Kaylee is 13!

 Well somehow, despite my trying to slow time down, Kaylee turned 13! How is it possible that we have a teenager in the house? I gave Kaylee the option of having a big party with lots of friends or taking a few friends to the Gaylord Texan for the night and she chose the Gaylord to celebrate her big birthday. It is always a challenge to plan her birthday since it is so close to the holidays but we managed to find a weekend and we painted the town.

Kaylee chose a cake with snowflakes to go with the theme of the weekend.

Mattie, Anna, Kaylee & Maddie
These girls know Kaylee so well...she got a cake frosting lesson, Rangers gear, and a Doctor Who shirt for her birthday. All of her favorite things!

 As we were about to celebrate in the hotel room I noticed our favorite sitter from a few years ago (thanks to her Facebook post) was also in the hotel so she came up to the room for some hugs and cake. We love and miss Sarah so much!

 Here are the older girls in their party favor shirts heading to see the Ice exhibit.

 We could not let the younger girls miss out. Campbell got to bring her friend SJ along for the fun so that she could have a little adventure too.

 All bundled up and ready for the Frosty the Snowman themed Ice sculptures.

 After we viewed all of the amazing sculptures the girls went ice sledding on tubes. It was so much fun to watch their faces as they went flying down the ice. 

 Out of all of the sculptures in the exhibit I am always most in awe of the nativity scene. I love that they always put this at the end to remind everyone of the birth of Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas as well as every day.

While we did spend a lot of our time enjoying the activities at the Gaylord we also went to the Grapevine Mills Mall and did some shopping. I had the pleasure of shopping with the older girls which was fun and hilarious at the same time. We also ate at the Rainforest Cafe before packing everyone up and heading back home. As we were driving back I could not help but think of how blessed Kaylee is to have such precious girls to walk through her teenage years with. They were all such a joy to be with on this trip.