HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKENNA

I can hardly believe that my baby is three years old! When did that happen? I love to watch my kids grow up but it is always a bit sad too. Makenna had a grand birthday party today. She was so excited all day and had a really hard time waiting until 4 o clock. We spent most of the afternoon playing pretend party with her stuffed animals- so she was well prepared when the actual event arrived.

Here is Makenna with her Dora cake. I strongly tried to resist piping a cake- but when it came right down to it, I more strongly wanted to make sure she had the cake she wanted so here it is. I could tell quite a story about the disasters that occured in the making of the cake (some of them might be obvious just from looking at it), but I'll keep this post about the party.

Here are some happy cake eaters!

What's a party without a pinata (or piesta as Makenna called it). The kids did a really good job of waiting their turns.
Here is the whole crew- a wild bunch indeed! They were actually all really good kids and amazingly enough the party went really smoothly.

This is Makenna with her prized pig that Sammy gave her. She really loves this pig.

What a cheesy girl she can be- with her new necklace from Lizzie and her new pink Leapster from Grandma. What a lucky girl!

And as a terrific ending to a crazy day, we gave Makenna her last present- which contrary to what I thought- did not come preassembled. So Kevin being the terrific dad he is, stepped up and cheerfully devoted his evening to the project. (Do you like how in the picture he is trying to fool us into thinking he is unhappy about putting this together- ...ok ok he really wasnt happy about it but as you can see from the picture below it was all worth it for his happy little birthday girl!) Hooray for daddy!

A New Obsession

Top Ten Signs that My Kids are Obsessed with High School Musical
(and of course High School Musical 2)

10. A new threat has emerged at our dinner time..."no more talking about High School Musical until you are done eating"
9. Makenna is spotting "Gabella"(that is how she says Gabriella) look-a-likes whenever we go out
8. I overhear Makenna chanting in a whisper "summer, summer, summer"
7. When we first brought home the soundtrack from HSM2 Brayden layed by the CD player staring at the CD and did not move a muscle until he had heard all 11 tracks. (a definite record for him)
6. Every time we get in the car, the plea from the backseat is always "high school muscial music pleeeease"
5. Makenna tells me, while eating breakfast the other day and staring off in some sort of daze, "oh Troy, he's so funny, right mom?"
4. Playdates with Brayden's friends usually turn into wild dance parties
3. At the BYU football game a couple weeks back, Brayden couldn't help but let out a cheer or two for the Wildcats---much to his dad's dismay, of course.
2. If you ask the kids, "What time is it?" you are likely to get the answer "summer time" (and of course it will be in song form)
1. Makenna was overheard telling Brayden "you are the music in me"

Makenna Goes To Preschool...and other news

Today is yet another big day in our family's history. Makenna started preschool this morning. She has been role playing in preparation for this event all week and Brayden has gotten her quite pumped up with all he says about it. I was surprised that when I dropped her off she wasnt even hesitant to say good bye. I'm happy for her and I hope she has a great time! Oh and notice the heels she chose to wear. I couldnt talk her out of it!
Saturday was also a big day. We set out to go to the big BYU football- the first game of the season- and a winning game too, which makes it a lot more fun. We went early to get a good parking spot and enjoyed a picnic lunch out on the lawn of the Marriott center. So I guess you could say this was us tailgating. It was a lot of fun! Go Cougars!

Here's our little cheerleader- isn't she precious. It was a hot hot day and the kids were troopers to endure the heat. I think they had a good time- Brayden's face in the picture below is just a pose- not the way he truly felt!

This rainbow appeared Sunday night and Kevin got this great shot- no second coming yet!