Friday, December 9, 2011

A Celebration


Tonight we went to Phil's office party, the company had reserved a room in a nice restaurant. The first picture is Phil and I, and the next is Phil with his best friend at work, John. They have both worked in the same place for over 42 years, and started at about the same time. No one else had a camera, and no one was taking pictures, so that is why I only took these few. Here are some of the restaurant decorations. It was a nice celebration, and we had fun!


"Hallelujah! Sing to God a brand-new song,
      praise him in the company of all who love him.
   Let all Israel celebrate their Sovereign Creator,
      Zion's children exult in their King.
   Let them praise his name in dance;
      strike up the band and make great music!
   And why? Because God delights in his people,
      festoons plain folk with salvation garlands!"
Psalm 149:1

30 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Ginny, This is a great picture of you and Phil. How wonderful that he and his friend have worked together for so many years! Hope you both enjoy the weekend.

Christmas-etc... said...

42 years at the same company... that is just wonderful! And the photos are just lovely!
Merry Christmas!!

SquirrelQueen said...

All of the trees are so pretty. I really like the snow covered one with the cardinals. I'm glad you and Phil had a great time.

Unknown said...

Christmas is a wonderful time to celebrate in a variety of ways - especially God's goodness and grace!

Tammy@Simple Southern Happiness said...

Ginny, this is wonderful, 42 years at the same place, GOD has truly blessed him. AH! you are the professional photographer for the office party, way to go...
I think my camera is glued to my hand so I am ready all the time to take photos.

Cheryl @ TFD said...

That's an impressive number...42 years at the same company!! Wow! It looks like a lovely office party and I'm glad you had a good time. Your photos are great!

Ruth Hiebert said...

Great pictures. Any time someone works at one place for that long,it tells me that the employee is a faithful worker. Glad you had a good time.

dr momi said...

.....salvation garlands. I like that :-)

Neal said...

Hopefully Phil is getting ready to retire after 42 years and then you can spend all your time taking pictures. :) That's a long time to work at one place. There was a lady that retired a month before my wife that had been at the company 61 years when she retired.

Tanna said...

It is wonderful to have a best friend at work ... and even nicer to have shared that bond for 42 years! My hat's off to the two of them. Glad you all had a fun evening celebrating! blessings ~ tanna

MadSnapper said...

i love the photos of you and phil and John and Phil, like that bird tree also. glad you got to go to the party, looks like fun. that is a long long time to work in one place.. Hope you remove the anonymous tips when you find it,

Jeanne said...

I think that is something to be proud of 42 years of working in one place! This is my first time in many years of not going to an office Christmas party as I have recently retired. I worked for the same business for 23 years and enjoyed lots of Christmas parties with my company. Merry Christmas!

Karin said...

And I thought I had worked long with the same company - 25 yrs. Why your Phil and his friend were just youngsters when they started!! God's blessings! So nice that you could take pictures for your memory album!

DawnTreader said...

Wow that's a lot of pink in those tree decorations. Glad you had a good time.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Wow---Phil has worked there a long time. That is awesome--these days when most people switch jobs constantly (or lose their job)... How much longer is he going to work???? I know that he loves it.

Love the picture of you and Phil and of Phil and his friend. Great Christmas trees and decorations also.
Hugs,
Betsy

Stephanie V said...

I really like the cardinal tree. There's something so refined and pure about it.

That's a nice photo of you both.

barbara l. hale said...

42 years in the same place is quite an accomplishment these days! Congratulations to both of them!!

S. Etole said...

Enjoyed the colorful variety of trees. It sounds like a fun evening.

Marie said...

42 years at the same company and 42years of marriage! That's so fantastic! Phil is a smart man to hang on to the good things in life. :) That's a very lovely picture of the two of you. I'm glad you enjoyed the party. Nice photos Ginny. :)

Fred Alton said...

Congratulations to Phil and his friend on 42 years with the same firm. Looks like it was a very nice party from looking at your pictures. I love Ps 149!!

Bobbie said...

Love the pictures! I thought Phil was visiting with Santa... :-) Glad you had a good time Ginny!

George said...

What a wonderful celebration. It' hard to believe that Phil and his friend have worked for the same company so long.

Chatty Crone said...

I love that pink tree Ginny. sandie

Ann said...

Wow, 42 years with the same company. That is an impressive record for both Phil and his friend.
I can't believe you were the only one with a camera. I guess the rest aren't bloggers huh?....lol

Kim@stuffcould.... said...

Wow 42 years at the same company...I see fun that yall had...glad you took the pics

Anonymous said...

The decorations are beautiful! And how lovely to see the two of you as well as Phil with his colleague. Wow...that's a really long time!

Deborah said...

Nice pictures of both of you! We don't have a party anymore at work :(
The decorations are beautiful.
xxoo
Deborah

Rose said...

I hope you had fun!

Lynn said...

In this day, 42 years working with the the same friend at the same company is high reason for celebration. Good for them! Strange that no one else was taking pictures. The company parties I went to before retirement were full of camera going off all night. What a lovely tree. Very nice picture of you and Phil. Glad you have an enjoyable evening.

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