Isaac is 10 months old!

Seeds sprouting in our garden!

The seeds have sprouted! Jason made such nice rows, and soon we'll have to thin out the little sprouts so they can become strong, mature plants!

Collard greens sprouting! They almost seem to lift the dirt up in flat sheets as they poke through!

Those are some strong little sprouts! Plants growing from seeds . . . what a miracle!!

My basil finally came back on its own! We had a really, really cold, freezing snow one day last winter, and it caused most of our plants to die. Fortunately, most of them came back, but I hadn't seen any of my basil coming back until this one started growing! It's at the perfect size for harvesting to make some pasta with fresh pesto sauce! Yummy!

Spearmint! It is finally growing really well. I had tried to grow spearmint several times in years past, but now we have finally gotten it to "take off"! Our neighbor has so much spearmint that it has become a nuisance . . . I wonder if that will happen in our garden. We'll see.

This is my one rosemary plant. It is doing really great, although it is kind of small and seems to grow pretty slowly. It smell sooo good!

Our Cosmos are so tall and bushy that when we have a storm they tend to bend over. Bending doesn't cause them to die at all, I think it actually makes them grow even more blooms.

Women's Retreat & Debbie's Birthday

We went to a park on my birthday! It was a beautiful day and Isaac really enjoyed swinging and riding down the slides.

He was giggling and smiling so much on the swings! He was soo cute!

Isaac and Daddy exploring what the playground has to offer!

Isaac wants to drive already!

I'm 31 years old now! It was a great birthday--time spent with my husband and son! What could be better?!!

Women's Retreat!!

I attended the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Women's Retreat in October! It was a really wonderful weekend. Jason and Isaac had a Daddy & Son weekend, and I had a spiritually refreshing, fun time with hundreds of other ladies! We had some special speakers, seminars, and delicious food. The hotel was AMAZING! My roommate, Debra P., and I really enjoyed the retreat and are already looking forward to next year!

Song service at the beginning of each meeting was such a beautiful worship experience! The ladies who lead out with praise and worship time during these annual retreats have a very special gift for choosing music and scripture readings. What a blessing!

The hotel had a glass elevator, and the rooms all overlooked the open atrium area! It was really beautiful!

Me and my roommate, Debra P. We had a great time together during the weekend! She is from my church here in Houston!

Here is a photo of some of the ladies from my church.

We were missing a few of our group in the last photo, so we took another group shot of those who came to the retreat from our church.

Here is the view from our room's door, looking down into the lobby area.

Every year it seems like I drag my feet about going to the retreat, because I like to spend weekends with my husband and son, and know that I will miss them! But, this is my third year to go to the Texas Conference Women's Retreat, and every single time I am SOOO glad I decided to attend!! It is such a wonderful blessing to listen to the speakers and meet other ladies from Texas. I come back home feeling inspired, spiritually recharged, and excited to share the love of Jesus with others around me. I am already looking forward to next year's retreat. It will be at the same location and will be at the beginning of October.