07/29/08

Here's a little information on us!

Russell and I have been married since June 1996. We currently reside in Huntsville, Texas - the proud home of Sam Houston State University - Go Bearkats!! I am currently employed by the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. Russell works at the Furniture Factory for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Ellis Unit. I received my undergrad degree in 1999 in Criminal Justice and after taking a break, decided to go back for a graduate degree in January 2004. I completed my Masters of Arts in Criminal Justice in December 2005. 

We do have two pugs, Buster and Buttons, and a cat, Little Bit. They have been our children for over 7 years and go almost everywhere with us. You can see a picture of Buster and Buttons, as well as Little Bit in the Misc. Photo Gallery. We both enjoy shooting archery. Russell has been shooting for around 15-20 years. He began his archery hobby through hunting as a child and progressed into the 3D archery competition. In the past couple of years, he has expanded his interest to indoor and field archery. He still hunts and as you can see in the photo gallery, he is an awesome shot!! I also enjoy shooting; however, I have only been shooting for about 1-2 years. I took a year lay off to go back to graduate school and have come back to the sport in the past couple of months. Our archery interest has provided us the opportunity to meet many new friends and travel around the state seeing new sights and sounds. I also enjoy scrapbooking, which I have only been doing for about a year or so too.  The new addition to the family will be give me lots of opportunities to scrapbook now!

And I saved the best information for last!  As of October 2, 2006, we are the proud parents of Colleen Evelyn Payne.