Discovery Center Fun!

We love our local Discovery Center! We have been a member since the second week we moved to Amarillo. Their latest exhibit has been on Lego Knights! My boys have been in Heaven and loving it every time we get a chance to go. We love anything Legos and I love the hands on play they get at the Discovery center, its a win win!

                                                

jousting with their friend Nicholas

My knights in shining armor!

Legos are for kids of all ages!

He would stay right here and build the entire time if we let him!

Jiu Jitsu belts all around

Last week, Makayla and I made the Lis family a complete Jiu Jitsu family.

We received our white belts and started  training! It's been a big goal of mine since my weight loss journey began to wear a Gi and train and my husband could not be more proud that all of his family is learning Jiu Jitsu.

 Makayla has completely surprised us, she loves it! She went four times last week and it's amazing how fast she's picked up on moves and how well she applies them! She has long limbs so she makes it look so beautiful! 

  We are really enjoying having something to do as a family and it's so healthy and good for us! I can't wait until we all have on black belts!

James Henry's Texas program

James Henry's preschool recently performed a program all about our great state of Texas! 

James Henry attends the same preschool Christopher did and also has the same teacher so it was fun to see the program several years later!

They practiced at school a lot and we practiced at home for several weeks, he memorized The Texas Pledge and his line for the play. It was, "Friendship is our state motto!"

He did a great job saying his line in the microphone and the best moment of the night came after his line. His best bud Matthew was in his group and after they proudly stated their line, they turned around and gave each other a huge high five! James and I are still laughing about it! 

It was a really cute program and a fun night! 

God Bless Texas!

Family Vacation `14: Stingray Beach

Our big shore excursion in Cozumel was Stingray Beach!

 Once we arrived there, we were given some instructions and then we waded into the water with the stingrays. We feed them squid and they swam all around us, it was so cool! After being in the water with them for awhile we were able to hold two of them for photo-ops!

 Stingray beach had a water trampoline, which my boys (all 3 of them) loved!

We also went snorkeling.

 The water was so clear and the stingrays and fish were all around us.

 The beach also had birds and iguanas to hold and play with. Our boys were obsessed, it was their favorite thing to do there!

 Makayla chose to get her hair braided that day, it was super cute!

 The views at Stingray Beach were breathtaking!

We really had an amazing vacation and we made a lifetime of memories. We are so blessed to be able to do things like take a cruise as a family!

All to soon we were stuck in Houston traffic driving back to our wonderful traffic-free small town.

Makayla in front of the Sam Houston statue.

Family Vacation `14: Cozumel & Dolphinaris

I love Cozumel, Mexico! This was my third trip there. I love the crystal clear blue waters and white beaches. I love the shopping and the atmosphere plus there are countless amounts of shore excursions!

We were so excited to get to dock that day, we woke up early to watch from the pool deck.

 Our kids had been talking non-stop about drinking from a coconut and my amazing husband was able to find them one as soon as we were on land!

The port itself was a lot of fun, plenty of photo-ops and places to eat!

Our sweet little cabana babies!

Late that afternoon after our shore excursions we enjoyed a quick lunch before shopping.

                                                These were our amazing lunch time views!

                                     
We were originally scheduled to have two ports of call, one in Cozumel and one in Progreso but since our ship was delayed a day due to the fog we actually lost Progreso but gained extra time in Cozumel so we booked two shore excursions! We chose a short excursion to Dolphinaris. It was beautiful!

My loves, my heartbeat!

 We were able to get in a group all by ourselves and our dolphin's name was Minko. He waved to us and showed off a little bit. He swam by us several times so we could all touch his skin. We were each able to hold him and then he gave us kiss! It really was a priceless moment for James and I to watch our kids with the dolphin. The trainer had James Henry touch a part on the dolphin's head and Minko made a sound like a lawn mower, the look on James Henry's face was priceless! One of my favorite moments was watching my kids have a water fight with a dolphin! It was a day full of moments I will forever cherish!