The Week in a Glance

It's been a full, busy and delightful week. Where to even begin. Work was very busy, which is always a nice thing, especially when you are about to go on vacation and need that little bit of extra spending money. The week was jam packed full of Christmas concerts, family gatherings and time with friends. I am truly blessed.

I had the privilege of watching Cole's first ever Christmas concert on Thursday evening - it was terribly cute. It was just too bad that Cole neither sang nor did any of the actions. Instead he stood with his hands in his pockets and his head looking to the floor. The stage is not a comfortable place for him! He sure was cute in his white button up shirt and dress pants though. Tonight at church we had a Christmas coffee house, where all the kids are able to sing and perform - Cole redeemed himself and got into the actions and the singing towards the end of the song. Better then nothing at all.

Cuddles with Auntie Kara

It is a rare occassion where all 3 of us Friesen ladies are dressed up and feeling "put together", so a new Friesen girl photo was in order. What a bunch of hotties!

A beautiful Friesen family photo. I enjoy these people an awful lot.

Auntie Steph and Norah

Friday night, a group of wonderful friends gathered together at Ken and Sabrina's for a Christmas potluck. We decided earlier on in the year that we were going to fore-go buying each other Christmas gifts and instead just have a Christmas potluck. The theme was appetizer night - the best meal in my books. Mmmmm mozza sticks.

Norah was very much liking this bat - nothing beats a soft, chewy bat with a hard center when one is teething.

We enjoyed an evening of great conversation, many tear inducing laughs and fun games. We played Scattegories as a group. One particular memorable moment was when the letter "n" was rolled. If you take a look at the picture below, you will notice that 1 description/word does not belong with the rest. Check out number 3.


The subject was "a car part", I confidently wrote down, "defrost button". As we went around the group sharing our answers, I proudly stated my answer to number 3, pleased that no one had said it. The room quickly filled with a roaring laughter. It took me a second to realize that the I had written something down that was clearly not beginning with the letter "n". Oops. We all had a good laugh, unfortunately at my expense.

This afternoon we had 1 family gathering with my dad's side of the family. Gatherings on that side of the family tend to be exhausting and quite long in more ways then one. Thankfully the hours passed by somewhat quickly. The highlight was by far getting my own draw gift back - a beautiful Starbucks mug filled with a $10 gift card. The perfect gift in my opinion.

My cousin's daughter, Sophia had no hesitations about diving right into the pile of gifts.

In exactly 12 hours I will be hopefully leaving the Winnipeg Airport on a plane bound for Hawaii. I'm bursting with excitement and anticipation of enjoying 2 weeks in heaven. I'm hoping and praying that the weather in Vancouver does not affect our getting to Hawaii in any significant way. Smooth sailing/flying would be much appreciated. This Christmas season will be a different one as it will not be surrounded by family gatherings and our typical traditions, however in its place will be exciting adventures and sun bathing (well as much as I can possibly tan - which isn't very much). Despite the change in scenery I will be praying that the cheesy line "the reason for the season" be very real and evident this year. May this next week in particular be one of delight, wonderful memories and awestruck holiness as we anticipate and welcome the birth of Christ.

Blogging will be scarce in next 2 weeks, but I will update if possible. See you in the New Year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!