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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)

About the Friesen's....

We are Marc, Sarah, Luke, and Kate Friesen. We were married June 5, 2004. We have one son, born July 21, 2008, named Luke Andrew -- now 4 years old. We also have a daughter named Kate Christine -- born June 6, 2012. Marc is working at Cessna as a Senior Accountant, and Sarah stays home full-time with Luke. Sarah also gets to work very part-time at home for Graber Backhoe -- an excavation company AND VERY part-time at our church. We LOVE being a part of Grace Community Church here in Newton, KS. We lead a Community Life Group of other wonderful couples. Marc thoroughly enjoys long-distance running and Taekwondo. Sarah thoroughly enjoys walking -- especially when the weather is nice to take Luke and/or out in the stroller. Thanks for reading our blog!

Friday, September 23, 2011

State Fair -- Part 1....

Per our usual "yearly calendar," we attended the Kansas State Fair this year.

A change this year, however, was that we actually we there on two different evenings. We're NOT ones to go and spend the whole day at that fair. Perhaps we will do things like that when Luke's older (we're sticklers for his nap...it ultimately keeps us all more sane).

(It's a long story why we went twice....I won't subject you blog readers to the story).

The first evening we went (Monday, September 12), our little family of 3 went by ourselves. The second evening we went (Friday, September 16), my parents joined our little family of 3.

Honestly, for the most part, we ate supper (both nights), walked through the buildings with exhibits (both nights), and ultimately, spent most of our time looking at tractors, combines, and LAWNMOWERS. (This would be mostly for Luke, though I know Marc didn't mind)....

**Luke saw the rides, and he's been on rides in the past. However, since he doesn't really recall what they're all about and he clearly expressed more interest in seeing tractors and lawnmowers, we were able to escape the fair 2 times WITHOUT spending a dime on rides :) (Yay us)!

Soooooo, for Part 1 of our fair visits, I'm going to post mainly pics of Luke, Luke and Marc, and Luke and Papa Andover (what Luke calls my dad)....

(And, you'll notice two VERY different outfits on Luke -- the first evening we were there, it was HOT -- high in the upper 90s that day....the second evening, it was misty, rainy, and chilly -- NOT highs in the 90s that day)....






















Part 2 of our State Fair visit will have fewer pictures, and it will be posted (hopefully) sometime next week....

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