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

Mexico 2014

We shook things up a little bit this year when it came to family vacation. For as long as I can remember we have gone to Florida, but we decided to do an all inclusive in Mexico. It was a great idea and tons of fun! Great first vacation with all the new hubbies :) Looking forward to many more trips together. We stayed at the Riu Carribbe and enjoyed 4 nights in beautiful Cancun (the perfect amount of time). We did a lot of laying at the beach, but enjoyed many water activities and lots of bocee ball on the beach. We even took a trip to downtown for dinner! It was such a great getaway! Ill let the pictures do the rest of the talking!

Thankful for family, friends like family and vacation,

MJ