Danica's First Birthday

We celebrated Danica's first birthday yesterday.  23 people made quite a houseful.  The weather didn't cooperate like we expected and shortly after everyone arrived the snow really started coming down. A few of our guests had to leave shortly after arriving because the roads were quickly getting messy. We're happy they made it, even for a short time.   We had lunch first... hot beef and gravy sandwiches, sloppy joes, cheesy hashbrowns, bacon ranch pasta salad, and my step-dad's famous baked beans







Mom Danica opened gifts.







And then CAKE!

(she didn't know what to make of all the people singing at her)








It's good! You want some?



Look Mom, No hands!



Yum!



A quick bath to clean up...



Then out to the ridge to do some sledding.

Amber, Anabel, Danica, and I rode my snowmobile out to the hill together. It was a very interesting ride. Wish we would have gotten a picture with all 4 of us on my sled together.





The boys (even the big ones) loved sledding!











The girls...



Not so much.



They did, however, seem to enjoy the snow.







Danica thought it was even comfy enough to take a nap.



We went back in to warm up and dry off and relax after everyone left. Danica's birthday party was lots of fun and we're thankful to all who came to help us celebrate!