Helping Dad in the yard

Caelyn loves to help her Dad water the plants in the backyard!!

Happy Birthday Caelyn!!!

So I am sorry that it took me awhile to post these pictures from Caelyn's birthday...I was so tired after her party, and I've been working the past 2 days...tonight is the first time we uploaded them to our computer!

Her party was this weekend and it was a great day filled with lots of wonderful family and friends that we love so much!! We would say her first birthday was a huge success! We made all the decorations together, Jason did the cupcakes, I made her outfit...we had lots of fun putting it all together! She really enjoyed her cupcake, but ran out of steam opening her presents!! Her biggest accomplishment is walking independently!!! Hurray she can move into the one's room in the nursery on Sundays!! She went in there Sunday night and really liked it, she just wanted to stay and play when I went to pick her up!

This first year of Caelyn's life has been an immense blessing to our lives! We can't imagine our lives without the joy of loving and knowing her. We are so honored that God chose us to be her parents!

Caelyn the birthday girl!!

The decor and food

Butterfly cupcakes made by Dad

Caelyn LOVED the balloons, probably her favorite decoration! And lucky for her Penny is terrified of them so all 3 huge mylar balloons are now decorating her bedroom to extend the festivities of the celebration!!

Never had one of these before...

Would you like some?

yummy

Can't get enough of this tasty treat

Are these for me?

pretty paper

I like ribbon...I'll keep this to share with Penny!

So many wonderful new things

Love love love her

Playing in our water toy with our good friend Josie Hayes! What a fun day!

Grandparents are grand!

Grandpa and Grammie in our matching purple

Having our first ice cream cone that Grandpa made just my size!

I like this!!! Alot!!

nothing beats a swim and a cone with Grandpa and Grandma

yummy yummy

Rainbow Falls

Here is a clip from when Caelyn saw Rainbow Falls for the first time!

It is breath taking...

"The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him." Psalm 33:5-8

Mammoth Vacation

We got to get away to Mammoth this past week and had a great time together. Here are some pictures from our vacation...

By the Mammoth lodge. The ladies at my work got us the backpack Caelyn is riding in and it came in very handy on this trip! Caelyn LOVED riding around in it.

Every night we enjoyed the hot tub at the condo and Caelyn had alot of fun standing holding onto the side! I love this picture of her and Jason.

Our first hike. It's the Crystal Lake hike....at the top it has a panoramic view over the Mammoth Lakes basin. But we couldn't make it to the top because there was too much snow...we lost the trail, how crazy in the middle of July, but it was beautiful! Maybe next time we'll see the panoramic view.

Caelyn really wanted to touch the trees along the way.

Up, up, up...good thing I had the lighter backpack!

Tasting some snow...don't worry it is clean.

Maybe Lake George (I'm not sure we saw 4 lakes on this hike).

Taking some time to check out God's marvelous creation...she carried this pine cone throughout the rest of the hike!

In Yosemite National Park

Mommy and Caelyn in our Mammoth t-shirts

On this day we rode a shuttle down and hiked to Devil's Postpile and then to Rainbow Falls! Good thing Jason has a strong back!

Devil's Postpile

family shot...I like how Caelyn is peeking around!

On our way to Rainbow Falls...

Caelyn's first view of Rainbow Falls

Taking a break with Rainbow Falls in the back

the last time Jason and I were there with our family we hiked all the way down and got some incredible pictures but we opted not to hike all the way down there this time.

Hot Creek...a geological site where the pools steam and bubble as the water mixes with the creek. This is a view from the top of the mountain that we hiked down.

So Caelyn's first word was mama but these days all she says is dada!!!! It took her awhile but she now warms her daddy's heart with those little words!!!

The purple wild flowers were beautiful! The condo that we stayed in is in the background. We had such a fun vacation and are so thankful to the Halls for allowing us to use their beautiful home.

Checking out a pinecone on a hike

Eating some snow on our hike!