Happy, Horsey Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I didn't intend to write about it, but my local family threw a bit of a party for me and there was a horsey theme to it so I thought I'd go ahead and share.

Curt, Craig, me, Lukie, Mila, Ian, and Lisa.

And Vanessa!

I love hot dogs cooked on the grill, so when Craig asked what I'd like for my birthday dinner, that's what I asked for. I also asked for ribs, too, and a spice cake with buttercream frosting. 

We ate at Curt and Vanessa's home and they'd even decorated for me.

Knowing that my favorite color is orange, Vanessa made me a banner for the fireplace.

Mila and Lukie created a "birthday path" on the driveway with chalk.

Happy birthday with an arrow to show the way of the path.

 

to a second Happy Birthday and a continuing path

to my name and more path with arrows

which led to the final destination, my name in a circle with a chalk drawing of a horse

and a last arrow leading to another, larger horse. Happy Birthday, Grammy indeed!

Mila wore her dress with horses (she got it at Target; I am going online later to see if they carry it in adult sizes. Probably not but I have to look!)

and brought out her favorite horse stuffie, Brownie, to show me.

Which meant Lukie had to run upstairs and get his favorite stuffed horse to show me, too.

Meanwhile, Gus kept dropping his ball in my lap and hoping that I would play with him. (He will do this repeatedly until you either get up and play with him or put the ball away.)

The kids could hardly wait for me to open my presents from them. (I was pretty excited, too.)

Mila's gift was in a ziplock bag which was then covered with paper she had decorated, cut out, and taped to the bag.

Inside was this cute rubber Appaloosa

that was from her own collection and gifted to me. 

Add to that calls and texts from all my children, grands, and friends and it was a lovely birthday.

Thanks everybody! And for the record, yes, you CAN eat cake for breakfast when it's your birthday. (The day after your birthday, too, haha.)