BIRTHDAY WEEK

We just finished what I like to call BIRTHDAY WEEK at our house!! Mckinley had her birthday Thursday and Derek had his on Friday.

Thursday Mckinley turned 3! I cannot believe she is already 3. Where did the time go? Derek and I were talking about when she was born the other night and it seemed like it was a week ago.

(Just a fond little memory)
Because Mckinley's head measured about 2 weeks small when I was pregnant, Dr. Young decided to induce me at 38 weeks and kind of freaked me out. The whole induction process ended up taking about a day and a half and on January 21 at 9:30 at night we had our sweet little Mckinley, 6 lbs 3oz., 19 inches long. As for the size of her head, it is just small and there is nothing wrong with it.

We had a fun "Princess Dress-up Party" with some very beautiful princesses. There was a Princess dance party followed by decorating crowns and wands. We played "Put Cinderella in her window", opened presents and finished the party off with a Princess cake and ice cream. Mckinley had so much fun and keeps telling me she wants it to be her birthday again.

Princess Party festivities

After the "Princess Party" we had a small family gathering with Derek's family.

Every year we take a picture of Mckinley and Derek for their birthdays. This year Mckinley decided Derek needed to wear a necklace and earrings. So cute.

Mckinley and Aidie continued princess dress-up the next day. It was fun to see them playing together. Mckinley kept telling me that I was the prince and kept saying, "I have the other slipper", as she pulled her "glass" slipper from behind her back.

I threw Derek a Surprise party for his birthday. He was pretty upset before he realized what was going on. I reserved the church because I figured we could use the space. I told him someone in the bishopric wanted to speak with us and he did not want to go. When we got there and found out it was a party for him then he was happy again. He was surprised (YAY). Family and friends came and hung out and had a good time. We had a pinata and all the kids had a good time with it.

This has nothing to birthdays but still fun. We took the girls sledding for the first time on Saturday. They had a blast. Mckinley put on my snowboarding goggles and was ready to hit the hills. Aidie is wearing Derek's snowsuit from when he was a kid.

Crazy fun kids. They always keep us on our toes. What would we do without our awesome kids and what would I do without my awesome husband. What a great life I have!