The big hill and lots of fun!!!

We climbed up a really big sand dune and everyone had a great time sliding down. The work was climbing up, unless you had a buddy holding a rope for you to climb part way up.




Run, Patty; all the way to the top, feel the burn, feel the pain. The words of Patty's friend.


Joy, you are way over there.






Mommy, I'm sliding!!!!


Stella going down the big hill. She's so cute!!!!



Our group; we planned on taking a group picture on a sand dune and forgot, so we took one at the visitors center on the way out.


It was a great weekend; making memories!!! With the exception of missing our big girls.

The Petroleum Museum and Boys

We went to the Petroleum museum during the heat of the day on Saturday. It was interesting. And, we really enjoyed the cool. They had a room with race cars and you can see who enjoyed them.

These are our executives!!


Patty are they twins? So cute!!!

Back to the dunes and everyone was ready to roll:) Literally!

Michael showing off his creation. He picked up a hard piece of sand and scraped layers off; it was interesting to see a little difference in the color as the sand packed.

Joshua brought his skate board. He took the wheels off at home and did some sand surfing. It worked good.

Digging holes at the Sand Hills

One of the little's came back to camp to inform us the middle children were digging tunnels. Becky and I thought we'd check it out. We came over a big dune to this.


We decided to help with burying legs as the diggers proceeded.

Notice the legs in the background. Those girls dug that far down.




OK, The girl with sand up to her neck is standing in a hole. We all headed back to camp and she was shouting, "Hey, wait, I can't get out.!!!"

Monahans Sand Hills

We headed west this last weekend to Monahans Sand Hills.

Our church family camped and had a wonderful time.


These two are so adorable. Amy's best friends mommy brought similar shirts for them to wear. Aren't they adorable. They are two weeks apart; they could be twins. :)


Breakfast was super yummy both morning with all those grilled peppers and onions. Mmm, Mmm.
Some of the kitchen crew.

Fall Garden

Yesterday my wonderful husband tilled for about 6 hours and got the garden ready to plant.

His helpers threw rocks out of the garden and played in the dirt. They also picked up trash around the house. Thanks!!

After all was tilled we planted spinach, swiss chard, sugar snap peas, onions, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, brussell sprouts, and lettuce. We also planted some herbs; oregano, parsley and spearmint. So looking forward to yummy vegetables.:)

HOME retreat

H.O.M.E. Heart of Motherhood Retreat was a huge, wonderfully, blessed success!!!
God orchestrated a beautiful weekend. To Him be the Glory!!

Retreat was wonderful!! God is so good!! We had clear roads for our ladies traveling, fantastic fellowship, lots of fun, fabulous teaching, and Gods amazing freedom. Ladies we enjoyed each of you and look forward to having you again next year. If you were unable to make it mark you calendars now for 2012 HOME retreat; Feb 3rd -5th

One of our helpers taking a break while blessing a mom.

Fellowshipping in front of a nice warm fire.

Our wonderful teen helpers.

Our fabulous young helpers. A few are missing here. Must be busy. :)

Fabulous worship!

Dynamic speakers!!!


Resource and food tables, and mom's enjoying their Little's.


Tea Party and very fun fashion show.


Patty is sporting her lovely cotton shirt, and the new rage in tennis shoes.


Molly modeling a beautiful ball gown that's sure to be a hit this year.

Becky's t-shirt and matched pants look stunning.

Our models were the life of the party. Thanks ladies, made for a fun night.
Enjoy more pics and another take on retreat at http://txjonesohana.blogspot.com/

Fun in the snow!!!

We had several days of snow this year and everyone really enjoyed it.

They skied on the road.



Good shot of Blue.


Cute Stella!!

Snow angels, snow balls, and snow fun!!

Sliding on the ice!!!

Hand stands in the snow, what fun!!

Wow, you are so tough; shorts and t-shirts in below freezing weather.