Mikayla's 5th Birthday!!!

Thank you Grandma Sue for the gift (a beautiful blue dress)

Kris and Mikayla have this little 'scream' thing they do...it was cute!

Mikayla found her new bike

Clue in Grandma Sue's yard

Clue at the pool

Taking her bike out for her first ride

Clue at the Cresent Moon

Clue in the chicken coop

Video message...Kris and I recorded it at midnight out in the freezing cold truck.  We had fun doing it.

Decorations in the Kitchen

Mikayla's Hello Kitty Cake

Kris blowing up balloons the night before (notice the kitten sleeping in the basket next to kris.  She loves sleeping in that basket)

Our traditional family photo in the same booth we ate at the night my water broke

Mikkel's Go-T

Payton, Brennan, and Uncle Kim

Grandma Sue and Uncle Cary

Getting ready to blow out her candle

opening presents at the party

freeze dancing at the party

Dakota

Sage Brown

Birthday Girl!

River Hendersen

M.J. Cluff

Allison Riddle

Pinning the bow on Hello Kitty (blind folded of course)

Kris and Mikayla getting the party started

 

Mikayla had a really fun birthday this year.  We bought her a Hello Kitty bike so we decided to have a Hello Kitty themed party.  The night before her birthday, we of course went to dinner at Wendy's (a family tradition since my water broke when we were eating at Wendy's).  After we got the girls to bed that night we decorated!  Kris blew up LOTS of balloons and I decorated the cake.  We then made a video clue for Mikayla's first scavanger hunt clue.  We decided to send her on a scavanger hunt so she could find her present. On her birthday, we showed her the video clue and the hunt began.  He first place was the chicken coop, then off to Cresent Moon where she has her dance glass.  Then we went to Redbox, the swimming pool, the library and then to Sue's house.  She found a clue outside in Sue's yard that led her into Sue's house.  She searched all over the house until she found her new bike!!!  She was so excited!  She rode her bike home while Kris walked with her and Mikkel and I drove home to start getting things ready for the party.  She had a 'girl' party that afternoon.  She made sure that her dad was the only boy there.  During the party we made birthday crowns, pinned the bow on Hello Kitty, danced, and had cupcakes.  It was a lot of fun!  Then later that night, we had a get together with family and we shared cake and ice cream with them.  It was a fun birthday and Mikayla was so excited to finally be 5!!! (the pictures are in no particular order...I couldn't seem to get them chronolocial)