Funeral for Michaelle

Rosary will be at 7:30pm on Tuesday and the funeral will be Wednesday at 10:00am at Holy Name Catholic Church, Coffeyville with Father Ben officiating. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery.
We have set up a Memorial in her name at Grace Academy Preschool in memory of Shelly (Miss Michaelle); contributions may be left with the funeral home or mailed c/o David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 306 North Cline Road, Coffeyville, Kansas 67337
This will be used to purchase outdoor play epuiptment for the preschoolers.
http://www.dwbfh.com/

If tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
all filled with tears for me;

I wish so much you wouldn't cry
the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know w you'll miss me too;

But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,

And said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
all those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do,
it seemed almost impossible,
that I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all that we shared,
And all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday,
Just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss some tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne,

He said, 'This is eternity,
And all I've promised you.'
Today your life on earth is past,
but here life starts anew.

I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
and since each day is the same way,
There's no longing for the past.

So when tomorrow starts without me,
don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart.

Michaelle was found.

Unforturnately the news was not good. What a TOUGH TOUGH day.
Funeral arrangements are being made for next week. We do not know a day yet.
We are all still in absolute shock.

Prayers for Michaelle

What a day. I wasn't sure about posting this on my blog yet, but, after seeing the hundreds of hits my blog received today, I am here to post.
First off, yes, Michaelle is missing. They have found her car at Roosevelt Drive with her purse, money, phone, etc. all in it. She has had alot of problems this past week that she has had trouble dealing with. She did take her car keys with her. We think she had every intention of returning to it. We don't think foul play was involved. It was hard today as each of us had to go in for questioning at the police department.
We want to THANK everyone from the bottom of our hearts that came out today for the search and rescue. We were overwhelmed at the response. We will all be out again tomorrow.
Thank you to those who have called or emailed your support.
Please keep praying for her safe return.

Maui Photos

I have finally had a chance to go through some of the photos taken while in Maui. We had such a great time there. We ate alot of really great food--Ahi, Mahimahi, tuna kabobs, spaghetti with calamari and my favorite--Macadamia Nut pancakes with butterscotch maple whipped cream and coconut syrup (what made that breakfast really great is we ate it at this beach side "Gazebo" restaurant while watching spinner dolphins right off the coast. Beautiful!)--ohhh and the pineapple---wow. We even had some shipped home and sent a box to my Mom, Dad and Brother, along with a box of macadamia nut chocolates (my sister got another gift, didn't want you to think I forgot her lol, and my parents received their box today!)
We went to the top of a volcano (there is one photo of that in the photos), had a great time at a Luau with free refills of MaiTai's, went in a "cave", swam with sea turtles, drove the Hana Highway (600 turns and 52 one lane bridges---took us 4 hours to drive the 35 mile stretch of Highway, but it was so worth it), shopped in Lahaina, snorkeled at Molokini, boogie boarded and even had time to just relax at the pool at the hotel. We even saw Helen Hunt hehehe--but, no photos of her, have to respect their privacy! One photo in there is of where they filmed the opening scene to Jurassic Park (you may recognize the cliff if you have ever seen the movie).

The colors in Maui are just gorgeous! So vibrant and rich. Everything there is just so colorful.
So, here is a link to just a few of the hundreds of photos taken. Just click on the link and enter the passcode and it will take you to my ordering gallery (it was just easier adding it there---just don't place any orders of us LOL! Well, if you want some of the flowers or sunset, be my guest haha!)

Passcode: Hawaii
http://www.photographybykasey.com/ordering/index.php

Aloha!

What an AMAZING trip we had! It was truly the BEST vacation we have ever taken. Maui was just so beautiful! The water really was as blue as it is in photos. We got back into town yesterday around 3:00. We left Hawaii Tuesday evening at 8:45 (their time, which is 5 hours earlier than it is here) and we stopped in LA at 4:20am and Denver before finally getting into Tulsa at 12:45 pm. I have so many photos to share! I think I will just put them into a gallery on my website and post the link here. I should have a chance this evening to go through them. I will post more about the trip and what all we saw and did later today or tomorrow.
~Kasey