Our Hailey Rae turned SEVEN on Monday. Brady, Hunter and I joined her at school for a little cupcake party. She was delighted to have her family there and requested rings to be on the cupcakes. They were a big hit among the rowdy, loud boys!

After school, we took a little fun drive looking for land we might want to buy to build our dream house on someday. We didn't see much we liked but Hailey spotted this piece of property with a pond on it. Low and behold it was the very place of her birthday surprise! We drove back to it just to see if they might sell it to us :) We parked and just about that time we spotted her grandparents and Kelsey arriving. We broke the news about her private horse riding lesson. It was priceless. I got the biggest hug as she got out of the vehicle. *See surprise video in the previous blog entry.

This is DUDE the horse she met and rode on for her lesson. I thought her teacher was very good. She walked Hailey through every step and told her lots of good information. She learned a lot in a half hour!

Here is my attempt at making her a pony cake. There is a reason why I buy cakes. I need some lessons in crumb coating!

We came home did presents, ate dinner and had cake! It was a sweet 7th birthday celebration with family. I am lucky to be the mother to this sweet, quirky, lovable girl!