Mattie's Big Day

I apologize in advance. I am sorry there were so many beyond adorable children at the birthday party held Wednesday at Galloping Grace. Because they are cute and I happened to take their picture, I am forced to post it here. Yes, a ton of cuties! Which would you choose I axe? I cannot do it. If you simply cannot imagine spending an excessive amount of your time admiring cute children at a party, stop reading this post immediately. I warn you that the pictures go on and on and on! Oh, and on!

These little buckaroos were listening to Cowboy Max explain the safety rules. Mattie, the precious birthday girl, got to demonstrate "stuff" to to the attentive crowd. She how cute she is? This picture was taken by her mama, Pam. Pam's another one of those professional photographers, and it shows!

That's Pam on the left, Brandy, and Sandy. Pam feed all her guests, my family, and all our volunteers! Thank you so much, Pam! We appreciate you thinking of everyone. Brandy and Sandy were horse people pre kids. They both talked about volunteering at GG as their schedules allow. That's always music to our ears.

I'm now going to let you scroll though the rest of the shots with only occasional interruptions from me. That's nice of me, right? Believe me--you don't what my thoughts on all 187 pictures.

I love this--Grant sat right down with all the guests and made himself a part of the group. You should have seen him when the food came out. My heart bursts with pride sometimes how resourceful I've trained my children to be. Claire made a new BFF. These two were inseparable. Pierce wasn't too sure about the carbonation.


Every girl should get to open her presents while sitting on hay. I think Mattie would have had a smile on her face no matter where she opened them.


There you have it, a supernumerary amount of photographs. What an absolute pleasure these people were! We were so happy to be a part of celebrating Mattie's 7th birthday. I hope she enjoyed it as much as we did.

Volunteers who helped with the party--THANK YOU!!! Without you, times like this would not be possible.

Tomorrow I will show you the most interesting thing that has ever happened at a party--I doubt it's anything you'd ever expect. Only at Galloping Grace Youth Ranch.

For those interested in Max's neuro appointment, it is moved up to this Thursday! What exciting news. Thanks to Roy, Beth, Marla, and Dan for making that happen for us. Sometimes it pays to know great people. :)