Meet Our New Elf.... Virginica....

This year we started the tradition of " Elf on A Shelf". David named our Elf, Virginica. Of course we lost it when he blurted the name out... Where does the child come up with this stuff? It has been a great discipline tool for David.

Virginica has been very mischevious and getting into everything! I LOVE that Ashleigh has helped with ideas too! Here are a couple of pics of what we have found him doing when we wake up... I didn't post the pic when he took our stockings down and hung our undies in their place...

Silly little Elf....






Blessings,

MEL

Pass the Fingers Please

I sure wish I was in better spirits... But I am not! By now all of you know about my finger trauma and fight with the crockpot. This is why I REFUSE to handwash dishes... I would much rather throw them away than handwash them. A week after surgery & I feel like I have shocks of electricity shooting up & down my fingers. I think this recovery is far worse than my 3 csections and my Hysterectomy! I usually end my day in tears from the pain & a few choice words. If you have any fingers to spare, please pass them to me! Here are a couple of pics of my fingers at the ER: WARNING... they are gruesome for some:



















David got his cast off yesterday from breaking hos wrist Labor Day weekend, so atleast one of us is on the road to recovery!

I do have awesome neighbors that have brought us dinner... Love them!

Blessings,
Mel

Hiatus

So I know I have been on somewhat of a blogging Hiatus over the summer which flew by!

Hopefully soon I will be able to get back into my regular routine and blog a lot, but as of today I have a ton going on.

I hope everyone has had a FANTABULOUS summer break!

School started for us yesterday and it was a good day for all, well for the kids atleast,

I was not ready for my oldest to start Junior High School....YIKES!

Have a Great week y'all!

Blessings,

MEL

Living Life & A Few Favorite Things

I am still on cloud nine! Still can't get over my NKOTBSB experience... I feel 13 all over again!!! I mean look at these HOTTIES...





I can't help but SMILE a little smile just looking at the pics from the concert...

I am also very excited about my kitchen! I LOVE how it has turned out so far...



I also have a few more favorite things right now:
Adam Levine... SHUT THE FRONT DOOR... I would move Brian to the couch for this HOTTIE!!!



Good Lord Baby Jesus!

Brian is pretty darn HOT too!



Those Beautiful Blue Eyes...
I have missed thoses eyes! I haven't seen them much the last two weeks since he has worked double shifts at the fire station almost every shift...

A few more favorites:







Blessings,
Mel

Its My Obsession

Lately I have been wanting to redo my kitchen but, just not quite sure exactly in what colors, theme, etc... Of course it will be "shabby" styled!

Well, after finding this gorgeous picture at Target that totally inspired me!


I LOVE IT!!!

And I want curtains like this:


I want my dreary old cabinets glazed with a cream color and then antiqued with chocolate brown. The walls will change to turquoise, they are currently granny smith apple green.

Oh, the ideas racing through my mind! Oh, Brian... Do you know how much I love you? Wink, wink... Thats right! I love you so much that I trust you to redo our kitchen!

I mean, look how delicious these two colors are together? They just "pop" so well together!


Blessings,
MEL

Catching Up

Sorry about being M.I.A from blogging... We have been crazy busy. Ash graduated from Elementary School... Sniff, Sniff..

And she received the Presidential Gold Award! Now she is off to Junior High & to start a new chapter in life. Of course, she is ready & I am not! Nope not ready at all!!!

Katelyn had a straight A report card in the last 6 weeks of school & she received a choir achievement award & Pearson Pride.



We are so very PROUD OF OUR GIRLS!!!!

Last night Brian & I attended Chris & Brittani's Beautiful wedding...

It had a shabby country theme.

I loved the groomsmen cake... It was an Irving Firefighter Helmet...

Not that we are partial to IFD, but ya know they do rock it!

Here are a few pics from the wedding:

The Beautiful Bride...Absolutely Stunning!

Love the different chairs where the wedding party sat

Different Sweet Goodies...on top, in the open drawers etc...






Absolutely loved the cake on the Antique Dresser!


BLESSINGS,

Mel

Lets Go Fly a Kite...

Yesterday we spent the day in Las Colinas at their
annual Dragon Boat Races and Asian Celebration,

I have to say that we had a really good time....

especially cheering on my hubby and the rest of the Irving Fire Department team!

But, the most fun was had flying kites!

I had fun telling the girls "look theirs your aunt" or "look theirs your cousin"...LOL! and they fell for it every time and looked at the person...

I mean it was an Asian Festival and they are half Vietnamese...so they fit right in...HA! The best one was "Look your dad is on stage singing"! I know, I know...I am wrong...but it made me laugh and I bet you laughed a little too! (;
Ashleigh and Katelyn on the other hand would just say "MOOOMMM...SSSTTOOOPPP" and laugh about it!

The kites were AMAZING...squids, butterflies, whales, a pirate ship kite...just to name a few!

I know that this will be a yearly tradition from now on for us! We are proud of our Grand Champion Irving Fire Department Team! Way to go guys!

Go ahead and mark your calendars for next year on May 20, 2012, to come out, spend the day, and experience a little Asian culture!

Who knows you may see Ashleigh and Katelyn's aunt, cousin, or biodad too! (:

Blessings,

Mel

Best Weekend Ever

My amazing gifts from the weekend! I had the best little Birthday get together and Mothers Day! LOVE MY HUBBY AND FRIENDS! They are the best!

This past weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in a long time!

I had several friends join us at Lakewood Theater on Friday night and we enjoyed a Burlesque show!

It was a blast!

Patty our MC for the night sang Happy Birthday to me like Marilyn Monroe.....I LOVE IT!

Thanks to Jaimie for calling and having two rows, Mel's Row, saved for us!

Nothing like great friends to make a perfect evening!

Our hubbies were all good sports as well and joined us!

For those of you that truly know me, know that I was born in the wrong ERA! I have an old soul and LOVE the pinup girl styles of the 1940's-1950's! If I had the body I would so do a Burlesque performance!!!! Blaze was AMAZING!

Brian's comment was " I LOVE REDHEADS"!

I do plan on attending the Viva Dallas Burlesque again!

It was so much fun!

Next on my bucket list...get skinny so I can take PinUp Girl Pics....Well skinny enough to look HOT!

Blessings,
MEL

It was ACCEPTABLE in the '80's....

Once a month a group of WONDERFUL women get together for a girls night out to play LCR...

What is LCR, you ask? Well it is a dice game and we have so much fun!

We always have a theme and this past Saturday night we had our '80's themed LCR!

I am truly BLESSED to have met each and everyone of these women!

WE HAD A BLAST!

Nothing like eating great food in great company, winning some money,

NO kids or husbands, and drinking wine!

I personally had a blast picking out my costume! Here are a few pics from the evening....

Blessings,

MEL

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Why? A question both my girls didn't ask when they didn't make cheer yesterday, but I did. Why didn't they make it? Why didn't they get chosen? Ashleigh cried for about 3 minutes and she was over it. Katelyn didn't even cry, but just said "Oh Well, I gave it my best"! As my friend Candice said, "They are Gracious"! Yes they are and I am so blessed for this, wish I was as gracious and not angry as they are.

It blows my mind, but I guess we will find out when we get their scores.

I am just so proud of them for even trying out, GIVING IT THEIR ALL, and not messing up once, unlike some of the girls who actually made it..hmmmm...bet your asking why now....HUH?

I find it interesting that one of the girls cried, the judges let her sit down, then come back out to start her cheer again and the judges said the cheer with her the whole time while trying out....and she made it....WHY??????

My girls are fine with not making it, but I am not!

I know they are FABULOUS at everything they do, but I truly believe that they deserved and showed that they can be a cheerleader. ( I am not simply saying this because I am their mom, but I am saying it because I saw all the girls do the same cheer and jumps and they truly deserved it)

So again Why didn't they make it? Why didn't they get chosen? Why were their scores lower than some of the girls who messed up, who didn't jump high, and why, just WHY am I so angry for them? I pray GOD make me as GRACIOUS and HUMBLE as my daughters. I also pray that I can get over the anger I have towards the Garland Cheer, I would hope that it isn't "political" and they truly were based on scores as far as the girls that made it!

Blessings,

MEL

Normally I am Team Edward.....

So normally I am Team Edward, but nope not today! We went to Scarborough Fair in Waxahachie today and I have to say I had forgotten how much fun it is!

We took the kids and they LOVED it!!!

Wonder if Brian would go for a Knight in Shining Armor outfit like Jacobs...hmmmm

We watched the Jousting tournament and the knights names were....

you ready...

EDWARD AND JACOB....

yep thats right, Edward and Jacob

(see my theory that everything relates in someway back to Twilight is proven again)....

yes I am crazy....

ANYWAYS,

low and behold our knight was Jacob....so that made me Team Jacob and let me tell you...

WOW!

Jacob was definatly HOTTER than Edward today and yes Jacob won the tournament! So Team Jacob for today and today only...

well until next year when we visit Scarborough Fair again!

Jacob can be my

knight in shining armor

anyday! and No I won't share! (:

Blessings,

MEL

Thirty One....CUTE!

This past weekend I had a Thirty One Party/Scentsy Party! My friend Jennifer is a Thirty One Consultant and my friend Jenny is a Scentsy Consultant and they did such a great job Saturday night!

We all know what Scentsy is and all of their YUMMO smells they have (Blueberry Cheesecake and Cranberry Muffin are my favs),

but Thirty One is new to me and I LOVE their stuff!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped make the party such a success!!

Here are a few of the Thirty One items Jennifer had to show us: SO CUTE!!!

I can't wait to get my stuff in that I ordered!

see the grey polka dotted bag in the corner....yep I ordered that, I have been eyeing that cute bag since I was given a catalog a month ago.

Blessings,

MEL