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

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!

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!!

Sweet Summertime...

I can't believe summer is more than half over!! We have been having a blast and staying busy!

We started our summer off with our annual tradition of summer hair cuts.

James and I bought a sweet new "date car." Ok ok honestly, it gets really good gas mileage :)

James Henry aka Darth Vader has loved his new ride!

Makayla went to youth camp for the week and had a gorgeous ocean view! 

We celebrated my dad's 67th birthday! One we almost didn't have together, what a blessing!

The boys took in an Amarillo Sox game.

We did some bowling.

The boys had a blast at the nerf war at Extreme! 

We did volunteer work at City Church and packed lunches to be delivered to children who otherwise may not eat lunch. It was a humbling morning.

 VBS 2014 was a blast!

My precious friends showered me with blessings for our foster babies! 

The kids took their annual trip to Shreveport. They visited Duck Commander and played with their cousins!

We had a fun morning at the zoo!

We have spent a lot of time in the sun and the pool!! 

We added some fun to our yard this summer!

One highlight of the summer has been that James' mom and stepdad moved here!! Seriously, it takes a village!

We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration with our family! 

James Henry went to Super Hero School at the Discovery Center! He loved it! 

Makayla worked in youth all week and they prepared their own worship service, it was amazing! 

James Henry earned a stripe on his current belt in Jiu Jitsu. 

We had family fun night at Wonderland Amusement Park!

James and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary!  We did some sightseeing and had an amazing weekend in Oklahoma City! 

Whew! It's been busy but I am not ready to throw in the towel yet! We still have some things to wipe off our summer bucket list.