Katie Grace's 3rd Birthday!

Hard to believe but our "baby" turned 3 this weekend! We celebrated with a "princess fairy" party at our house.....that is the theme she picked so Mama tried her best to come up with a very PINK, very FAIRY, and very PRINCESS party for sweet Katelyn! Our older 2 girlies have always been "social" and like attention but when it came to birthday parties for them, they tended to be a bit shy at the age of 3 and weren't always so excited when everyone sang to them for their birthday cake and candles....NOT Katie! She loved every minute of it, especially all of us singing to her! : ) We had a wonderful day of food, family and fun and I think that Katelyn really enjoyed turning 3!

More winter and Katelyn's surgery....

Greetings! It's been awhile since I've been on here and just realized that I haven't blogged since the new year began....just a bit behind! : ) We've had a very snowy winter around here so far...the kiddos have enjoyed lots of sledding and outside fun but I think we are ALL getting tired of it and ready for spring weather already! Think it will have to wait a bit longer!

We have been busy with a couple of new activities this year.....Lauren started ballet and tap dancing lessons recently....she loves it and looks so cute practicing all of her new dance moves. Allison began acoustic guitar lessons as well. She has been wanting to do this and since Papa Joe (Jason's dad) has played the guitar since he was a teenager and decided to buy her a "real" guitar last year, we decided it was time for her to learn how to play as well! She is doing really well so far, practicing on her own and her teacher has commented how he can tell she's taking her time and catching on quickly.....she comments that she hopes she is the next "Taylor Swift" soon! : )

Two weeks ago, Katelyn had her outpatient surgery to remove the small growth/tumor on her right cheek. This has been something that has been on our calendar since the fall. We tried to have it removed via a freezing method in the pediatric dermatologist office last summer twice but it didn't work. So we took her to a pediatric plastic surgeon who discovered it was a type of tumor and he would need to remove it via excision/surgery. She had to be put under since it was on her face so she ended up having surgery on 1/13 up on the northside of Indy. Mom and Dad (and her 2 big sisters!) were a bit nervous about it but God had just the right doctor and team to take care of her and she did great. I took a couple of before and after pictures and wanted to post them here but they are on my new phone and I'm still trying to figure out how to download them off of that thing! : ) We are praising God as we found out recently that the pathology report came back all clear for any cancer so we are relieved to have this done and behind us! She has a few stitches remaining but the dr. is very hopeful that there will be no scarring as she grows up. We go back to for a follow-up visit in a couple of weeks and then we are done! Yeah! : )

Speaking of Katelyn, we are getting ready to celebrate her 3rd birthday this weekend.....can not believe how fast time goes! She is our baby so I'm a bit sad that she's growing up so quickly but also enjoying watching her learn and grow every day.....we are so very blessed!

A wonderful Christmas break! : )

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hard to believe but the last two weeks have flown by and the holidays are now behind us. I am always a bit sad when it's time to take all of the Christmas decorations down and get back into the "normal" routine of school, work, etc... But we have had a wonderful Christmas break and lots of fun making tons of family memories. We were able to.......go see the movie Tangled with Aunt Amy and Grandma, had our cousins spend the night a couple of times, made our annual gingerbread house again this year (which was actually a train this time!), went to the Childrens Museum, went to Christmas Eve service at church and saw live nativity animals...including a camel inside our church!....., went to a hotel one night for swimming and fun, hosted an all girlies holiday party with cookie decorating and craft making fun, played many Wii video game family tournaments, hosted our annual family New Years Eve party and spent many nights watching movies, eating good food and just having fun! : ) Doesn't get any better than that! Now on to back to school, work and a bit more order around here as the break winds down......looking forward to 2011 and another wonderful year!

Christmas is coming..... ; )

The Christmas season has officially arrived and in true Massey family form, our entire gang is getting very excited! We are all busy as ever but trying to enjoy every minute. We were able to attend Abby's (oldest niece on my side of the family) Christmas concert recently and she had the honor of singing a wonderful solo...so proud of her! We have also attended Jason's corporate office party in Nashville, TN....always a great time. We were treated to a couple of nights away while Grandma and Uncle Jim, Aunt Amy and the girls watched our kiddos. We always feel so blessed with Jason's job after visiting his corporate office, they are much more like a family than a company. We had our small group Christmas party this weekend at a friends' house, a wonderful meal and fun times of fellowship make for a great evening out. This week, we have classroom parties for all three girls and Mama is still getting gifts finalized before Christmas arrives! : ) 'Tis the season! ENJOY!!!!!!!

Massey Thanksgiving 2010!

Happy Turkey Day to all! : ) Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We enjoyed hosting my side of the family again this year. Honestly, I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. You have the excitement of the holidays approaching, all of the family getting together, a gigantic amount of food to go around, and no stress with gift shopping yet...LOVE IT! The night of Turkey Day, we did our annual tradition and had my sister and brother-in-law and their teenage girls spend the night here so that that the girls (me, sis and oldest niece!) could get up at the crack of dawn on Friday and head out to do some Christmas shopping with every other nut in America! It was crazy but so much fun....we are thinking about getting really crazy next year and starting at midnight! Saturday, we headed with our girls down to KY to spend some time with Jason's side of the family. We packed alot in to our holiday weekend but it's worth it to be able to spend time with all of our family.

Now on to more fun times of getting ready for Christmas....I really think it is the most wonderful time of the year! : )

Happy bday to ME! and getting ready for Turkey Day...

I recently celebrated my 39th birthday...one more year until the big 4 0!!! I teased my hubby that he better save it up this year so that he can spend most of his resources on next year's big party for me...haha! : ) I had a wonderful birthday this year, as usual. I was able to get to both Lauren and Allie's parent teacher conferences that morning and they are both doing great this year in school....that made for a nice bday present! : ) Then I met my mom for lunch, just the two of us! The girls surprised me with putting up decorations in the kitchen for me (Hello Kitty stuff from Lauren's past bday party...love it!) and a birthday balloon. They also got me a necklace, earrings and bracelet set...very pretty! Jason took me out to dinner the night of my bday to The Melting Pot....very romantic and so fun....had a great time together. Just what I needed for my bday.....great laughs and fellowship with my girls, then a nice quiet dinner with my best friend.....it doesn't get any better than that!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great time this fall, ending it with the school fall parties, our church's Harvest Bash (indoor HUGE fall party!) and trick or treating in the neighborhood! Busy crazy times but so much fun. Here are a few pictures to share. Hard to believe that we are now gearing up for Thanksgiving later this month....oh and Big Mama's birthday! ; )