McKinley's Seventh Birthday

We wanted to give McKinley a day she would remember, so we had a few surprises planned.  The first one being an early, morning wake-up call in order to beat the traffic enroute to the Dragonfly Cafe in Welches, OR.  She had requested biscuits and gravy for breakfast, and the Dragonfly Cafe did not disappoint!  We also ordered some blueberry pancakes and eggs benedict to share, and everything was super yummy and home made from scratch.  The biggest surprise was sledding at Mt. Hood.  After breakfast we drove to Government Camp and settled on inner-tubing at the Summit Ski Area.  We had a blast, especially when we all held on to each other's tubes and went down the hill together. Back at home she opened some presents, and Dadda immediately began reading the instructions for Settlers of Catan Junior, her gift from Ahmma & Dumpa, so that we could play before dinner.  Dinner was ribs from Storr's with Velvet mac-n-cheese, tater tots and broccoli, also one of her requests.  Then we capped off the day with a discount "Happy Holiday" ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.