Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
~Mildred B. Vermont~
About Our Family
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- El Paso, Texas, United States
- We are James, Lisa, Patrick, Christian, Carson, and Ella Payne a military family serving our country via service in the U.S. Army. Jim and I have been married for 18 years and have 3 wonderful home grown sons -Patrick, Christian and Carson. We recently adopted our beautiful daughter Ella Grace Ana from Donets'k, Ukraine in September. Jim and I began our Army life together at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and every assignment thus far has extended unique opportunities and challenges for our family to grow and learn; to become a stronger, committed, and a prepared Army family. Having recently lived abroad for six amazing years, we cannot express how thankful we are for the opportunity to have represented our great country and to discover the cultures and customs of other countries; to become close to the people and learn from them; to open our hearts and minds to the unfamiliar languages and way of life in other countries. Having now moved back to the United States, we are looking forward to discovering what new adventures await our family. Rest assured, wherever the Army sends us we will continue to serve you and our country proudly. Army life, we wouldn’t trade it!
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This is our "spot" we began at the beginning of our journey in May 2007, to adopt a child from Ukraine. In August 2008, we traveled to Ukraine to bring our daughter/sister Ella Grace Ana home; and on September 12, 2008 we did just that.
While our journey to bring her home is complete, our journey together is just beginning. We will continue to keep our spot here, posting as frequently as we can; and keeping you updated on our next journey in life...maybe a second adoption is in our future.
Please join us by following us by clicking on the "Follow" link to the left and posting your notes at the bottom of any post we have made.
While our journey to bring her home is complete, our journey together is just beginning. We will continue to keep our spot here, posting as frequently as we can; and keeping you updated on our next journey in life...maybe a second adoption is in our future.
Please join us by following us by clicking on the "Follow" link to the left and posting your notes at the bottom of any post we have made.
4 comments:
Thinking of you today with all your moving and your DOSSIER SUBMISSION!!!! Hoping for good news fast!
Stefanie
Tomorrow's the BIG DAY!!! SO excited for you and hope that your 20 days is truly 20 days. Can't wait to hear about it. Hang in there.
Love and hugs,
Julie
Hello:
It's been a while since we've communicated. Congratulations on heading stateside. I didn't realize that your husband is a LTC. We should talk. We probably know a lot of the same people. My Dad retired in 1991 right after running the war room at J3 at the Pentagon during the Persian Gulf War. As an Army brat my whole life, I have a lot of friends who graduated from the academy and I'm embarrassed to say that they would be LTCs now. I'm feeling very old. Best of luck to you. When do you expect to travel to Ukraine?
Heather
Hello:
It's been a while since we've communicated. Congratulations on heading stateside. I didn't realize that your husband is a LTC. We should talk. We probably know a lot of the same people. My Dad retired in 1991 right after running the war room at J3 at the Pentagon during the Persian Gulf War. As an Army brat my whole life, I have a lot of friends who graduated from the academy and I'm embarrassed to say that they would be LTCs now. I'm feeling very old. Best of luck to you. When do you expect to travel to Ukraine?
Heather
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