Howdy Y'all! PG's 5th B-day!

PandaGirl has loved HORSES since she was little bitty and since we've already had a Winnie the Pooh party, a Miss Patty-Cake party and the Princess party it only seemed right to have a HORSE party! This was so fun to decorate for especially being from Texas. If you aren't a Texan then you probably have no idea how we think. We are a bit fanatical about our Lone Star State. We proudly wave our red, white and blue flag with it's beautiful white star. Hence, the reason for those colors for the party. It's a given. I have no idea what ANY other state's flag even looks like, but here in TEXAS it's just a part of everyday life as is the whole western look. No, we don't all dress like cowboys but there is a claim to all things "cowboy".

PandaGirl had a blast at her party. We had a FREE bounce house which was a huge hit. Then we had lunch, cake, presents, a bit more jumping in the bounce house and WHAM!...it was over. It seemed like all the kids had fun and the grown-ups got a kick out of all the kids having fun. We even got to see TWO of our wonderful old playgroup families! HUGE blessing to us! Thanks guys!!

I have such a blast decorating for a party!!! These red ropers were mine when I was sixteen and totally into George Strait! LOL!


PandaFamily enjoying the day!

I am in love with this ever-so-cute blue speckled bean pot full of Ranch Style Beans (made right here in Texas!). These went along with BBQ brisket sandwiches, little smokies, cheese noodles (PG's favorite!), chips, pickles, onions, sweet tea, lemonade, followed by chocolate horseshoe cake (that I made this morning!) and vanilla ice cream. YUM! Very cowgirl-ish. ; )

The present opening happened so fast and furious with all of PG's friends "helping" her that I missed any great shots of this moment. Pooh.

PandaPop and I had fun buying this awesome horse and carriage for PG's new Barbie dolls and best of all her new MULAN doll PP got off of ebay!!! She is so in love with Mulan now so this was the BEST!

The kiddos went home with a small horse figurine, a red bandanna and this cute little bag full of yummy Trail Mix...good for any cowboy on the trail!

How sad for you if you don't live in or near Texas and have no idea what Blue Bell Ice Cream is. It is made in south Texas and is the best. The kids had cute little individual ones while the grown ups dug into the half gallon for the floats in the next pics.

I'm aware that normally I should have Dr. Pepper to go along with brisket and all the trimmings, but we opted to have A&W Root Beer to make Floats!

Sippin' on a little bit of root-beer float!!!

Grandma and PawPaw came to visit.

So much fun and excitement made this little cowgirl pooped!