Yesterday we threw Tracey a surprise birthday party, and it was SO much fun and we had a great turnout, and she really was surprised, and I think a great time was had by all. The location was SO much, and her best friend from Rifle and her family even came up for the party, and spent the night at our house afterwards. Seriously, the best day of her life so far.
And here are a few pictures of the fun times...
Caroline made it very clear to us this year how much she hates to travel on her birthday. It doesn't matter that she's always been around aunts and uncles and cousins for her birthday... she adamantly asked that she NOT spend this birthday in the car traveling. She also wanted a birthday party with friends.
We did our best to make her birthday wishes come true. We did our traveling before Christmas so there were NO car rides on her birthday. And, we started the celebration last Friday, December 30th with a swimming birthday party with friends at the Vernal Rec Center. The roads were icy but everyone who said they were going to come made it and we had a great time.
Tracey turned seven on Sunday, and we had a small birthday party for her on Saturday with some school friends.
We invited eight friends for some outdoor ranch fun and a horse-drawn trolley ride. Six friends came, plus one of Howard and Caroline's friends, plus Lee Lee (Hunter stayed home) and it was really a nice-sized party.
We woke up to a few inches of snow on the ground (after no snowfall since New Years) and it snowed off and on all morning... and off and on throughout the party. It was so much fun and the snow just made it more memorable for the kids. We told them that they were tough Colorado kids and they huddled under blankets and winter hoods.
It really was a great time.
