Evan Adam's Legacy Ride

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of it's members."- Coretta Scott King

He was a little boy, only 10 years old.  He didn't get to go to prom, get a driver's license, get married, or grow old.  Yet his legacy and his name still live on.  Those who loved Evan didn't just sit on their grief and bury themselves with it.  They made a legacy.  

Every year they choose a family with a special needs child in Louisa County.  They do a motorcycle ride and choose a child to benefit.  They saw my blog and we were blessed to be this year's family.  

The ride took place this past Saturday.  I teased Crystal that she must have ordered the weather because it wasn't 5 billion degrees outside.  

I had her pose by the banner.  She normally loves hamming it up for the camera, but today she was more interested in the people around her.  

More specifically she was interested in all the motorcycles and the people who rode them.  She spent great amounts of time giggling and smiling at everyone.  

Our ride was pretty sweet too.  While the bikers rode in front of us we got to follow in style.  Marvin thinks he may want to drive one of these and own 5 motorcycles when he grows up.  He told us he would build a seat on one for Cary Lynn.  She heartily approved.  

Being a princess is hard work and lots of photos are needed, lol.  She loved the attention but refused to smile on command (story of our lives here).  Of course once the camera was off of her she was all smiles.  But that's the way she rolls.  

Speaking of rolling, the ride was amazing.  We had a large number of motorcyclists in front of us (I want to say about 200, but I may be off some).  It was so cool.  Cary Lynn sang and giggled the whole ride.  She was all smiles.  

We came back and there was music, dancing, and really good food.  Yum.  

She got a little stuffed monkey from some of the riders.  She has named him Bert.  Bert comes with her on her trike and she makes motorcycle nosies riding with him.  

As you can probably see from the picture her day was catching up to her.  We ended up going into the rescue station where she had a giant Mito crash.  We ended up heading home and Cary Lynn slept from about 3 in the afternoon until about 9am the next day. But for all the smiles and all the fun she had it was so well worth it.  She pushed through and gave it 110% and I was so proud of her.  

We are so thankful.  The community and Evan Adam's Children's Benefit made this such a special day for her.  Words fail me on how to thank you all for everything you did for this little person I'm lucky to call mine.  Even though my husband's job has other ideas about our future this is still our home base and our community.  You guys are doing an amazing thing for families and the impact you have reaches far and wide.  Thank you from a grateful family and a very happy and loved little girl.