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