This morning my family went with my mom to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. It was really awesome. There were so many people there cheering for cancer survivors as they did a lap around the whole event. There are hundreds of booths supporting cancer societies and there is a big circle they make that people are continuously walking for 24 hours. I am so proud of my mom and what she has gone through and am so thankful she is getting better everyday.
I can't believe this day one year ago I was seeing my little girl for the first time. It truly has been one of the best years of my life. Kyle and I have been so blessed to have her in our lives, she has brought so much joy and love into our home and family. She is just getting so big and very independent, and I am starting to miss my little baby. She is walking everywhere and getting into everything. She loves to go running with me, swing on the swings, swim in the pool and spend as much time as she can on the trampoline.
Here she is waking up on the day of her party which was on Saturday, and was so excited to get it started.
I had a lot of fun setting everything up and making my cupcakes into the shape of a ladybug. We had a lot of family over and some friends, it was so fun to have everyone together.
Here Evelyn is with two of her great grandmothers, my grandma and Kyle's nana.
Evelyn is sure enjoying spending the summer with her cousins and loves to just follow them around.
Here's our family picture, Evelyn wasn't in the mood to look at the camera for us.
Evelyn got so many nice gifts from everyone, here is her baby doll and ball that mom and dad got for her.
Getting ready to eat cake!
She sure loved the chocolate cupcake, she had no problem squeezing it and shoving it into her mouth.
Lickin finger good!
Back to one of her favorite spots, in the water getting clean.
Oh my cute cute girl, I just love her so much.
Ending the day in the pool with her aunt and uncle, she loved it so much and wanted to wear her crown in there too so nobody would forget who the birthday princess is.
Here's Evelyn out on the swing just relaxing and enjoying herself.
This past weekend Kyle and I got to go on a little get-a-way and spend some quality time together. We headed out to Palm Springs where it was 103 degrees. I absolutely loved it. I could just sit in the pool and be so nice and warm. We had a great time hanging out by the pool, having our non-alcoholic drinks, going to the movies and sleeping all night. These couple of pictures are of us at 8500 ft up. In Palm Springs you can take a tram all the way up to the top of the mountain which is really neat and see out for a long ways. When we got up to the top the weather had dropped about 30 degrees.
Kyle is not taking any breaks. He has started his externship with a great attorney and is very busy with that everyday and then also working at night, since we all know those externships don't pay very well. It will be nice though for when next April comes and classes are finished he will be completely done. This weekend we will be celebrating Evelyn's 1st birthday which I really can't believe, I am so excited and can't wait to watch her eat her own cake!
