Lego City Mania

The boys in my household, both young & old, have been busy working on a month long project. They were determined to put together all the sets of Legos that we had as well as build additional houses and buildings for their city. Their hope was to design & build the city to display with our Lego train and put it under & around our smaller tree in our office for Christmas.  Many hours were spent creating their masterpiece and I have to say I was very impressed with how it all turned out. I am sure both Carson & Nolan will be incredible Lego builders because of all the countless hours they have spent building with their dad. His engineering background really comes into play in projects like this.

Their town included a train, police, fire & train stations, a hospital, homes, a restaurant, an airport, a castle, a farm, a store with 2nd level apartment, & a Star Wars movie set. Marc even played around with a green screen affect & Photoshop to give some of the town cool backgrounds.

Welcome to Legoville designed & built by Black & Sons Construction.

Early Resolutions!

So quite a bit of time has passed since my last blog. Life has given us lots of up & downs since that post. We have now relocated to El Paso, TX and are currently serving in a new ministry position here.

Carson is 3 1/2 and full of personality and never a dull moment with him. From his incredibly cute witty comments to his crazy antics like cutting up paper & gluing them to all the dining room chairs, he keeps our whole family on their toes.

Nolan is 7 1/2 and a big old second grader. He is very creative and becoming a brilliant Lego designer thanks to lots of Lego time with his dad. He is doing well in school here and adjusted very well to making new friends. He has a sweet sensitive heart & we love seeing how God is already beginning to use his caring heart for others. Now if only he would continue to exercise that gift with his younger brother!

Marc is loving his new position as high school & college pastor here. It is so clear that God has planted us here and that he has lots in store for the young people of El Paso. We are very honored and humbled to be a part of His great plan.

I am currently a stay at home mom and have not pursued a teaching position here as of yet. Church & youth activities keep me very busy and as stated above Carson does as well.

We just celebrated our first Christmas here in the desert and were excited to actually enjoy a few days of snow prior to Christmas. We are taking that as a gift from God directly to our snow loving family! Below are a few pictures of our Christmas celebration.

Here's to an early resolution of promising to get back on the blogging bandwagon & keeping our friends & family across the nation up to date of the latest Black Family adventures!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from The Blacks!