melissa mashburn

First Day of School

Well…there you have it…I am getting older each and everyday (which is a fact anyways…but it is so hard to accept, isn’t it?). Today, my youngest son, Bailey, started Middle School (6th grade) and my oldest son, Nick, started his 8th grade year. I am so stinkin’ excited for BOTH of them…I know in my…

Screamer!!!

Ha! This picture may be humorous, but what I witnessed Tuesday afternoon was NOT humorous at all…(WARNING…this is a long one) I had taken Nick on Monday to get his braces off (yeah…3 years!), and we had to go back on Tuesday afternoon to pickup his retainers…what happened when we walked up to the orthodontist’s…

Screamer!!!

Ha! This picture may be humorous, but what I witnessed Tuesday afternoon was NOT humorous at all…(WARNING…this is a long one) I had taken Nick on Monday to get his braces off (yeah…3 years!), and we had to go back on Tuesday afternoon to pickup his retainers…what happened when we walked up to the orthodontist’s…

Happy Nick-a-versary

Two years ago TODAY…my oldest son, Nick, woke up in the morning at 6am having seizures. They didn’t start out as massive seizures, but over the course of 30 minutes he went from bad to absolute worst. We called 911, the paramedics came, he was airlifted to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (in Hollywood, FL), were…

Middle School Camp

Today the kids got back from Middle School camp, put on by Young Life (I think?), up in the beautiful area of Ocala, FL. They left Monday morning full of excitement, expectations, and anticipation…you see, for my oldest son, Nick, this was his last Middle School camp, and for my youngest son, Bailey, this was…