The Lights at Night are BIG and BRIGHT Deep in the Heart of Texas...

A couple of nights ago the family and I ventured out to see Christmas Lights. It has been a couple of years, well I guess more than a couple, this was Davids first time to go Christmas Light Looking. So ok I guess it has been about 5 years...wow that puts Ashleigh in 1st grade, yikes. Anywho, we remember going and seeing cute lights in a Richardson neighborhood and of course Brian said "I remember where they were", what is the saying about men not asking for directions????

Well, we found it after I googled it on my handy dandy IPHONE after looking for about 30 minutes and we found it! YAY! Applause please...(:

Every culdesac does a different theme and it was so cute!

I love the M&M's with Santa "He does exist"! Each yard had different M&Ms in it...

I adored the Peanut Gang Block...so cute! Each house had something from Charlie Brown Christmas! I love how each neighbor participated...I am sure they have an HOA and are forced to, but it was nice to see neighbors cooperating!

The kids loved The 12 Days of Redneck Christmas Culdesac....All I can say is WHITETRASH! OMG....It was hillarious! When you tuned to 88.3 FM, you could hear the song...

Maybe we will venture out again to see The lights at night that are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas at Christmastime before 5 years passes again....lets see in 5 years Ashleigh will be in 10th grade and Katelyn will be in 9th grade, UGH, high school....so not ready for that! So, yes we will have to go see them next year before the excitement is gone for the kids!

Blessings,

MEL

The Carpenter Family

The Carpenter Family are really good friends of ours! They are in a contest right now to win a free photo shoot with Van Zandt Studios, so if you have facebook: Go and like Van Zandt Studios and like their picture!

Read about there family below under their picture and you will see that they truly deserve it!

Blessings,

MEL

Here it is 1am and I am wide awake as usual! I have a lot going on right now in my life: recovering from surgery, Blah....dealing with a couple of other issues...Blah...My Grandfather dying...I don't know I am in a funk...I seriously need help out...

One of my best guy friends in high school (name not being disclosed, you know who you are!) saw that I was having a hard time with a relationship in high school and when I got home from school I found a card that was super sweet and said hit play.

When I hit play this song from Mr.Big started playing:

Hold on little girl

Show me what he's done to you

Stand up little girl

A broken heart can't be that bad

When it's through, it's through

Fate will twist the both of you

So come on baby come on over

Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you

Deep inside I hope you feel it too

Waited on a line of greens and blues

Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence

So you can be on top for once

wake up who cares about Little boys that talk too much

I've seen it all go down

Your game of love was all rained out

So come on baby, come on over

Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby

You can make my life worthwhile

And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through

Fate will twist the both of you

So come on baby come on over

Let me be the one to show you

Even today, that card meant the world to me! I still have it tucked away in my cedar chest with the tape! That has to be one of the most sincere things that anyone has ever done for me! I know he meant it too! Everytime I hear that song I just smile knowing someone truly cared for me! Go down to my playlist and hit play....and you can smile!

Now where did I put my tape player....

Blessings,

MEL

One Last Christmas

One Last Christmas has to be one of the most touching songs I have ever heard! Stop what you are doing and watch the video below. I feel this way about my Grandad.....Just one last Christmas Grandad....Just one more.

We Love You!

Singing, Bowling, and Eclipse...

This weekend we were back to being busy. Friday night we had our "Massey" family gathering for Christmas and it was fun! Saturday though, whew, I was wore out by the evening!

The morning started out by Brian going to Target and getting my Eclipse Collectors Edition DVD...Can I get a WOOHOO!!! I can not wait until next November to see the first half of Breaking Dawn! I know I am obsessed, but I can't help it! I mean who wouldn't want to be rich, beautiful, happy, invincible? duh?

We had to have the girls at Northpark Mall to sing by 9:15am, so I didn't get to watch Eclipse until later that evening (BOO!).

I have to say that the Pearson Honor Choir did a FABULOUS job singing!

We walked around for a little bit and we had to still get a present for Davids friend, Dawson, who was having a party later in the day, so we went into the Disney Store & found him a Buzz Lightyear Doll. While standing in line, I hear " Are you supposed to be out shopping"? It was Dr.Lightfoot, my urologist. I WAS BUSTED, however Dr.Kaye did say I could walk around and that's all I was doing, right! (;

After leaving Northpark we headed to my nieces first birthday party! I can't believe she is 1! ): Makes me sad! Oh well, she will soon be into Princess stuff and I am going to get her every princess dress there is! Shhhh just don't tell Brian that! Isn't she precious?

After Molly's birthday party, we headed to Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama to Dawson's birthday party. I had a lot of anxiety about David going to the bowling alley...I mean, its just a huge room with tons of heavy balls that David could throw at anyone...oh and slippery bowling lanes that he could run down...(by the way never chase a child down a bowling lane, Olivia ran down one of the lanes there when she was 3 and yep I chased her, that's right, I didn't want her to fall and bust her head open, and yes I fell, flat on my butt, laugh it up! because I know I did, along with the rest of the bowling alley, HA!)...anyways where was I, oh yeah, David in a bowling alley...UGH!
However, to my surprise, David loved it! He didn't like using the metal thingies the ball rolls down on. Nope! He had to roll it down the lane himself and he didn't chase it! THANK GOD! I would have hated to have to provide entertainment for Bowl-A-Rama again.

We finally headed home and yep you guessed it, it was ECLIPSE time! I have watched it a total of 5 times, yep FIVE, 5, times since I received it on Saturday morning!

Brian started back at the station this morning after being off for 3 weeks, I honestly can say I MISS HIM! He did so much for me in the last 3 weeks to help out! Oh, and my little brother started with Irving Fire Department today! We are so proud of our firefighter family!!!

Blessings,

MEL

These Little Lights of Mine....

Tonight we celebrated our annual "Massey Christmas" with my MeMe & Grandad. It was bittersweet & most likely my Grandads last Christmas. His smile just brightens my day! I love him to pieces! I always give him a huge hug and kiss as soon as we get to their house and I love that he asks me "How's my Girl"? I am his oldest Grandchild & was his first "girl". Growing up we lived litterally 2 minutes away. We had lunch with them every Sunday after church (yes, every Sunday). I spent the night with them as much as I could growing up. I always stayed with them when my parents would go out of town &Grandad drove me to work during an ice storm my junior year of high school, he insisted. I LOVE HIM. My Meme and Grandad are the brightest lights in my life and they shine even brighter today!

I love that my kids love their Grandad and that he loves them. It breaks his heart and mine that he won't be with us to watch them grow up. However, I do feel so blessed to have had him as long as we have! These little lights of mine, I'm going to let them shine....

Here are all the Grandkids -1 (Ryan)

MeMe and Grandads lights shine, What Beautiful Grandchildren they have? What brilliant lights of life? Blessed we are and have been.

Blessings,

MEL

Thankful

I had my two week post op appointment today. Everything is healing like it is supposed to, which is a good thing! I am ready to get my body back, well not my parts, just the movement. Starting next Monday I get to drive, woo hoo, not that I didn't mind being chauffeured around by Brian, but I am ready to get my independence back for sure!

I have been thinking a lot about my Grandad these last couple of weeks. He is on my mind all the time. I am so thankful that he has lived as long as he has to get to know my kiddos! David just loves him Grandad. My Me-Me and Grandad came over to my parents on Thanksgiving and David never left his side. He was talking Grandads ear off!

(Sorry for the blurry pic, taken with my iphone)

I have to say that I have realized who really cares for you and loves you during this recovery time! I have some of the best neighbors that brought me yummy food, best friends who came and visited me at the hospital, brought me yummy food, just hung out with me to keep me company, and texted daily just to see how I felt. Brooke, MeMe & Grandad, My Parents, Josh & Jenny,my in laws, Tara & Craig and a couple of others were the only family members to check on me! Thank Ya'll so much!

Oh, and Brian, there is no way in hell I could have recovered without him. I love that his job allowed him to take off and be at my beck and call. He said he is buying me a bell for Christmas because he was tired of hearing his name. lol. He has done everything in the house and taken care of the kids so wonderfully! I LOVE YOU BABE! My girls are self sufficient but David is not. He still needs help with getting a drink, only because I don't want the whole gallon of milk poured on the floor, wiping his butt, getting dressed, etc....Brian also got the kids to school on time and picked them up, thank goodness!

Now I am ready to get all my Christmas Shopping done, well as soon as I can walk straight, stupid surgery!

Thanks again to you all for keeping me busy during my time while I was locked in the house bored to death!

MEL

Christmas Time is Here....

Christmas Time is here! We have the Christmas Tree put up with all the decor. The mantle has Christmas garland on it with my "Nativity Scene". I am relieved it is done. It is not something I looked forward to doing. This year I am not in the "Christmas Spirit", even though I am really trying to make an effort. Maybe it is because I am down and out from surgery? Maybe it is because my Grandad is dying and not expected to live through the next month? I am really not sure, but I am trying my hardest not to be a scrooge and make it a wonderful Christmas for my kids. Here are a few pics of our decorations the kids and I put out.

Oh and we visited Santa!

Enjoy!

MEL

Good Golly Miss Molly

I got to spend this afternoon with a sweet angel, my niece Molly! She brightens my world! Here are a few pics I was able to get today, when she was still enough. She is walking all over the place, which I can't believe! She will be 1 on November 30 ALREADY! I hate that they grow up so fast! Good Golly Miss Molly!

Isn't she the most beautiful, sweetest, little angel face you have ever seen?

MEL

Take a deep breath....now release

I am on day 7 post op from my Hysterectomy and I have to say this is a surgery I don't suggest for anyone to have unless you have no other option! I am atleast able to get up and down without assistance, but I still can't stand up straight. I have tried to walk a little each day and that just about does it for me for the day.

Oh and the bruising....I would take a picture and post, but since I don't have a "bikini body", I am just going to pass on that one...I am bruised from my belly button down to my labia and then from one side of my belly to the other. It looks like I have been beat with a baseball bat repeatedly. My best friend, Lorina, looked at it and her first response was "Holy shit"....then she was pretty much a loss for words.

My incisions are all healing. Yes I said all, not just one. I have my huge abdominal incision where I had all three of my csections, two on each side above my labia, one in my vaginal opening, and then the area where they took my cervix is sewn together on the inside. Note to whoever is having a Hysterectomy and Bladder Suspenion in the future: You will be shaved as bald as a newborn...just sayin'... So imagine having your incisions and your hair growing back in...OMG!

My pathology came back and it showed that I had a Paratubal Cyst in my right fallopian tube (that explains the pain and pressure feeling on that side), my right ovary was normal, my left fallopian tube was normal, my left ovary had cortical inclusion cysts, these 9 out of 10 times turn into ovarian cancer, and that is it. Everything was benign! HALLELUJAH!

Now I can take a deep breath, relax, and try not to go insane while my body adjusts to being put into "medical menopause". I am taking hormone replacement therapy (seems to help) and emotional. The insomnia at night is horrible too, hopefully that will improve as well. I am so ready to get back to my normal routine! I am tired of watching TV & laying around!

Thank you to all my absolutely wonderful friends that have brought us dinner and all the prayers! Thank you so much to my WONDERFUL HUSBAND who is taking care of me day in and day out, being at my beck and call!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

MEL

Here We Go.....

Tomorrow is the big day! The day I am happy about, but dreading... Hysterectomy time! UGH! It is a 3-4 hour major surgery and I will be in the hospital for 3-4 days. I have the house cleaned, the laundry done, and I have the kids all taken care of and locked away..jk (Don't go calling CPS on me, they are with my parents). No more utures, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and pain! Well I guess there will be pain from the surgery but that will soon be gone! YIPPEE! Oh and I get a bladder lift, wish it was a boob lift and reduction or a tummy tuck, but a bladder lift is a start! Right?

Here we go....to the road of recovery...and no more pelvic pain...WOOHOO! Now to try to take it easy and survive not being able to get out of bed for 2 days (that is going to be hard)!

Have a Blessed Week!

Mel

The box says “fra-gee-lay,” so “it must be from Italy

One of my favorite movies is " A Christmas Story", it a tradition in our house to watch it over and over and over again on Christmas Eve! I love the "major award" that dad gets in the movie cracks me up....The box says “fra-gee-lay,” so “it must be from Italy! said Dad...lol....Well Brian came home with a lamp the other day that I have to say Brian was as proud of as "dad" from "A Christmas Story". It has the IFD (Irving Fire Department) logo on it and I asked him what we were going to do with this lamp and his reply was "put it in the window" HA! Of course, I immediately thought of all our neighbors that walk everyday and would see this square glass lamp block in my window....of course it isn't as hideous as the "leg lamp" but it is close. Actually I think I would prefer the leg lamp than this lamp... Well at least we are representing IFD in our neighborhood...lol

Here ya go....There she is....beautiful....NOT!

from my front sidewalk



Have a blessed day!

Mel

No Cowgirls Allowed....

Over the weekend we celebrated Jennifer, my sis in laws, pregnancy and I put together a "Vintage Cowboy" themed shower with the help of my cousins, Amber and Brooke. I have to say I actually had alot of fun getting all the "Country Themed" stuff together! Yes I said it I enjoyed something Country....the first and last time.... I am so excited about the coming birth of my nephew, Eli! He is going to be so spoiled rotten! Here are a few pics from the shower...Enjoy....

Howdy Baby Eli...

Yeehaw

Yummo Food

Pies...

Close up of the cute mini pies (we had pies instead of cake)

lemon, apple, cherry, and peach pies...

The tags read: "Ya'll come back now ya hear?"

All Cowboys need Trailmix for the road......
Jenny with her Hostesses with the Mostesses....Amber, Brooke, and I

Tons of Gifts she got...One thing is for sure, Eli will never be naked...lol

Her chair & Ottoman that Josh made for her because the real one is not in stock, but is ordered...lol....my little brother said he was bored & needed something to do...
"My Big Brother is a Chihuahua" onsie I got for her

Jenny with her Fireman Duck for the faucet

Have a blessed week!

Mel

Private Practice...so traumatic

So, I am caught up on Private Practice. I had heard that the latest one was very traumatic and intense and boy was it ever! I have to say that for me it was very traumatic! For those of you that read my blog posts I am sure that ya'll read my previous one about being in an abusive relationship. I have had the s*** beat out of me and was left bumped and bruised, thank GOD I was not raped! I can't imagine what rape victims go through, the violation they feel. I have to say that the way the actress described what it feels like when you are being hit over and over and over again was accurate....you don't picture anything else other than wondering if you are going to live through what is going on. If you are reading my post and are being abused, leave me a comment or email me at pmp508@msn.com, so I can help you.. there is hope and you don't deserve to be in the situation you are in!

Here is my previous post if you have not seen it:

I don't know why, but I have been thinking about my past lately. All the mistakes, the happiness, the regrets, the sadness, the fear, and now I am ready to let it all go. This is a true story about me, one I hope that no one has to go through: In my 34 years I feel like I have been through so much. Much more than others, especially when it comes to relationships. When I was 19 I had dated a guy for about a year, became engaged, only to find out that he was seeing his ex girlfriend and sleeping with her behind my back. I found this out the day she was killed in a car accident, the same day I broke up with him the first time. After a couple of months, we started talking and things started to get serious again. About 3 months into our relationship things started changing for the worst again. He was very verbally abusive, not physically abusive yet................

One afternoon we got home from shopping at the mall and he was severely pissed at me for not buying stuff for him on my credit card (I knew that he would never pay me back and it wasn't worth ruining my credit over). He proceeded to yell and call me every name known to man to where I felt like a spec of dirt that had been trampled on. When I tried to convince him to wait and talk after he had calmed down, he lost it. I tried to grab my keys and he bit my upper arm. He then proceeded to beat me continuously over the head. I always swore that if a man ever hit me that I would fight back, but by this point, all I wanted to do was cover my face so it wasn't bashed in. I blacked out, not remembering much after the first several blows to my face and head. The next thing I remember is his sister pulling me out of the car and trying to calm her brother down while making sure that I was OK. By this point it took his mom, sister, and grandmother to keep him from hurting me anymore. I jumped in my car and got home, not knowing the severity of my injuries and not being able to feel them from all the adrenaline pulsing through me at the point of his fists impact.

When I got home I was hysterical. I tried to compose myself before going inside, knowing that my mom and sister would immediately see me and know that something bad had happened. As soon as I got in I immediately told my little sister who in turn told my mom. My mom was livid, I mean you do all you can to keep your child protected and here I am bruised and battered. We called the Mesquite police and they sent an officer over who took a report. The next morning I was contacted by a Mesquite Detective and I went in the same afternoon to fill out an affidavit about the whole incident. I also had pictures of all my bumps and bruises taken to use as evidence. I just kept replaying the whole incident through my head and asking myself questions: Why didn't I hit back? Why did I let him do this to me? Why me? It took all I had to even get out of bed and go in public for several weeks, only to face the fear of looking him in the eye if we ran into each other. For all I knew he would kill me next time. After all, how many times had he verbally abused me to the point that I was in fetal position on the floor, scared for my life, without him even laying a finger on me.

He did follow me on many occasions. I always stayed with one of my good friends who lived minutes from the hospital I was working at and he showed up one evening unannounced wanting to see me. I was scared to death. I had no time to leave or escape, so I went to the closet and my friend put all her dirty laundry on me to where I was totally covered. Luckily, Brian, before we were married, and Kevin were there hanging out. He barged in the apartment not caring who was there or who he was going to hurt. He just wanted me! He was yelling "Where is she? Where is that bitch? I will find her and it will not be a good thing!" At that moment I pretty much stopped breathing, I could not let him find me. Luckily, he left and I was scared to death of what was to come. Brian followed me home to my apartment, which my ex did not know existed, and hung out until I was sane enough to be alone. A few weeks after that the same thing happened again, but this time I was able to get out of the apartment to hide upstairs and I watched my ex act like a psycho path trying to find me again. Luckily, Brian and Kevin were there again and all was fine. I reported all of the surprise visits to the detective and he issued a restraining order for my ex to stay away ( I know this is just a piece of paper, but somehow it made me feel a little safer)

About a month after the last incident of him showing up unannounced, he showed up at the dance club that my friends and I always hung out at. His friend happened to be there and saw my friend and I. We started talking and he asked to dance, so of course I said yes (I never turn down dancing), and the next thing I know my ex is in between his friend and me. My heart was pounding so fast that I thought I was going to have a heart attack. One of my friends that was a bouncer for the club was up in my exes face before I could blink and he had him immediately escorted out. After this incident I was done. I couldn't live in fear anymore.

My ex was arrested that night and spent several days in jail. He was in shock that I would even call the police and file a report, much less have him arrested.

Years have gone by and I know that he is married with kids. I know that he still plays the drums with his band................I know this because I ran into him about 2 years ago at one of my friends nephews gigs. It was a scary moment, my heart racing and all the emotions coming back to me from those horrible moments in my life. He did recognize me and Brian. He came over and politely said how sorry he was for all he put me through, for all he put my whole family through, and for making me live in fear. Maybe he has changed, but I know that I am not sticking around to find out. God Bless his wife and kids that they don't go through what he put me through. I have to say that I think about this incident often. I pray daily that my own daughters never have to go through this. It was one of the most horrific things that I have ever experienced.

Hugs to you all!

MEL

Bah Humbug...

I wish I could share the joy with everyone getting ready for Christmas...but I can't! So Bah Humbug! I hate going into the stores and hearing Christmas music and all the decor up already...UGH! Makes me nauseous just thinking about it!

I used to LOVE Christmas, but it all changed after having kids and having to go to 3 or 4 places to celebrate the holiday! I was so upset this year that Brian had to work on Halloween again (they switched his shift this year), so now he is off on Christmas and worked Halloween. You see if he worked Christmas, I wouldn't have to go anywhere! WOOHOO! Sounds like a plan to me!

Halloween is my favorite holiday for sure! No where to go, just the kids enjoying being in their costumes and trick or treating, and then home to relax...no gifts, no 20,000 places to go (well I guess I exagerated a little...

Do I have to put Christmas decor out this year??? Oh thats right Brian does since I will be not able to very much from surgery until the week after Christmas...we'll see how that goes...

Hopefully my prespective on Christmas changes over the years back to where I love it...but right now BAH HUMBUG!!!

And Then There Were 7

Our really good friends, the Carpenters, had something wonderful happen to them this weekend...they adopted the most precious little boy that you will ever meet! He has the biggest blue eyes and cutest smile...Isn't he the cutest? I think so! I got to love on him today and he is so sweet!

You see it isn't just any other adoption...Randy and Candice have 4 other children, so Markus makes #5...5 monkeys to love (Candice you have to change your email address now)

Kennedy, Karrigan, Nolan, Reagan, and Markus

make up their perfect family! When I look at their family it is PERFECT! If you happened to see them you may think like wise, because you may see Kennedy,whom has spina bifida, in her wheel chair (she is perfect in my eyes) and Markus has spina bifida as well...but they are perfect and beautiful children! My family is so blessed to know and love the Carpenter family! Candice is such a wonderful mom and friend and such a blessing to everyone she meets.

I can't express my joy enough for The Carpenters and their new addition! Markus is such a perfect fit to their perfect family! WELCOME BABY MARKUS! You are loved more than you will ever know by so many!

Now you have a complete, perfect family!

The Carpenters

Two Weeks to go....

In two weeks I am having my Hysterectomy...such a hard decision to make, especially after watching Oprah's episode about the Coble Family! I can't imagine losing one of my children, much less all three of them. I was in tears watching the parents mourn there children, but in the end they were able to have more children, triplets, two girls and one boy. I often think "What if something happens to one of my kids?" GOD FORBID!!!! I would'nt want to replace them, but how can I have more kids and have my family back like the Coble Family did if I don't have any "female parts". My uterus will be gone, my ovaries will be gone, etc.... I mean I know I have had a tubal, but I could always do IVF now if needed. Look at these precious faces... I just can't imagine! So as I sit here and type this out I am still trying to cope with losing my ability to have children and still deal with the heartache I feel for this family...

Hearing their parents talk about going home and expecting to hear their laughter, tears, fighting, and playing with their toys, it was all gone!

I can't imagine! I pray everyday for God to watch over Ashleigh, Katelyn, and David and that he keeps them safe and out of harms way!

If you haven't watch this episode of Oprah, WATCH IT! It really makes you think and HUG your kids a little more and a little longer!

Such precious angels!

http://http//www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Coble-Family-Miracle

Here is a little bit of their story...Get the kleenex ready...

On the day after her son Kyle's 5th birthday, Lori Coble loaded up her minivan with her small children—Kyle, 4-year-old Emma and 2-year-old Katie—and her mom, Cindy. The family went to a mall that had a Ferris wheel, which Kyle was excited to ride, and a pet store. As nap time neared, the Cobles got back in the minivan and headed home. Lori hit a line of backed-up traffic as she tried to exit the highway. While stopped, she turned around and caught Katie starting to fall asleep and tickled her toes.Just then, a big rig loaded with 40,000 pounds of cargo going 55 miles per hour slammed into the back of Lori's minivan and demolished it. Lori was knocked unconscious, and the children were severely injured. The trauma was so bad, emergency medical officials had to split the family up. They sent Cindy and Lori to one hospital, Kyle and Katie to another, and Emma to a third.

Chris, Lori's husband and the father of the children, was at work when authorities notified him of the accident. He rushed to the hospital where Lori and Cindy had been taken. When he arrived, he was brought to a small room near the ER. "The doctor told me, 'I'm sorry, but Katie has expired.' A few more minutes went by, and they told me there was a call from the doctor from Saddleback Hospital. I got on the phone, and the first thing I said was, 'Please tell me Emma's alive.' And he said, 'I'm sorry, but Emma has expired,'" Chris says. "I just dropped the phone. I just couldn't believe that it was happening."Chris told Lori that the girls had both died, and then rushed to the hospital where Kyle had been admitted. Though Kyle's opened eyes gave Chris hope, doctors told him the truth. Kyle's brain had not been receiving any oxygen. They recommended taking Kyle off life support.Lori was transported to Kyle's hospital so she and Chris could say goodbye to Kyle together. "She's climbing out of the wheelchair the best she can to hug Kyle and saying: 'He's got to go be with his sisters now. His sisters are waiting for him,'" Chris says. "We stopped life support, and the machines went dark and the room went dark. I held my hand on his chest until his heart stopped beating. And he was gone."

Here is a picture of Lori's destroyed mini van...

Three months after the accident, Chris and Lori decided to try to have more children. "We always described ourselves at that point as 'parents without children,'" Chris says. "I mean, when you have three children that young, your whole lives are dedicated to them and you love it." For medical reasons, the Cobles tried in vitro fertilization. On their first try, they started with 10 eggs. Three were successfully fertilized—two girls and a boy. "We were only going to put two back in, but once we found out that it was two girls and a boy, we took that as a sign from above," Lori says. Almost exactly a year after Kyle, Emma and Katie died, Lori gave birth to triplets—Ashley, Ellie and Jake! While Ashley, Ellie and Jake's birth is a miracle, Lori and Chris still grieve their lost children. "They'll never replace Kyle, Emma and Katie," Lori says. "But the joy is back in the house. It's back in our hearts. They fill our lives again with love and happiness and laughter." The triplets already know about their siblings because there are still pictures on the walls and Lori and Chris often talk about them. "They know that they have two sisters and a brother in heaven," Lori says. "And we go to the cemetery and we have picnics."

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Coble-Family-Miracle/1
Go to the above link to read the rest of the story...it is a horrible tradgedy that has an amazing outcome...GOD blessed them abundantly...

Mel

Family Photos 2010

My fabulous sister in law, bless her heart she is 33+ weeks pregnant, took these fabulous family pics...These are a few of my favorites...She rocks! Enjoy!

Mel

Partying like a Rockstar

I think I have come to the conclusion that I am to old to "Party like a Rockstar"! Last night we went to the Irving Firefighters Ball 2010. It is nice to get to see all the fellow firefighter wives and firefighters. We get to get all dressed up and usually wind up partying into the night... After we had a delicious dinner, awards, and watching a dance team do various ballroom dances, we were told it was time for us to dance the night away. Well, they hired a band...a Van Halen cover band named Stan Halen...really...How am I supposed to dance to '80s Hairband music???? This is not dance music....Anyways, after getting over that disappointment, Goose and Cassie made sure they played the part...Goose is a fellow firefighter

Here are a few pics from the night...Enjoy!

Until Next Time.....

MEL