We are the Friesen's: O Christmas Tree....

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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, December 16, 2008

O Christmas Tree....

Our Christmas tree has been up for over two weeks now -- decorated for a week (it took us awhile to get it decorated this year -- we must still need to learn time management with a child).

Anyways, we always get a real tree as Marc refuses to have a fake one. We don't have any sort of "matching" with our ornaments as some people do.

There is an assortment. We do, however, try to get at least one photo ornament every year. I always put our Christmas letter photo with that ornament.

One other type of ornament that we have several of is an ornament from each of the places that we have traveled to throughout our marriage. We absolutely love to travel, and Christmas ornaments are one way to treasure those memories from our trips.

For this year, we were up in Minnesota. This trip was back in March. I actually was there for two straight, very cold weeks in March. Fortunately, Marc joined me for a few days during that time. We searched and searched the Mall of America for an ornament. We finally had to settle on this moose ornament.

Earlier in the year (specifically right after New Year's, 2008), we traveled to the Florida Keys with our friend Tammy, Reynold, and their son, Caleb. Our condo was in Key Largo, and we did find a decent ornament from Key Largo. It's kind of hard to see in this photo as a result of bad lighting. You can tell that photography is not my strongpoint in life. But, I like to take photos anyways.