About Our Family

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!

June 11, 2008

U.S.A.

We have arrived in the United Sates of America!
We'd love to hear from you at

10 comments:

Stefanie and Bill said...

Welcome home to the greatest place in the world!!!

13/6/08 05:08
... said...

Thank you Stefanie!

13/6/08 07:45
Anonymous said...

welcome back to the best country in the world!!
enjoy your vacation and we'll keep watching for news of the
big arrival!!!

blessings,
rayanne

13/6/08 07:59
Anonymous said...

Nice to hear from you.... It is strange to thinhk about that the Paynes are no longer up the street.... We miss you. Good luck with your new destination.

Besos,
Bibi

13/6/08 08:01
Anonymous said...

I am so glad for you all. Or as they say in Texas "Y'aallll". Keep in touch and love you guys. Tell Patrick that I subbed in Ms. Palmer's class today and I had all the students initial the roster. Next to his name were the words written, "In Spirit" with an unhappy face next to it. He is missed. Take care, Tammy

13/6/08 08:01
Anonymous said...

welcome home!!

Dayna

13/6/08 08:02
Anonymous said...

Hi Lisa-
Good luck with everything!

Tracey

13/6/08 08:27
Sabrina said...

welcome- to the land of the free and the home of the BRAVE!

13/6/08 10:46
Anonymous said...

Welcome to the states
The Wordens

13/6/08 23:11
Anonymous said...

Hi Lisa!

Enjoy time with your family and enjoy the new adventure! We'll be awaiting updates as you progress onward for all this new stuff! Take care!

Love,
Melissa

14/6/08 18:27

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
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.

Recently Visited