Kenna's first pony ride

We thought it would be fun to take McKenna to ride a pony for the first time ever since she just had her 3rd birthday. When we told her we were going to go ride a horse, she was so excited and kept asking every day "ride the horsie?" I told her it wouldn't be until Monday and showed her on the calendar how many days.
Whenever she told people she was going to ride a horse or if we asked her if she was excited she would just say "on Monday I am going to k"
There was this little equestrian ranch in Spanish Fork that Travis called up and asked if our daughter could come ride a pony and feed it and stuff and they said sure so we decided to go.
There were a lot of horses there and McKenna was so excited when we pulled up, she kept pointing to them and saying "I wanna ride that one" and she just really wanted to pet them all.

One of the employees came and took out one of the small horses and McKenna got to pet it while she brushed it and put on the saddle so Kenna could ride it. There were lots of flies around of course and so McKenna kept saying "eew bugs."
Once the horse was ready, she led it into the arena and we put McKenna up on it and the lady started leading the horse around in circles. McKenna absolutely loved it! She was so excited and looked so cute sitting up on it.

Travis was walking beside her trying to hold her a little in case she fell off but she wanted to do it all by herself without anyone touching or helping her.
She rode for about 20 min or so and then the lady brought the horse back and Kenna got to feed it a treat. She kept saying "come here horse," and gesturing with her hand for it to come....It was the cutest thing! When she was feeding it she didn't rally like the feel of the lips on her hand and was kind of scared, so she watched daddy do it instead.

We had a really fun time and I loved seeing her enjoy something so much. I think we will have to do it again sometime because that is all she talks about. Everytime we say prayers she says "thank you that we could ride the horsie," and she always talks aobut how fun it was.

McKenna's 3rd Birthday

I cannot believe that my baby is three already! It seems like yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital, time flies by way too fast. McKenna has the cutest personality and is the sweetest little girl ever! She is always willing to help and has so much life and light that radiates from her. She truly is a joy to be around and I am so glad I have been able to be her mother for these pst 3 years.
She was a little tired since she woke up at 6:15am for some reason and only had an hour nap before I woke her up for the party, but her excitement weighed out for the most part.

For her birthday we decided to go to her favorite place which is Scera pool to go swimming. Auntie Abbey, Uncle Brandon, Aunt Melanie, Uncle Danny, and of course her cousins Taylor, Abby, and Alayna came to the water park with us. It was so much fun, and McKenna had a blast!

She is so funny cause she was a little awnry at first but as soon as I gave her something to eat she was totally happy after that. She is definately like her dad and gets really cranky when she doesn't eat enough.
After the waterpark, we went back to our house and played for a little bit while daddy went and got pizza. Travis' cousin Jen and her little boy Jackson came over and when Travis got back we all had pizza and pop and just hung out for a little bit.
We got McKenna a pinata that she picked out. It was a little kitty, she is obsessed with cats and I am not sure why because we don't even have one. After we ate we all went outside and the kids took turns hitting the pinata. It was really funny to see them do it. McKenna was kind of timid about hitting it which I surprised by, but she hit it a few times. It was really fun. Her cousin Taylor broke it, and they all scrambled to pick up the candy.....well the other kids did, McKenna just kind of sat down and started eating it instead.
Auntie Lindsay and Uncle Trevor came over when they got off work and we sang Happy Birthday to McKenna and had cupcakes. McKenna of course just ate the part with the frosting and threw the rest of the cupcake on the ground. After the cakes we opened presents.
McKenna got so many fun things, she difinately got spoiled this year! She got her two favorite movies, "Princess and the Frog" and "Nemo." Needless to say she wants to watch them all the time. She also got a lot of tinkerbell barbies and a tea set, a beach towel and toys, books, pajamas, cute clothes, a cute little kitty that she carries around everywhere, a potato head, ballons, a microphone, tinkerbell cards, tinkerbell cup.....in case you didn't know she also loves Tinkerbell, so she was very happy about all of her presents and loves playing with every single one.

She didn't quite get the concept that it was just her birthday at times because she tried to sing other people Happy Birthday and say it to them. It was so cute though because whenever someone would say Happy Birthday to her she was like "Oh Thanks!"
It was so much fun celebrating her birthday with our family and being able to see her joy and excitement. I am looking forward to many more birthdays with my girl and am so excited that I get to keep loving and watching every milestone and little things she does.
She definately gives my life meaning and makes every second of every day worth living. We love her so much and are so glad she is our little girl. Happy Birthday McKenna!

Fun summer activities

Since Travis doesn't have to work this summer, we have been doing a lot of fun activities together which has been so nice. I am taking advantage of this because come the end of August I won't have a husband for a while.
We have been to the zoo a few times this summer. Once we went with Travis sister and her 3 kids, and then we went with them again but her husband came as well as grandma Allen and Auntie Lindsay.
McKenna loves the zoo and all the animals. We got to see the new baby elephant Zuri which was soo cute! I think her favorite animal though was the giraffe.


We experienced raw nature while we were at the zoo both times. The first time we went we were at the gorilla exhibit and the gorilla had just taken a dump and then picked it up and started eating it. It was pretty gross....and people think we evolved from them....hmm.
The kids got a kick out of it though so it was pretty funny. The second time we were there the giraffe's were outside and the male giraffe was drinking the female's urine to see if she was ready to mate....needless to say the kids got course 101 of the birds and the bees.
We had a lot of fun looking at the animals, but I think the kids favorite part was riding on the carasoul and eating ice cream.

I am so glad I get to enjoy fun special moments with my family, I love seeing the joy that McKenna gets from spending time with us and her cousins. She will be so sad when we move and don't get to see her cousins very often.

Travis and I took McKenna to Bridal Veil Falls the other day and we had a lot of fun playing in the water and climbing up the rocks to the waterfall. The water was freezing, but McKenna didn't seem to mind one bit. It was really beautiful!


We have also been doing a lot of swimming in the back yard in the little pool,
at Scera pool which is like a little water park, and at Auntie Lindsay and Uncle Brandon's apartment pool. It has been really fun swimming. McKenna loves swimming, it is her favorite thing and can practically swim on her own.

It has been a really fun summer so far despite being pregnant, and I am looking forward to a lot more fun the rest of the summer.