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!

July 5, 2009

OUCH!!

Patrick was out running today listening to his iPod as he usually does. Then, out of nowhere, his iPod fell out of his arm snuggy and crashed to the ground.

Needless to say the ground won and Patrick is without an iPod. It will cost $200.00 to repair - he is asking if anyone wants to help him out to send visa cards (the kind you can by at Walgreens) to him or make a donation to his account through USAA gift giver....email for account or mailing address:

Lisa.Payne2006@gmail.com

Luv2BeLa8@aol.com

Thanks in advance for any contributions!

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One Birthday Closer...


...to being a teenager!

Christian celebrated his 11th birthday today with a trip to Peter Piper Pizza and chocolate cake!
Tuesday, we will celebrate again with a party at the theater.

We will see "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"

each child will receive 1 kid pack (popcorn, coke, & candy), and we have use of the party room for food/cake/and presents! Christian is really looking forward to Tuesday!

P.S. On a side note, I am not liking the growing up part of this kid thing....I cry every birthday!
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July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to everyone!
As a military family we are very sentimental and proud of this day and of our soldiers. airman, and sailors who protect and defend our country and those who need our help. Thank you to the local, state and federal employees who serve our great land!
This is Ella's first Independence Day - for us it has such a special meaning that one day she will fully understand is more than just hot dogs and hamburgers grilling on the grill, more than just fireworks and sparklers in the night - although it is a great way to celebrate!
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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.

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