Christmas in January

Nathan and I went to Dad's for a late Christmas celebration. We had a great dinner and spent time with Dad, Ludi and her girls. Tommy and Chris and Erika and Phillip where there too.











Here's Dad and Robert...


Ginana and her cousin Rosliland

Becki, Me and Nathan (being silly, of course).

Looking Back

Looking back at last week, here's what's been going on...

After work on Friday I headed up to Houston to see Jo. We wanted to go and meet Traci's new baby, Zachary. I got to Houston around 7 PM and met Jo and some of her friends at Sambuca's Jazz bar. It was a lot of fun.

After Sambuca's she took me to dinner at The Reef in Midtown. I just love all the little names in Houston....Midtown, Theater District, etc...

We had the salmon at The Reef and it was so, so good. After dinner, we went home and went to sleep.

We woke up Saturday morning and went to Jo's alterations place. She was having some suits tailored and she looks amazing! We ate lunch at a dive right next to the Alterations place and it was great. After that we noticed that my tires were not only bald but the tread was GONE in certain places. It was time for new tires.




We stopped at her new office for a quick tour and photo session and then dropped my car off at Discount Tire.

On our way to see Traci we stopped to get some cupcakes from "Sugarbabies".

This little place is the girlest confection joint I've ever experienced. The cupcakes are to die for. We got Traci 6 cupcakes and one extra for us to sample in the store. Mmmm!

Heeeeeeeeere's Zachary.....

What a sweet baby. Traci looks amazing and she's feeling pretty great.


We visited for about an hour and Jo and argued about who should hold the baby first. She won only 'cause she pinched me. Hard. Traci is such a good mommy. Zachary has big hands and feet. He's gonna be a big boy. Jo and I think he already has a defined and chiseled jaw. Yeah, he'll be a heartbreaker. For sure. After many hugs and kisses, it was time to go and pick up my car.

Ahhhhhh, new tires. It's so nice to have a set of new tires. I could really feel the difference.

Mmmmm....Mmmm....Margarita

I think I've found my new favorite Margarita. Shannon called and told me she was in town this afternoon so she and I decided to meet for dinner and a quick drink. We went to Amorcita (not sure of the spelling). It's on 1604 E. between Bitters and Huebner. What a great location, right close to work. That'll be nice especially during the high Margarita peak times (a.k.a. VBS season). We shared the fajitas for two and they were delicious. The "El Grande" margarita is a 20 oz drink and it comes in a very large margarita glass and get this...in the margarita they put two shot glasses filled with tequila. You can either shoot them or pour them into your margarita. Since my tequila shot days are way behind me, we decided to pour the extra liquor into our already yummy drink. Guess what? It made it even more yummy!!

High Heels, High Hopes, High Calling

That's the theme for this year's Women of Faith National Conference.
Five of my girlfriends from college are joining our Concordia group......



We have about 25 ladies going all together. Thanks to Shawna and Rachel for organizing all of this!

Wash the Dog

That's Zeta. You've probably seen this picture on my desk top. It's one of my favorites of her. Right now, here in San Antonio, it is about 38 degrees and my poor Zeta is outside. Did I mention that it's also raining? She's not a tidy, clean, mess-free kind of dog. If there's a puddle, she'll find it. If there's mud to dig in, she's all over it. When I get home today I'm putting her in the tub immediately to give her a bath that's long overdue. I'm trying to cut back on the grooming to save some money.

Also after work I hope to meet up with Amy. She's had my camera since New Years. I'd like to think my posts would be more interesting if I had my camera so I could upload current pictures.

Nathan works until 9 tonight and we're going to the movies. "27 Dresses" didn't sound good to him so I'll have to look at what's showing again to compromise.

New Bible Study

Today I started a new bible study with some friends at work. I'm excited and more importantly, I'm long overdue for some time with my bible. You'd think working at a church, I'd be in the Word more but sadly, I've been slacking. Julie (our pastor's wife) has wanted to do the New Inductive Study bible since last fall. There are about 8 of us and we all ordered this new bible...


Before our bible study we had a funeral service for a wonderful lady who was a member of Concordia for many, many years. Louise Hairston was 90 years old and was diagnosed with cancer a short time ago. Even though she was living with cancer she continued to faithfully serve as one of our greeters on Sunday mornings. She knew my grandma and asked about her often. Louise never complained and never had anything but a smile on her face. I am blessed to have known such a sweet lady.

Heartsong

I am part of a singing group at church and we call ourselves Heartsong. We have been together for 5 years, I think? We sing a lot of Point of Grace kind of music. This past summer we recorded a cd and this past Sunday it was released. There are 10 tracks and I'm very pleased with how the cd turned out. Here are a few pics of us celebrating Leslie's birthday in the recording studio....

Here's Carol...














Here's a picture of Adam.
He is our worship director at Concordia and he's Linda's son. He mixed and engineered our cd.