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!
February 27, 2010
Is It Spring Yet?
I did a little "spring cleaning" today in preparation of my move off base and to the west side of town. I tossed out anything from the kitchen I had not used since we moved in, took down the curtains in the kitchen and the drapes in the dining room, set some dishes aside to give to my friend who lives in Juarez, decided to reupholster the dining room chairs and touch up some scratches on the table and chairs. Tomorrow I am going to clean out the cabinets in the dining room, hallway, and TV room. I am done with clutter - I am ready for clean and crisp - sign of spring I hope!
February 24, 2010
Dental Visits
Dental visits today - Christian no cavities, but does need some sealants - 9 to be exact AND he is ready for braces; Carson no cavities, no sealants, AND he is ready for braces - translation $$ small fortune $$ Ella Grace 2 small cavities - tech asked if she eats a lot of candy - what are they crazy? If they had ever seen EG on candy/sugar they would see why she doesn't eat it! She does however have apple juice 5 days a week for lunch - but we will be switching to milk per the dentist request and apple juice on Friday's.
February 23, 2010
February 22, 2010
Colleges....
So far Patrick has had offers from Balor University and Texas A&M - he also received (so far) a $20,000 scholarship. We are proud of him and thankful for the monies to help defray the cost.
February 21, 2010
Tooth Fairy
Okay, so today Ella and I are in the bathroom getting ready for the day and she says to me, "Mom, I am going to loose 10 more teeth. After I loose them I am going to be a tooth fairy. I am going to fly to all the kids who loose teeth. Yep, when I grow up I want to be a tooth fairy."
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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.