Strong Man!

Ryan competed in his first Crossfit Competition! He did great! The competition was called "65 Roses," which is the fundraising organization that raises money for research to cure Cystic Fibrosis. The competition raised a lot of money for the cause. The competed with his friend Luke. They finished in 5th place. Reece even got in on a little of the action by doing pull ups. She was a hit!!!

Not a Sprint...

This week Ryan and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. We also ran a 10K over the Kemah Bridge. As we have been training I was reminded of the fact that as much as you think you have prepared yourself for marriage you have no idea what it is going to be like until you actually start running the race. There were times while I was running that I would think "man this is harder than I thought it was going to be!" and then other times when I was having so much fun I forgot how hard running up that huge bridge was! I think marriage can be that way at times. Sometimes it is harder or easier than you think it will be, but no matter what you keep going, the good news is that you don't have to run alone.

To celebrate our anniversary Ryan had planned a very special night Saturday doing one of my favorite things. We had a picnic at the park. We had wine, cheese and even a duck to keep us company. It Was very romantic, and I am so lucky to have such a sweet husband!

It's my party... I'll be cute if I want to!

This weekend we Celebrated Reece's First Birthday with a cupcake party! We were lucky enough to be joined by some of our closest family and friends. Below are some pictures for you all to enjoy... Especially the few like BB, GiGi and Moi, that sadly were not able to join us, because life just got in the way.

Here we have Princess Reece in her birthday dress, with her giant cupcake headband that sweet Miss Lauren gave her for her birthday. 

Here we have just a few of the cupcakes that Daddy made for the party, including the Jumbo Cupcake!

Here are a few more of the food and dessert cupcakes. We had meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato "icing", mac 'n' cheese cupcakes, gluten free chocolate & carrot cake cupcakes! They were all amazing!!!

We were able to snap a quick picture of Reece playing with her cousin Ella. We were so excited to have her come, because her sweet sister is in the hospital with a respiratory infection (Scarlett you were very missed).

One of Reecie's favorite gifts was from daddy... an old cell phone. LOL

Another very special treat was that Reece's other cousin, Abby, drove four hours from Dallas just to be at her party! It was SO-SO special. Those girls are going to have a lot of fun growing up together!

Here we have Reece opening up her birthday presents. 

Daddy was sweet enough to help her open her presents.

We think she liked her cake...

What do you think?

She decided to dive right on in that cake!

What does everybody need after some cake?

Water.

Here Poppa Cain is showing Reece how to play with the baby doll.  LOL.

And Reece is just looking at him as if she understands every word he is saying.

We just want to say thank you for everyone that came out to celebrate with us the birth of our precious little girl.  We continue to thank God daily for her life and for allowing us to parent her.  She is our joy and the answer to our prayers.  We hope she will continue to bring joy to those she comes in contact with and that she will grow into the little girl that God desires her to be.

Thank you,

The Cain Crew

(Ryan and Alisha)