Disney World

I know it's been a long time since I posted anything, but between our vacation and getting ready for Christmas I've been a little busy. On December 8th we went to Disney World to surprise Mackenzie for her 5th birthday. We had it all planned for a long time and was able to keep it from her. It was pretty amusing trying to keep it from her. We had to drop Scooby off at the pet hotel on Sunday night and our little walking question would stop asking why. We told her that he was going to get a bath and have some play time with his friends. As many of you know, Zane went to Heaven almost 2 months ago and I think Mackenzie was afraid that Scooby was going there too because she started crying when it was time to leave him, so we walked around the store to get him some Christmas presents (because why would you buy Christmas presents for a dog that was going to Heaven). That helped for a little while, but when we left the store she fell apart. She couldn't sleep without Scooby and she didn't want him to stay there, etc. The next morning we got her up early and we left. She had mentioned something about all of the luggage in the car but didn't really think anything of it. We started driving and she kept asking if we were going to get Scooby. We got close to the airport and she said "We're going the wrong way, we aren't going to the airport, we are going to get Scooby." When we parked we told her we were going to eat breakfast at the airport. We ended up getting on the plane and she still thought we were going to get Scooby. One of the flight attendants asked her if she was going to Disney World and she said "No, we are going to get my dog." It was cracking us up. We got to Orlando and were in line for that Magical Express and she still had not figured it out so Jason told her. She didn't really react. What we also didn't tell her was that my parents were meeting us there (they had never been before). When she saw them walking up she lit up like I've never seen before. She was so excited. She ran up to them so fast and gave them big hugs.

We had a nice time on the trip and Izzie really enjoyed herself too. She loved Mickey Mouse. I think I've been long winded enough so I will just post some pictures.

Birthday Pictures

Here are pictures from Mackenzie's actual birthday.  I would highly recommend Libby Lu for little girls that would enjoy a makeover.  They are closing in January though.  : (  After her makeover, we went to see Santa.  I was very happy with how they both did.  I figured there would've been lots of tears, but they did great.  Mackenzie said that she would smile again next year if we got her a makeover again...I guess we'll have to find a new place to do that.  I can't believe my little girl is 5.

This is at Libby Lu before her makeover.

After

Decorating for Christmas

Today we decorated for Christmas (we always do it the day after Thanksgiving).  Mackenzie had fun helping and Izzie really enjoyed the decorations.  

Happy Birthday Mackenzie

On Thanksgiving we celebrated Mackenzie's birthday with Jason's family.  She chose a Bolt cupcake cake.  Tomorrow for her actual birthday she is going to get a makeover at Libby Lu.  

Changing every day

Izzie just found out how much she likes donuts.  It just amazes me how fast she is growing up.

Here Scooby, let me help you hold that.

Peek-A-Boo

What could be better than....

the sound of a baby's laugh???

Trick or Treat

Mackenzie had a party at preschool on Halloween and because of my wonderful new job, I was able to go.  I brought Izzie in her costume so everybody could see her too.  They did a parade around the school and then had pinatas for the kids.  After I was done working we went trick or treating.  Izzie hung out great and Mackenzie had such a good time.  It was such a beautiful day, she didn't even need a sweater.  After we were done trick or treating, we sat on the front porch to give out candy.  Mackenzie held the bowl for the kids as they came by.  

Little helper

Don't you love it when your kids get old enough to help?  Mackenzie has a new found passion for vacuuming.  She loves it.  She actually got upset the other day because she thought that she wasn't going to get to vacuum.  Have I mentioned that she loves washing windows?

Girls Weekend

A couple of weeks' ago the girls and I went to Michigan with a friend to her lake house.  We had so much fun.  We missed being with Jason, but it was nice to get away.  

Jason's Birthday

On October 19, Jason turned 31.  It was not a great birthday because we had to travel back from Kansas City and who wants to spend their birthday traveling, but we did go out to dinner with his parents and we got him a cake.  Happy birthday anyway!

Weekend Wedding

This past weekend we flew to Kansas City to see my cousin get married.  It was Izzie's first trip and she did great.  Mackenzie always travels well, but we were very pleased with both of the girls.  On Friday when we got there, we met up with grandma, grandpa, Uncle Scott, and Aunt Holly at the airport.  Then we all went to my cousin's house together to meet his fiance.  Mackenzie got to go on a 4-wheeler with Jason and my cousin took the kids (and some of the parents) for a hayride.  Mackenzie got to ride on one of their horses with my cousin's fiancee who she immediately fell in love with.  Even now she's still talking about Kendra.  I've never seen her take to somebody so quickly.  We have a ton of great pictures of everybody from the wedding but since I try to focus this on the girls, here are the best pictures from people (I was carrying Izzie around most of the weekend which made it hard to take pictures) of them.  Mackenzie and Abby and Lexi (one of my cousin's twin girls who are a month older than Mackenzie) had a ton of fun together.  They were dancing fools at the reception.  We had a great weekend.  It was wonderful to see my whole family, I don't get to see any of them often enough.  Kendra was a beautiful bride and I'm so glad that Chad found her.  

Pumpkin Farm

Today we spent the morning at the pumpkin farm.  The weather was beautiful and we had lots of fun.  Mackenzie got to go on a pony ride and we all went on a tractor-pulled train ride and a horse-drawn hay ride.  Izzie really enjoyed petting the horse (I had to hold her hand away for the pictures because the horse wanted to lick her).  Mackenzie wanted to go on the train ride by herself, so we rode in a different car.  She picked out a 31-pound pumpkin and we got a small one for Izzie.