Truett Jones

Well we may have lost our minds, but Jeffrey, Griffin & I have added a new member to the family. Truett the Golden Doodle! It was definitely not planned (which if you know Jeffrey and I at all you know this is very out of character for us), however we just felt like it was right and so we did it. Our breeder  (yes Griffine & him our REAL puppy brothers) emailed us while we were in Austin about the pup and within 24 hours Truett was at home with us in Grapevine. We are so thankful we did it because our breeder informed us she is no longer breeding them.  He has completely stolen our hearts and Griffin is a big fan too!

Thankful for Truett,

MJ

Labor Day Weekend 2014

Well Labor Day weekend was one we will NEVER forget. One because we took a fun trip to Austin & Two because it was the first Baylor Game in the New Stadium. We got up early Saturday morning and headed to Austin for the day/night. We did make a quick stop in Waco, to find our brick. Jeffrey bought us a brick at the new stadium so it would be there forever and hopefully some day our kids will get to go visit it. We drank yummy coffee, ate, talked, walked around the city, had a yummy dinner, walked along the river and even saw the famous bats. It was a fun day just the two of us. We then headed out Sunday Morning for Waco. We had a full day of tailgating and hanging with sweet friends ahead of us. It was HOT, but that did not stop us. It was truly a day I will never forget. The stadium is unreal and I am even more thankful to be a BAYLOR BEAR & cannot wait for this season!

Thankful for BU,

MJ

Back to School

Wow! As usual here I am very behind in my blogging, but I am determined to catch up because I really want to have this to look back on our life. I started my 6th year in education this year! CRAZY! I am continuing at CTMS in Grapevine as a counselor. I am so thankful to be at the same school again and not be "new".  The start of this school year was fast and furious just like it always is. I actually went back August 1. So the month flew by! Jeffrey and I started this tradition our first year of being back married: a back to school date. One last summer day together before the craziness of the school year begins. This year we actually had to postpone it until the weekend before school started because per our normal lives we were crazy busy! We spent the day in Ft. Worth, eating yummy food (Rodeo Goat), chatting on a patio and enjoying popsicles from Steel City Pops. It was a fun day with my sweet hubby! We also kicked off the new school year with our high school friends by having a lasagna dinner. So excited to see what this year holds!!

Thankful for traditions,

MJ

Thats a WRAP for summer 2014

Well here we are in the middle of August and I am back at work. In fact I have been for a week an a half now. It is crazy how fast this summer flew by.. I guess they always do. This summer was low key, but still filled with some fun travel, great times with friends and lots of netflix. Excited for cooler weather, football season and sweaters! It wouldn't be a post without pictures so here's the rest of July via IPHONE pictures.

 Celebrating Sweet Lind's Birthday

 Griff got lots of starbucks dates

 And a play date with his puppy brother

 ELAINE got ENGAGED!!!!

 Friday night FUN bowling with our HS friends

And these fun friends 

 Went on a darts date with this hottie

 

 Griff went on his first roadtrip to Longview 

 

Spent lots of nights studying Mark at the YL building 

 Roger Kreager in the rain

 Love Him!

 Celebrating Nathan's 30th Birthday

 Got our BAYLOR tickets in the mail..cmon football

 Tea time with my sweet friends

 

 SWEET Hensley was born!! Welcome another member to our community!! We love you so much! 

End of summer dinner with our sweet community group girls

Thankful for summer, 

MJ

Frontier Ranch 2014

This Summer we got to go to Frontier Ranch with GCYL again and I did not think it was possible, but it was the BEST week of my life take 2. This year I got to take 12 freshman girls with me. They were incredible and we had an absolute blast. I got to spend 7 nights in the mountain with these awesome high school girls, I feel so privileged God put each of them in my life. It is no mistake that each time I leave camp I fill much more whole than before I left. Jesus is constantly working in me (I cannot wait to see how he continues to move), when he called me to be a YL leader I thought "this is crazy:. Here I am 3 years later and I cannot imagine life without it. I get to proclaim Jesus as my lord and savior, live out his call for my life and tell my high school friends just how much he loves them. 

  "He has come that we may have life and have it to the full" John 10:10

Thankful for full life in HIM,

MJ