Birthday Girl

Every year, we give Makenzie the choice of having a party for her birthday or taking a special trip of some kind. Some years she chooses a party and several years in between she has chosen a trip here or there. This year, she chose a trip without her sisters....just Mom, Dad, Granny and Pepaw. We let her "play hookie" from school for the day and we went to Houston to the American Girl Doll store. She got a $150 budget and was able to pick out whatever she wanted from the store. She choose several really cute outfits for her doll.

She took a ride on the carousel.

We went to The Aquarium for a special lunch.

We came back to town and visited Nanny in the hospital.

Daddy got suckered into buying a flat iron at the mall, so when we got home, we practiced