A New School Year

Yesterday was the first day of school for Makayla and Christopher. We are starting our first full year at Vista Academy and we have a brand new campus!

It is so nice and big. It's not 100 percent complete yet but they plan on having the ribbon cutting party in October.

   Makayla is in sixth grade and Christopher is in third grade this year.

We met their teachers last Saturday and God has blessed us with amazing Christian teachers. We are looking forward to a great year! 

  Today James Henry started pre-k at our church, Paramount Baptist Church.

He was so excited! He met his teacher about two weeks ago and he has been talking about her every since. She is actually the same pre-k teacher Christopher had, and she is wonderful! 

We know he is going to have a great year and I am clinging to this school year, since this will be our last year home together before he starts kindergarten! 

Our Summer Part 2

This summer went by quickly as always, but James and I think it may be one of the best summers we have ever had.  You can read about the first part of our summer here: http://lisfamily5.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-summer-thus-far.html

    The last few weeks of summer we have enjoyed catching turtles and horny toads....

 

James and I enjoyed a date night and saw a Clint Black concert, he was awesome!

Christopher started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and he loves it! Dare I say, we may have found his passion in life.

We went to the circus, and it was the best one we have ever been to. I highly recommend Barnum & Bailey's.

We went to the new water park in a nearby town..

Makayla went to Amarillo Youth Choir camp..

We welcomed a new life into the world, our friends had a precious baby girl, Addileigh Burnett.

Christopher turned 9 years old...

 

Then this week we made one last trip to the water park..

 

God really blessed us with a great summer, but we are ready for school to start on Monday.

Now it's time to pull out my hoodies and watch some football!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher's 9th Birthday

Yesterday our sweet Christopher celebrated his 9th birthday! It is a little hard to swallow the fact that he will be in double digits next year. Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
We had a weekend full of celebration!
Saturday morning we woke up and went to his birthday party at the zoo..

It was alot of fun. The kids did a scavenger hunt around the zoo.

 

We had an animal presentation. Christopher chose a ball python. The zookeepers told the kids lots of facts about the snake and Christopher asked ALOT of questions, then everyone got to pet the snake.

 

 

It was a great party and we are so thankful to all our friends who helped us celebrate Christopher's special day.

 

 

 

 

On Sunday morning we woke him up with a birthday song and gifts.

 

We made breakfast for him to share with his Sunday School class and after church we went to lunch.

Every year Christopher chooses the same place, a restaurant called Kabuki. It is a Japanese steak house. He loves it!

 

We wrapped up his birthday with pizza and wings and WWE Summer Slam on Pay-Per-View.

It was a great weekend.

Our lives our blessed and our hearts overflow with the love and joy Christopher brings into our world.

Happy 9th Birthday Christopher!

 

 

 

 

 

Our Summer Thus Far

It is hard to believe but the countdown has begun..27 days until school starts!! We have had an amazing summer so far and we have been on many adventures and made lots of memories.
So far this summer on top going to multiple movies, spending time as a family, going to the zoo, hanging out at the splash pad, playing with friends and just hanging out....

We've gotten cool haircuts...

celebrated my dad's 66th birthday...

spent ALOT of time in the pool...

Took a trip to Red River, New Mexico...

 

and climbed down into a volcano....

there was our "annual honeymoon"....

 

and the kids trip to Shreveport....

random evenings of cutting Daddy's hair on the porch.....

purchased James a new truck....

played at the Discovery Center....

My mom came to visit and we went to Palo Duro Canyon and saw the musical Texas....

 

 

 

I co-hosted a shower for our "Jo-Nanna"...

 

We celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary!!!

 

Played at Jump-N-Jive for preschool night.

Went to Wonderland Amusement Park.......

Christopher went to Lego Camp.........

 

.and we had a blast at our church scavenger hunt.... 

 

We have been having so much and still have some big things coming up in the next few weeks. I am really trying to soak up the next 27 days!