Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas! I am so thankful today to know the true meaning of Christmas! Enjoy your families today. We are off to church to celebrate the birth of the savior of the world!!

James Henry is 3

I cant believe the baby of the Lis family, the Last Lis baby turned 3 on Sunday. This means no more baby butts in diapers, no more 1st birthdays! It is kinda bittersweet. However, God really blessed us with James Henry. He is so precious and we love him so much.
   We had his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese Saturday night. It was alot of fun. He had a blast!
Once again my wonderfully talented friend Joni, went above and beyond with James Henry's cake.

I love this shirt!

It was a great party. We truly have the best friends!

His birthday crown from Chuck E himself

getting ready to enter the ticket blaster

His prizes from all those tickets

Of course we saved a few gifts for him to open at home on Sunday. He also took donuts to all of his preschool friends at church. It was a great weekend.

Super Boy!

Super hero and add cowboy guns

plus new Spider Man snow boots

James Turns 30

So James turned 30 on the 22nd! I can hardly believe we are going into our 30's!
We had a small party after church on the 20th. He didn't want anything big, so it was just the youth group and our closest friends. We had pizza and watched a movie. The big hit of the party was the cake. It was made by my dear friend in MOPS who is starting her own cake business. Boy, does she have my business for life.
On his actual birthday the 22nd, we got a sitter for date night!! We did some pre-cruise shopping, ate dinner and saw a movie. It was wonderful.
This turning 30 thing has led me to do alot of reflecting. We used to think 30 was old and for a long time we never thought about what life would be like at 30 and for that I am thanking God for guiding us through safely. He has been holding our hands the whole time.
I am thanking God today for our 30's, 10 years of marriage, and three wonderful children.

Happy Thanksgiving

   Take the time today to reflect on all the blessings God has given you.I have so much to be thankful for, however I am most thankful for my salvation given to me thru the precious blood of Christ.
    Today we will spend this day with close friends and enjoy the company, and yes I will hit a Black Friday sale or two!
      

Makayla's Veteran's Day Program

Makayla had a Veteran's Day Program at school this year, with a speaking part! We were so proud of her. See Veteran's Day is very special in our home. Both of our father's are Veteran's as well as my grandfather. Most importantly, James is a Veteran and our favorite one!

Our family knows first hand the sacrifices that are made to defend our freedom and there are some precious souls whom we miss so much that died defending that freedom.

While, I didn't get to see the program first hand because I was at Women Of Faith, my wonderful hubby made this video for me.

P.S. Listen for the little voice at the end, I love it!

Women Of Faith 2011

Last Thursday was the start of Girl's Weekend! We loaded up Thursday morning and headed to Oklahoma City for Women Of Faith Over The Top! It was so wonderful. Thursday we spent the day shopping of course! Gotta love that new outlet mall! Friday morning started the conference with an afternoon break that left room for, you guessed it, more shopping and dinner, then back to the conference until 10 p.m.

   That night we had dessert at The Melting Pot. Wow! It was amazing!

The conference itself was amazing! There is nothing in the world like worshipping the Risen King with 7,000 women. Not to mention rocking out to Mandisa and Amy Grant! There were wonderful speakers including Brenda Warner, wife of Kurt Warner, whose testimony really touched me.  What an amazing weekend!

    I have to say there would be no way I could have gone without the love and support of my husband!
He took off of work and pulled double parenting duty for 2 nights and 3 days, without complaining  or questioning. Not to mention he did let me shop all weekend without saying a word! The kids had a great time with their 'Daddy Weekend'.  I am so blessed to have that man as my husband!
   It was overall an amazing weekend and we are already making plans for next year's Women Of Faith in August 2012.
 By the way....I have the best friends and church family!!

Boy Scout Spook-O -Ree

This is Christopher's first year of Scouts and one of the big Scout events in the Panhandle is Spook-O-Ree. It is held at the Boy Scout campground and it is a day full of "Scout-type"events. The evening ends with a haunted house and a spook walk.
    It was a long day! I only took the two older kids since it was such a long day plus it was super cold in the Canyon that day! Christopher had so much fun! Makayla really enjoyed it also. I do have to say I had two very scared kids by the end of the night and a certain little boy who was so scared by the spook walk that he slept with me that night.

Here is Christopher (in the camo jacket) getting ready to do the obstacle course.

Here is Christopher and Makayla coming out of the smoke house.

Human Foosball

Talking on the amateur radio

 Shooting a BB Gun..This was his highlight, his Dad was very proud. Christopher was hitting cans all over the place.

Bow & Arrow