"My Pony Par-tay!"

Kirkley has asked for her own pony part forever since she went to pony parties that her friends had. She has SO been looking forward to this day! She ran all around Saturday morning saying, "I'm so excited about my par-tay!" We had the best time celebrating Kirkley turning, "One, two, THREE!!" I had the hardest time picking out of the 300+ pics -- here are a few faves. Family, I'll send you an album link! :)

She rode and rode and rode Peanut -- all the way back to his trailer to tell him bye!

This post really should be called "It takes a village!" because this party certainly did. I LOVE a big birthday -- I blame it on my Dec 30th bday and that we rarely did anything fun because of the time of year so now I love doing it up big! I'm going to attempt to remember all of our help.... First off, Grammy and Papa's house is the best party spot, and as Kirkley said, "Papa made pretty flowers!" They spent tons of time getting it all ready and perfect and of course tons of time recovering afterward! My sister Donna owns a rental business and is soooo great to let us swoop in and borrow things. Aunt Gloria and Aunt Bonnie were the party set-up, take-down, and staff who did tons and kept the food coming. My grandad always ends up building something or doing odd jobs -- last year's Aubie party cornhole game is still a hit! Uncle Mark was the errand man! Aunt Judi sent the precious pink boots straight from Texas! Then I think every family member helped with set up and clean up in some way!!! The riding pony toys from the Meltons were a hit! Lots of sweet helpers came to play with the little ones: Annah Beth, Grace, Emory, Libby, Brennan, Carla, and Savannah took on and off lots of shoes, colored, and played with all of the kids! We had lots of family in for the weekend, making it even more special! Thanks everyone for EVERYTHING!!!