We are the Friesen's: Our Too Full Saturday....

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The verses that have REALLY spoken to me (Sarah) lately....

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." Matthew 7:24-25

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. I Peter 5:8-9

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' Acts 17:26-28

May the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. Deuteronomy 5:32-33

God, our God, will take care of the hidden things but the revealed things are our business. It's up to us and our children to attend to all the terms in this Revelation. Deuteronomy 29:29 (The Message)

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Our Too Full Saturday....

Last Saturday, we had quite a bit of activity -- way too much for Luke -- even at a mere 2 1/2 months of age. Let's just say that it was a lesson for us -- we don't need to do as much in one day with Luke around as we used to do before he was around. Let's also say that we did some calculations at the end of the day, and Luke spent more time in his car seat that day than out of his car seat.

I started out in the morning with Luke in his car seat in his stroller by going on an hour and 15-minute walk. An hour after returning from the walk (and feeding him), we went to Bethel College's Fall Fest -- again, Luke in his stroller.

After going home for an hour (and feeding him again), we put him back in his car seat to travel to Walter's Pumpkin Patch -- an event we're sure he'll remember (Ha Ha).

After returning home for an hour (and feeding him again), I put him back in his car seat to drive to our friends' (Alissa and Jon) house 30 minutes away. While I'm glad I went (some out of town friends, Will and Sherilyn and their kids, were there as well), I didn't much have a great time with Luke's mood by that point. It took me a little while once I was there to calm him down. Let's just say he was tired and cranky at that point. I guess I would be too being carted around in a car seat all day long.

But, we did get some fun pictures from the pumpkin patch.

First, here's a picture of Luke (similar to Taste of Newton) in his stroller at the pumpkin patch. Once again, he's demonstrating his ability to look very serious.

Since Luke is obviously a bit on the young side to participate in Pumpkin Patch activities, Marc participated for him. The first activity was to sling shot pumpkins across a field. Here are the "Punkin Chunkin Rules."

The target consisted of a Wildcat and Jayhawk. Which one did Marc aim for? I'm not particularly sure; however, he'll always aim for any team that plays the Texas Longhorns (for those of you who know Marc, he's a HUGE Texas fan).

Here's Marc, demonstrating his sling shot skills. Did he hit one of the targets? Nope...Perhaps next year :)

Next, Marc went on the slides inside "Boo Mountain" with Ava. Ava had to go on the slides at least three times with Marc. Here they are -- walking up the hill together.