The girls were born on November 16th, 2007, 16 weeks early. Mallory Kate – 1 lb 8 oz, Evan Reese – 1 lb 1 oz, and Kelby Grace – 1 lb 5 oz. Upon their delivery, Mallory and Kelby were transferred to St. David’s South and were doing fairly well considering the circumstances. Our little Evan Reese was a fighter, but she had a lot of problems and she was with us for about 5 hours. We love you Evan and we miss you everyday, but we know we’ll see you again one day. Mallory and Kelby both went through a lot in their 105 day stay in the hospital, from heart surgeries, to brain bleeds, to infections. Many prayers were answered and we thank God everyday for everything He has done for them. Today they are perfectly healthy and growing bigger and stronger everyday. We started this blog to keep everybody updated on their progress. You can scroll down to the bottom of the page for a slideshow from the NICU days.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Cripple Creek Ranch


This picture pretty much says it all! We had a wonderful opportunity to go to a friends family ranch for the weekend a while back. Araceli and Hunt Hellums are dear friends of ours and when the offered we could not say no. Their family ranch is in Medina, TX and truly sits on the most beautiful piece of property either of us have ever seen. Hunt's parents host camps and hunting trips for orphans all across the state. The ranch consists of 5 or 6 cabins, a main house, lodge, several ponds to fish in, horse back riding, canoeing, swimming pool, tons of hiking trails and a peaceful creek to listen too.

We had so much fun getting to visit with some great friends we hadn't seen in a while and enjoying every bit of the ranch. Heidi came along too for the adventures and honestly had more fun than anyone there! She completely checked her "spoiled lap dog" attitude at the gate and became Heidi the ranch dog. She out ran the ranch dogs, swam in the lake and river every chance she got, bailed out of the jeep while it was moving, chased the roosters and quickly treed the ranch cat in mere seconds. By the end of the weekend she had earned the name White Lighten'.

Mallory's turn.

Araceli helping Kelby hit the pinata.

Alex clearly had some experience hitting pinatas.

Heidi was really hopping Luke would whack it open. Then the roosters caught her attention and she was off!

Heidi was gone before we could snap a pic. She chased them in and out of the chicken coup. They finally gave up and flew into the tree. All of us city folk were shocked to know roosters could actually fly that high.

Mallory, Alex and Luke eating their loot! Alex is actually 6mths younger than the girls. She and Kelby could pass for sisters. Many times we all got the two of them confused.


Hunter riding the horse.
Mallory and Kelby crashed Saturday afternoon. Sadly they missed the pony rides.


More pics of the ranch.


The main house and the edge of one of the cabins. Scarlet, a friends dog, was scoping out the place.

The girls first boat ride! This does not look safe, but I promise it was completely safe. The whole boat ride lasted maybe three minutes. The girls giggled the whole time.


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