun, and the adults did too, with a few different wine tastings, and a visit to the hunting store in town ;)

They spoiled her rotten with a "spa" kit and....

birthday party icecream!!

Must be related. :)

Then comes birthday morning. This picture was taken within 5 minutes of both of them being out of bed. For some reason, Mckenna was super excited about this birthday. And she had every reason to..

From walkie-talkies to....

a long dress ( by the way Aunty Melinda, Mckenna loved your long jean skirt and was asking for one for her birthday)

and the glitter tattoo kit that she has been eyeing up at Walmart, but it was SOOOO expensive, too expensive to spend her own money on :)

And to top it off, we surprised her with an hour lesson on a horse. THis girl LOVES horses and everytime we drive by a ranch, or riding centre, she ooohs and awwws over the horses. So this is how we let her know about this lesson.

She was all done opening presents when we told her that we had one more surprise but that we couldn't show her. She looks a little puzzled. So then I go ahead and tell her that I made a few phone calls and that I was able to arrange an hour lesson on a horse for her. She started out by giggling, which soon turned to tears of joy and she hopped up to give us both a hug, while tears start pooling in our eyes, as we didn't expect this kind of reaction :)

So I took her to Bridalwood Riding Centre. It was FABULOUS! The lady let Mckenna do mostly everything right from the start. She hooked the lead, and led her to the brushing station.