WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT...

The reason for our trip to Montana was because...

of this Amazing 3 Year Old - AIDAN

and this Precious 3 Month Old - DREW

and the NEWEST addition to our family - MARLEY

What a wonderful trip we had to Montana. Being with my family and being with my two nephews and my niece is a true blessing. I am thankful for their families for bring them into this world and allowing us to be apart of their lives. The one thing that I have learned over the past few months is that family is very important to me and I am sad that we don't live closer to Aidan, Drew, and Marley. I miss them so much! I wish I could see all their firsts and hear their amazing stories. Aidan is growing up so much and the little things that come out of his mouth are priceless. Aidan makes me laugh and smile all the time! I loved when Drew would smile at me when I talked to him. It truly melted my heart. I also loved playing dress up with Marley and taking tons of photos of this new bundle of joy! Marley is going to be a gentle and sweet little girl. I will be so blessed to see them soon! I am ready trying to figure out when I can see them all again. In closing to my amazing sisters thank you for the wonderful trip and having amazing kids!

We love you and miss you already!

Look What We Did In Montana

Our trip to Montana was VERY special as it was the first time all the SISTERS have been together in two years. So what do girls and their mom do we get together and take lots of pictures. However we did have a special new friend take the photos for us and she was AMAZING! If you are in Montana and need a fun photo session taken I highly recommend working with Jaymee Foster Photography. So take a moment to look at some of the photos that she took and I will spend a few days this week sharing more memories during our trip to Montana. Have a WONDERFUL week!

All About Drew

Today I spent a lot of time helping Amie with Drew and I just loved every minute of bouncing him or holding him tight. He is just a great bundle of joy! He can be fussy at times, but I truly love when he smiles at you when you talk to him. Boys are just great and he is one of my favorite boys! Here are just a few pictures that I have taken of Drew!

Enjoy and Happy Wednesday My Friends!

Memories in Montana

I have received some great comments and some new followers over the past few weeks and I just want to let all my old and new followers that I enjoyed and appreciated the comments so much! I am currently on vacation and I DO plan on stopping by all my new followers blogs and learning more about you. But all this will have to wait until I get back to NWA. For now I am going to enjoy my time with my family in Montana!

Touchdown We Are In Montana

Sunday afternoon was spent getting ready for our trip to Montana. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed as I normally have things put together and ready to go at least a few days in advance. However this was not the case as we have had a busy weekend. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy staying busy but it would have been nice to feel a bit more ready to go. I have tons to do and I might just have to do a few things in Montana like pay bills and work just a little bit. I didn't quite get everything I wanted completed last night while we were in the hotel. I should have stayed up and worked. The bed was uncomfortable and I kept waking up to see what time it was. At 2AM I remember waking up every 10 minutes checking the clock. Silly me. I just did not want to miss our flight. Anyways we are currently sitting in the plane getting ready to touch down in Denver. Yeah one more flight and we will be in Montana. Before leaving for Tulsa yesterday our dog Bella was picked up by her sitter and it was so sad she was so happy and excited to see Bella and she was ready to go. BTW our dog sitter name is Bella. Our Bella was not even interested in seeing me or saying good-bye. If you have been around Bella and I you know that Bella does not go any where without me. She is my little shadow. It does make me extremely happy that Bella loves her sitter so much. I think she is spoiled at their home. So all in all things are going great on our journey to Montana. I can't wait to see my family. Chad and I are now on the plane to Montana. We have about 45 minutes remaining and we will be in Billings, Montana. I really enjoy being home and seeing family and friends. When we are home we always make a point to see our wonderful friends Katie and Kris Cummings. However for this trip they will not be home so we are sad that we will miss them. I am excited for today as we get to meet Miss Marley Willow for the first time and see Jessyca as a mommy how exciting. We also get to see Meahgen. Meahgen lives in Hawaii and we have not seen her in two years. We are also excited to see the Hansen Family as I miss them so much. As I get older and spend time with Amie's family it is amazing how much I miss seeing her and her boys. I wish that we all lived closer and could have lots of weekend visits. We also get the pleasure to see my mom. I am looking forward to spending time with her and putting lots of smiles on her face. She has had a tough few weeks. Her dad is very sick and is in the hospital and she had to make the choice this past weekend to either go to Idaho and see him or stay in Montana. Well she decided to stay in MT to be with her girls. What a hard decision for her. I just hope she has peace and faith that she made the right decision. Next week she is planning a visit to Idaho so if you could keep my grandpa in your thoughts and prayers as he fights phenomena. Tonight we are having a special birthday celebration for my mom who just turned 50 in June and my sister and I just turned 30, as you all know. I have some very special gifts for them. I can't wait for them to open them. It should be a wonderful time as we will get a chance to see my grandpa Jake, my dad, and a few cousins. We will have tons of pictures this week of our time in Montana. Don't be too jealous that we are in Montana taking in the beautiful landscape and Big Sky. Chad and I are excited to spend some time together before he spends the remaining month of August traveling.

Happy August My Friends.

Melissa's 30th Birthday Party = Fun!

I would like to let everyone know that I have the BEST husband! He threw me a 30th Birthday Party on Saturday evening. He did everything on his own and I was so proud of him! He had the food catered in by our neighbors Mom and it was amazing! Thanks Jay and Carlos for helping Chad! He ordered a cake from Shelby Lynn and it was Chocolate and Red Velvet my two favorite and it was one of the best cakes I have had in a long time. I think everyone loved it because at the end of the evening there was not much left. Thanks to our friend Kim Fisher for helping Chad get all the special "30" decorations. We really did not need them, but I guess it works so I can remember this special day years from now! I enjoyed the evening by catching up with new and old friends. All the girls got together and played cards, while the boys went out in the backyard and enjoyed a few games of corn hole. I have some of the most amazing friends that took time out of their lives and away from their children or dogs to spend the evening with me. You don't know how much it means to me that you would do this for me. I was given some wonderful gifts and I will treasure them always. Thanks girls for knowing me and getting me the perfect gifts. Tiffany got me a set of blue/green earrings and a beautiful necklace that I plan to wear when I am in Montana. Ashley got me a wonderful clutch purse and leaf necklace...I just LOVE IT! We will have to do a dinner date so I can use it! Kim got a necklace and bracelet that is very special time me as it is a reminder to continue to have Faith...thanks Kim for the thoughtful gift. Plus I got a great card from little Kendall and Kelsey(Kim and Brad's girls) that has a beautiful picture of Kendall and I holding hands. I love pictures from kids! Kelly got me a great cocktail ring and a gift card from Perfect Choice... love it and it is the PERFECT gift for me. Shelly got me a bottle of red wine, which I can't wait to try. Kendall got me a gift card to Francisca's, which is my new favorite store...we will have to go shopping together. Amy and Alex got me a gift card to Perfect Choice... I already know what I want thanks Amy and Alex. I got one final gift from Chad and it was a brown Tano bag from Perfect Choice. Yes you can all say it... HE does spoil me and I secretly love it... don't tell him! I ended the evening cleaning up and getting our house back together as we have our trip coming up to Montana. A special THANK YOU to Brad and Chad for helping clean up after the party. I hope you enjoy all the special photos from the party as much as I do. Thanks again to my AMAZING husband Chad!

I have one more birthday party in Montana! Yeah we will be in Montana tomorrow! I can't wait to see ALL my family! Montana here we come!

Prayer Box

I have an amazing new friend Kim at Scarlett's Boutique that made me a wonderful gift for someone very special to me, but I can't show you the gift as the person reads my blog and I don't want to give it away. However she did make me a wonderful prayer box that I just love. Thank you Kim for the sweet card and the beautiful prayer box. I have been so emotional lately that I cried when I read the card. You are a very sweet and caring person!

I have it on my night stand and plan to put it to good use. My first prayers that will go in the box are very special to me and I think about these two little people all the time. My first prayer is for Sweet Stellan he is currently at Children's Hospital fighting SVT and is doing much better than he was at the beginning of the week. Stop by and visit My Charming Kids blog and show your love for this sweet boy!

My second prayer that will go into my box is for Kate McRae. This sweet and innocent girl is fighting a massive tumor on the basil ganglia portion of her brain. She has been at the Phoenix Children's Hospital undergoing treatment for this disease since June 29th, 2009. Please stop by and visit Kate and pray for this sweet girl.

Kim also made this wonderful bin that will be great to use for parties! Thanks Kim for all the wonderful new items for my home!

Happy Saturday My Friends!