We are the Friesen's: More Ornaments....

Welcome....Here's a glimpse of our happenings!

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, December 16, 2008

More Ornaments....

If you read the post below this one, you'll know I talked about our Christmas tree ornaments.

Here are a few more that I'd like to share. They are from some of our favorite trips we have taken.

HAWAII...This was a big one. In January, 2006, my job took me there. I was very honored to be selected to go. So, I went down there by myself for four days for work -- we were VERY busy during that time. Then, after the business of my job slowed down, Marc joined me. We stayed about 10 days to vacation without work! It was a very memorable trip -- a trip we'd like to take again -- just not with small children. The flight wouldn't be very fun with small children.

Our good friends, Tammy, Reynold, and their two boys, Caleb and Jesse, live up in nice cold Manitoba. We went up there to visit them, in JUNE! It wasn't cold then. It was very nice. We actually haven't been up there since 2006, and their two boys weren't born yet. Next time we go up there, there will be boys all around.

Our good friends, Doug, Melissa, and their son, Andrew, live up in eastern Washington. They live outside the small city of Moses Lake, WA. We couldn't exactly find a Moses Lake ornament, so we settled on a Spokane, WA, ornament -- thanks Melissa for finding this one.

I guess we have to say that we have the ornament because when we visited, the Spokane airport is where we flew into.

One of our most favorite trips had to be the one we took two years ago -- December, 2006. We went to New York City! What a great time to be there! All of the Christmas lights, etc....

Boy, it was cold, but it was sure FUN!

We hope to be there sometime again. Marc would like to run the NYC marathon. I already told my mother that she'd have to go along if we had small children. I definitely don't want to battle that city with small children. She didn't tell me "No" to that one :)