Monday, August 25, 2014

It's the First Day of School!

Well, we have known this day was coming all summer and now it's here!
It's the first day of school!
Vista Academy 2014-2015 7th, 4th & kindergarten! 
Today our "baby" starts school, he was so excited this morning! It is bittersweet for sure. 

James Henry at his desk and with his teacher Mrs. Dannels.
Christopher & Mrs. Reneau





Sunday, August 24, 2014

End of Summer '14


Wow! Its hard to believe school starts tomorrow. I think I might mourn summer a little bit, but these last few weeks have been busy and fun.

James Henry went to Lego Camp at Amarillo College for the first time. He had a great time and I think we have another Lego engineer in the family.

 Christopher also went to Lego camp. This marks the third year for him.


 Makayla and Christopher went to a week long camp at Extreme Martial Arts. At the end of the week they both took their belt tests and promoted to the next rank. We are very proud of them!
 We let our hair grow very, very long!
 Christopher went to space camp at the Discovery Center. He came home everyday with talks of NASA and the planets.

 Makayla attended a week long camp in preparation for the coming season with Amarillo Youth Choirs.


 James Henry received a stripe on his high white belt.
 We celebrated birthdays... First James' mom's birthday
 Then, Christopher's 10th birthday!
 We spent as much time sending this summer out with fun as possible.
We went bowling...
 and to Chuck E Cheese...


 Finally on Friday, we had Meet The Teacher. It was bittersweet but this year is going to be wonderful at school!
 Last night was the night Makayla has been looking forward to all summer, the season premier of Dr Who. Her dad made her these fabulous Dr Who snacks.

Ah, summer of 2014 you have bought us lots of change and growth. However, there were a lot of adventures and fun.
 Like always, we are blessed!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Christopher is 10!

                                                     Christopher turned 10 this week!

We have had a great time celebrating, Sunday night we had dinner with the grandparents at his favorite place, Kabuki.
 He loved all of his presents...

 and the entertainment.....

We came home from dinner, had cake with the birthday boy and watched WWE Summer Slam. 

Monday morning we woke him up with breakfast in bed.

 We had such a fun day celebrating on Monday. We had lunch out of his choosing. Then he went shopping at Toys r Us with his birthday money.
 We had a blast at the movies watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
 For his birthday this year he asked for 2 leopard geckos. He named them Mikey and Leo!


 Since Monday he has been hard at work building legos. He has built 5 sets in 2 days!

Happy double digit birthday to our amazing guy! You fill our days with kickboxing, jiu jitsu, & legos. We are so proud of your love for your savior and your vast knowledge of the bible!
We love you!!