DNOW weekend

This past weekend James and I hosted 10 crazy girls for our church's 5th and 6th grade DNOW.
James and I co-teach that class so it was a blessing for us to be a host home.

It was a weekend full of little sleep and worship sessions....

 small group bible studies......

and silly girl fun.....

On Saturday we went and saw the movie, God's Not Dead. It was so good! The kids really got a lot out of it. This picture makes me one proud mama!

There were 8 kids from Makayla's class that attended the weekend and it was amazing to watch them worship together,

It was such a successful weekend. There were 90 of us including students and volunteers. James and I are so blessed to be a part of a ministry team who truly lives for God.

The best thing about the weekend was the 8 salvation's, 8 precious names written into the book of life.

GO GOD!

James' purple belt

A few weeks ago I had the great privilege of watching James achieve a goal he has worked tirelessly to achieve for the past several years. 

He received his purple belt in Jiu Jitsu!

It was a huge moment for him and one he has looked forward to. He has put a lot of time, dedication and discipline into achieving his purple belt and I could not be more proud of him.

James and his instructor Chief Garrett

 Congratulations James on your purple belt! The kids and I are so very proud of you!

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.