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H.O.M.E.

Heart of Motherhood Enrichment

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest Walk with me and work with me, watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message Bible)

The Heart of Motherhood Enrichment retreat is a retreat for moms that need to be encouraged, inspired and uplifted by the Word of God.

Mark your calendars!

February 3rd - 5th, 2012

Heart of Texas Bible Camp

Brownwood, Texas

$110.00

(This includes: Food, lodging, and much more)

There are about 24 weeks before retreat. If you can stash $4.50 per week in a H.O.M.E. retreat envelope you'll be paid in full.:)

We are looking forward to what the Lord has for all of us at this years retreat. See you there!!!

May today's rising of the sun mirror the rising hope in your heart of God's emphatic desire to be a part of your life in a very personal way.

If you have any questions; contact us on facebook or HeartofMotherhood@gmail.com

Family fun pics!

Kellen and Justin playing with the horses!

Justin and Kellen playing chess. Roy brought steaks in right when they were in the heat of a battle. Believe it or not their steaks got a little cold:)

Paula, Stella, and Matthew at church:)

Joshua was wiped out after a missions trip in New Mexico; we found him like this the next morning. Guess he never moved once he laid down.:)



I found a little shorty in the dryer one morning. Stella joined her when I got the camera. Anyone surprised?

Another little Aggie!

A model in a style show

Jenny called last week and asked if Stella could model for Barb Wire and Roses in a back to school style show that the mall was sponsoring. So, Here she is: What a beautiful model she makes:)

And, of course big sis makes a beautiful model as well!!!!!!

Amy riding bull while we were waiting.:)

A bunch of pretty girls!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

23 years ago I married the man of my dreams!!!! Happy Anniversary, my Love!!! I'm so happy to be married to my best friend, favorite pilot, and Love of my life for the last 23 years. Wishing he were here, however; he is backpacking in the Pecos Wilderness with our big 3 that are still at home, another family and 5 others that they took with them. I admire and respect you Roy Zesch so much for all you do for your children and our family. The first 23 years have been awesome, I'm looking forward to whats in store for the next 77:)

All in a days work before lunch :)

My little family and I got up, milked Bessie, had breakfast, read Psalm and Proverbs, killed a slimy, intruding rattlesnake, got some laundry going, and now were getting ready to start lunch:)


Jimmie just wants the rattles, he's ready for me to be finished taking pictures!!!! :)

Fun summer pics

Yummy watermelon!!!!!!!

Patty heard running water up stairs and found shorty in the boys bathroom.


Dad's little helpers

Oops!! Matthew!!!

Patty and her helper


The 100 degree days called for water, so the country kids found a solution. They asked dad if they could use a water trough that wasn't being used. He agreed and they set off to haul it home. This is the first one they came home with. You see its pretty close quarters for 6-7 wanting to cool off. They used this for a day with Joy in control. She had scheduled times for each one to play in the trough while everyone else was playing with the scooters.

Dad suggested another trough. They liked this one much better. Still small but compared to the other one its much roomier.

Twins and twin horned toads:)

Joshua making a salad with his helper.
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Trek

Roy and I and another couple took 10 youth from House of Faith in Ballinger on Trek in the Pecos Wilderness, north of Sante Fe, New Mexico. We had a great group of guys and gals. Roy and Tony have taken our two families older children and a few others the last three years. This year Tony wanted to take a group from House of Faith and since we had guys and gals the men asked us ladies to go along as female chaperone's.
Everyone endured and pressed on even when the going got tough. We had to deviate from our plans several times along the way as there were fires in the area. Over all it was a great trip and the group of youth we took were great. They encouraged each other along the way, stood by each other when the going got tough, learned they had more in them than they thought they did, and saw some beautiful country!!!! God's amazing creation!!!!!


Getting ready to hit the trail.


And we're off.

One of our fearless leaders


Good lookin group of Trekers, everyone carries about 25% of their body weight

Filtering water in the cold Pecos river

First campsite. We met a group of 3 men who interestingly were from San Angelo. They were camped about a mile away from us and one evening they said they saw about a 400 lb. bear. Although it got everyone's attention and the boys really wanted to see it we never did.



Day hiking, we got off our trail and missed our peak, but had a great day.







Does anyone see a trail around here?????

Filtering water in this little stream. We were really glad we found it, as several of us were out of water.

Little buck we saw on our day hike.

On the trail again!!!


Pecos falls, spectacular!!!! Just as we arrived at Pecos Falls and were ready to get camp set up a park ranger came up and told us we needed to be out of the wilderness area by 8 the next morning. We were about 8 or 9 miles back and felt like there was no way. The guys looked at the map and after we filtered water and took some pictures we hit the trail again. We hiked another 4 miles that day and found a place to camp.



We saw these beautiful lillies along all the trails.


Our last nights camp site.



This is picture the last night we were there. You can see the smoke in the background.