Mason's Cowboy Party!

Mason turns 4 on Wednesday so we celebrated his birthday a little early (on Saturday) with a cowboy birthday at Happy Trails Ranch.  

The invitation:

 The party decorations:

  Before the party, I took a few pictures of our little cowboy:

In the next two, the horse didn't want to miss out on pictures:

and then he decided to nibble Justin's neck:

As each of the guests arrived, I tried to take a picture of them with Mason.  I love these! 

 Rhiannon and Mason (daycare friends and Sterling's little sister)

 Ruby and Mason (church friends)

 Landon and Mason

 Levi and Mason (photo credit goes to Levi's mom, Angela)

 Camden and Mason

 Mason and Aaron (daycare friends)

And I couldn't leave out the big sisters.

The big event at the party was feeding the horses.  Mrs. Nicky took the kids into the barn where she showed them how to feed the horses and which ones were hungry.  Everyone did a great job and all the horses had full bellies.

 Mason was timid at first but eventually warmed up.

 Kate was a pro (she previously had a party here a couple years ago)

 Camden and Uncle Jordan feeding the horse appropriately named, Cowboy.

 Ruby and Mrs. Hannah

 Rhiannon feeding the horse.

 Stare down between Mason and Bud.

After feeding the horses, all the kids watched Luke the Poodle do tricks and then they went on a hayride around the property. 

 After the hayride was the highlight of the party - riding horses!

 Mimi and Mason.

 Aaron

 Rhiannon

 Landon

 Kate

 Camden

 Kaz (who has suffered a concussion recently, thus the helmet)

 and Ruby!

 Watching the riders.

 Next up was cookie cake!  The red cowboy boot matched our theme perfectly.

 Before everyone left, I attempted my usual group shot.  You will notice a big gap between Ruby and Mason in the front - that it where Camden was seconds before I was able to get a picture.  Silly boy.

We had a great time celebrating Mason's 4th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Cowboy Mason!

On Wednesday night, we had our traditional family dinner at Red Elephant to celebrate Mason's birthday.

Family picture!

Happy times celebrating our big four year old!