Friesen Family Together Again

We had a great weekend visiting with Lamar's family.  Lamar and I had the week off, so we were able to spend even more time than we normally would have with them all.  Mahlon and Darlene flew up from S. Cal.  Mahlon was a speaker at a ministry conference in Portland, so we all took advantage of them being here.  Their daughter, Melissa and her husband, Todd drove down from the Bellingham, WA area, most of all to see their parents, but also to see all of the rest of us here in the Portland area. 

Friday, the three sister-in-laws got together for a Starbucks visit and Olive Garden lunch.  It was a really nice time to just sit and chat and catch up on our lives.  We've never (in all these years) ever done this before, so it was really special.

Saturday afternoon, we all got together for an early dinner.  We met at Lamar's parents' home and visited there for awhile before heading over to the Home Town Buffet in Portland.  Seems like we were eating

all weekend!

Sunday evening, Mahlon, Darlene, Todd and Melissa came over to our house

to spend the night before heading back home on Monday.

We'll miss them.  It was so nice to have this unexpected visit this time of year!

And it was so nice to have the unexpected beautiful weather while they were here!

Bonus!!

Mom's Baptism

Mom was baptized on Sunday at our home church, along with two others.  It was pretty cool seeing my mom make that step of faith at 75!

Pastor Winslow and mom had "a chat" up front telling everyone her journey to this point in her faith.

You can just see her anticipation on her face! She was pretty excited!

And she made it out of the water, to her delight!

Afterwards, our family gathered to have lunch at our place. Yumm!