Eeek.......about to pull off a BIG surprise!!

It is Makenna's birthday on Friday and I had the crazy idea to take her to Disneyland for her birthday. How amazing would that be for a 7 year old! It's a total surprise and it's been hard not talking about it around her but I think we have been successful! She said she wanted to go to the dinosaur park on her birthday and Travis whispered that we were going to a park that started with a "D" all right! :) I'm going to pack after they go to bed tonight and get the van all packed so they don't see. Then we are going to say we are keeping her home from school to go to the mountains! She has been begging to go to the mountains to see the snow. It's just going to be a very long trip to the mountains which will then turn into the beach! She has been begging to go to the beach ever since her cousins moved by the beach. We are going to act like that was for her birthday and then surprise her the next morning for Disney!! I'm soooo excited!! I can't wait to see her face!! I just have to do laundry and pack!! Eeek!!! And to just keep our family healthy long enough to enjoy it!! We have been exposed to lots of people that have yucky, yucky sickies and my younger two have been congested with a little cough (which I kinda think is allergies with all the wind and clear snot:) but I can deal with runny noses. What can't be dealt with is a stomach flu which has also been going around!! I'm praying that it passes us by and we can enjoy this trip!! I'm praying hard!! Disneyland....here we come!! :)

3 is so fun!!

We decided to do fun stuff just for Makenna for her birthday instead of doing a party for everyone else. It was awesome!! There was no stress. No worrying about cleaning and making sure everyone was entertained. I could concentrate solely on Makenna. And I think it was the best idea ever. We were able to do so much for her because we weren't spending big bucks on feeding others. And we still got to see everyone and spend time with everyone. It was brilliant if I do say so myself. First, on Tuesday, I took her to the museum with Travis' sister and her kids. It was her first time and she had a blast!

Then on Friday, Travis and I took her for her first time to the movies. Grandma watched Jordyn so we could have some one on one with her and we watched "Horton Hears a Who". On Saturday morning, we took her to gymboree to play and have some fun with my sister's son. They play together all the time and had a blast. We got to do a free trial thankfully since their normal rate is a little outrageous.

Saturday night, we went over to Travis' parents house and had pizza and cake. Nancy made a beautiful doll cake and she was super excited about her presents!!

And finally on Sunday (the day of her birthday), she wore a "I turn 3 today" ribbon at church and the nursery sang Happy Birthday to her. After church, we went over to my parents for dinner and cake as well. My mom made her a princess cake and my sister decorated it. It was beautiful as well. She got to play with her new house and had a great day.




I think she had a great week. It was filled with so much fun and we'd like to say thanks to everyone for their gifts. She loves them all. Ü

And after a hard played week full of fun activities, she relaxed with Papa eating some strawberries. (Check out the hand holding......so precious;)