Christensen Current Events

Hali is 5!

2011-04-08T14:37:00.008-06:00

Hali had her 5th birthday on Feb 28th and Mom was still at the hospital with Ella. Thankfully Aubrey was a sweet heart and made her cake. She loved it and all of her presents. All she wanted for her big day was a cake and a puppy pillow pet. In a classic Crea idea- he stuffed her pillow pet into a humidifier box- her face is so funny- from disappointment to joy! We love our HAL!

Ella Debra Christensen

2011-04-01T16:35:00.015-06:00

Ella was born Feb 24th. She weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 19 inches long. She was 3 weeks early and didn't have enough serfactin (sp?) in her lungs so she had to stay in the nursery for 5 days. When we finally brought her home, we had to quarantine her from Abby who had RSV! Luckily we had Grandma Erline and Grandma-Great here to help.

The first day with Ella at home- Abby managed to sneek past us all and climb into bed with her.

2 weeks old

3 weeks old

4 weeks old- and starting to get some chubbs!

EVS Christmas Program 2010

2011-01-07T10:01:00.007-07:00

The girls did so great at their school Christmas program. Abby through a fit in the truck but was pretty good during the program. She kept yelling out the girls names when they were singing their songs-so funny!

Temple Lights

2010-12-16T15:02:00.006-07:00

Hali danced at a nursing home in St George on Saturday night and we stopped at the temple to look at the lights. We had a great time and even went in the visitors center to see the statue of Christ and watch a video about the Plan of Happiness. The girls didn't want to leave. Crea took us to get an ice cream cone and as we were driving home Hali said, "I wish I was Mel-nee's kid"
Mom, "That makes me sad- why do you want to be Melanie's kid." Hali responded with her ice cream in her hand, "Just kidding, I just wish we could have stayed at the Temple longer."

Ward Christmas Party

2010-12-16T14:37:00.007-07:00

This year Lila and Papa had speaking parts in the Christmas Program and Hali sang with the Primary. Abby was so proud- she kept pointing and clapping for her big sisters up on stage. After a great meal the grils saw Santa! Lila and Hali were fine of coarse but Abby came unglued and hit santa right in the beard. It was more like a BIG push away from him but still- she hit santa so we will have to see how Christmas morning goes!?!

I LOVE the looks on her and Santa's faces! Priceless!

Here she is with her candy cane and card right after the screaming. What a little stinker!

Oh Christmas Tree- Fake Christmas tree

2010-12-15T20:11:00.011-07:00

It is now a tradition to take really cute/funny pictures of our girls after we put up our Christmas tree. We have such a great life!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-05T09:22:00.012-06:00

This Halloween we had a trunk or treat at the Church and our three little pigs were adorable. Lila would only agree to the whole idea if she could be the smart one who built her house with bricks!

Notice Abby's straw is in her bucket

Carving Pumpkins!

2010-11-05T08:41:00.013-06:00

We had lots of fun carving pumpkins this year. Abby was covered in guts - Lila was little miss professional - and Hali cried when I made her put her hand in (but she got over it- it's true I have pictures of her smiling to prove it)

EEEEEW!

Hali wanted a silly pumpkin

Lila's big bad vampire pumpkin

EVS Halloween Carnival 2010

2010-11-05T08:17:00.008-06:00

I helped with the carnival this year and my kids costumes suffered. They were the three little pigs and I made them ears tails and noses but they didn't like the noses straped to their faces and the ears were to heavy and they kept slipping off. But I have to say they loved the make-up I put on them- pink cheeks and eye make-up.

Three little piggie tails (the only thing they would leave on)

I had to get a good picture of Abby's hair because it took me FOREVER!

Hali had to have her picture taken too!

Deer camp 2010

2010-10-23T07:20:00.026-06:00

Deer Camp has been wet this year but that never stops the fun! Abby just runs around- and falls down- non stop. Hali is loving playing in the dirt with cousins Bryce, Case, and Emma. Lila is the happiest when she is off giggling with Tori and Lea. And Crea and I just love watching them go and visiting with family and friends. Oh, and we are 4 months away from baby girl #4!

Big sister Lila

2010-10-23T07:10:00.003-06:00

My girls love to have Lila read to them. She has started to watch Hal and Ab while Crea and I feed animals sometimes and she does a great job. We can't imagine a better big sister.

Hali's First trip to the dentist!

2010-10-23T06:54:00.004-06:00

Hali was such a good girl at the dentist and was so excited for her new tooth brush!

Another Great Abby moment

2010-10-23T06:33:00.006-06:00

I had just finninshed vacuming and left it lying in the hall while I put away Lila's clothes and I heard the vacume come on-Abby is always entertaining!

Russell and Katherine Christensen Family Reunion

2010-10-23T06:11:00.009-06:00

We had a great time getting together with the BIG Christensen family! We met for a wonderful breakfast at Steve and Debs and then spent the day at the Newcastle church playing games and visiting. Aunt Beverly showed us all the geneology work she has done and some fantastic pictures of Grandma Katherine and Grandpa Russell when they were young!

24th of July

2010-10-19T12:07:00.012-06:00

We had a great 24th of July- our Primary kids rode their bikes- Grandma Christensen was the grand marshall of our parade- and the girls loved the rodeo!

Arizona Fun

2010-10-19T10:13:00.011-06:00

We took a trip to Grandma Norton's house before the start of school in August. The girls had a ball playing with everyone and swimming at Tan and Karyn's house!

Oh Abby

2010-10-19T09:49:00.004-06:00

Abby is now obbsessed with wraping little hair bands around her toes. She puts so many on that her toes start to turn blue. I have now made it a regular pass time of mine to check her feet several times a day for toes preparing to fall off---LOVE her!

Coconut Bra

2010-08-25T19:06:00.004-06:00

Just another great Abby moment!

Camping fun!

2010-08-25T19:01:00.002-06:00

We had a great time crashing Mel and Ryan's camping trip over the 4th of July.

Fun at Grandmas

2010-08-25T18:45:00.005-06:00

Hali was having a grand time at Grandma's house getting soaked with her cousins!

Swimming

2010-08-25T17:59:00.006-06:00

The Christensen's went swimming while Tami, Cheri, and Brett's families were visiting. It was so much fun but I had a hard time keeping Abby from drowning herself.

Fun in Salt Lake

2010-08-25T17:21:00.009-06:00

Early in June we took the girls up to Salt Lake for a mini Vacation and to see Crea's cornea specialist. We left early in the afternoon and decided to stop a Cove Fort and take the tour. We learned so much and I loved it. Next, we drove on to Salt Lake, had a great dinner and went swimming in the hotel pool till 11:00 at night! The girls are all little fish and Abby scared us half to death because she had no fear of the water. The next day we went to the zoo. The girls loved all the animals but the snow cones seemed to be their favorite thing! We even got to go to the bird show where Crea had an owl graze his hat as it flew over us. It was great fun and after going to Crea's appt. we headed home.

Lila and Hali loved riding on the merry-go-round

The girls look a little nervous about the bird show

Lila and Mom- with Cheetos teeth

Hali and the Bald Eagle-- Amazing

It's train time!

Our tired little Abby!

Lila's 8

2010-08-25T17:16:00.002-06:00

Lila's birthday was so much fun and when I get some more photo's I'll post them

Good crops!

2010-08-25T17:09:00.003-06:00

Crea was so excited about his crop this year so he had us go out one evening and take pictures showing how tall it was.

Do girls get any cuter than this?

2010-08-25T16:55:00.005-06:00

I had to take pictures of the girls after our annual power co. dinner where the girls got their faces painted. I think we have three of the most beautiful girls in the world!

School Program

2010-08-25T16:49:00.002-06:00

Lila all dressed up for her end of year program at school. She sang some great songs and even did a puppet show on the presidents of the United States.

Branding

2010-08-25T15:42:00.007-06:00

May 8, 2010 The Hughes, Kyle, and Jones were nice enough to come and help us brand 16 calves. Lila rode the mare and Hali helped Ramzy and Hesston with the gate for a few minutes till they got bored and then Case Jones took over. We are surrounded with so many great friends here.

Spring Break!

2010-08-25T15:28:00.004-06:00

We had a great Spring Break with lots of Arizona visitors. Tanner and Karyn and the kids came up for a few days and then Grandma Norton, Great-Grandma, and Aunt Kathy stopped by to during their road trip! We all had a great time!

The very sleepy Lila

2010-08-25T15:13:00.006-06:00

For some odd reason I found that I had several pictures of Lila asleep. She is just a little sleeping beauty.

Easter Morning 2010

2010-08-25T14:23:00.009-06:00

Easter morning the girls loved hunting for their baskets and in the afternoon they hunted eggs all over the house....I think we found them all.

Easter Eggs

2010-08-25T13:56:00.008-06:00

The girls love to put on my Tshirts, sit on the counter, and get their fingers all pink and blue. We dyed our eggs first thing in the morning-thus the scary hair.

Twins.......calf twins!

2010-08-25T12:54:00.006-06:00

This April one of our cows had twins! The girls were so excited to show them off and to help bottle feed them.

Easter Pictures

2010-08-25T11:41:00.024-06:00

This year on Easter Sunday we took pictures outside and it was a little breezy!

Hali's preschool party!

2010-08-25T10:09:00.006-06:00

Hali's end of year program was lost of fun. She sang some songs and recited some rhymes and then we got to go outside and have a circus! She loved the baby animals and games. They even did a pinata at the end. I love our school.

Hali was great at the ring-toss

Hali and some cute friends during the program.

The Gila Valley Temple

2010-07-10T13:06:00.006-06:00

At the end of April we took a quick trip down to AZ so we could visit the new Gila Valley Temple! It was so neat to take the tour with them and to spend some time with my family.

About half way down I turned around and saw that Lila had made herself some "feet-room" and piled it all on poor Hali....she didn't seem to mind though.

Our happy traveler

Our sweet Lila at Papa Norton's grave

What more could a grandpa want than for his posterity to be crawling on and around his resting place!

Hali & Kayte, Papa's baby girls and his name sake, Clint

That's my Hali...digging a hole in Papa's grave!

A bunch of Norton-Christensen girls

The view from his headstone is of the temple now...I know how he must LOVE that!

The Christensen Playground

2010-07-10T12:49:00.006-06:00

Crea and I decided to get a swing set for the kids and after some major bargain hunting....we ended up with this...

Daddy's Little Helper

2010-07-08T16:37:00.001-06:00

This year Hali became Dads girl. She wants to be at the farm with Dad all the time. I snaped these pictures as she was running across the field to help at the sprinkler.

Playing in Grandma's backyard!

2010-07-07T22:17:00.001-06:00

The Christensen cousins having a grand ol time playing capture the flag and posing for pictures!

39th Anniversary

2010-04-19T07:54:00.006-06:00

Deb and Steve celebrated their Anniversary this weekend - Steve at home and Deb in KY- Deb had this cake made and Steve had some of us over to help him eat it. I wanted to hurry and get these pictures posted so Deb could see it. We love you Deb. We miss you!

We're not tired!

2010-04-09T11:19:00.005-06:00

Tori and Lila wanted to watch a movie...we told them it was too late to start a movie.....but we're not tired.....20 min later....out.

I like to call this one granny Lila

Chicken Noodle

2010-04-09T10:01:00.008-06:00

Crea got these great pictures of Abby LOVING her dinner of home-made chicken noodle soup. You never know what Abby will love or what she will say, "EEEEW" to. One day she loves something and a week later I try to get her to eat it again and she makes the funniest face and says, "EW." That's really builds a mothers self-esteem in her cooking ability.

Snow!

2010-04-09T09:09:00.005-06:00

The girls love to go sledding when we get a really good snow! Wonderful Aubrey hauled the girls all around for hours-the best part is when Duke tries to get in the sleds with the girls...nothing like a good old GIANT wet dog!

Lila and Hali

Kindy-Tori-and Aubs ready to start the snow party!

Lila-Duke-Tori-Hali-and Kindy

I'm not going to make it/ FASTER / Tiny saddle

2010-04-06T16:44:00.008-06:00

Driving home from Grandma Norton's house we were almost to Camp Verde when Hali started saying, "I need some ice cream!" We responded by saying that we would stop at DQ in 5 minutes to use the bathroom and get a treat. As soon as we said bathroom she started whimpering..."I have to go pee...I need some ice cream....I NEED to go PEE!" as every parent knows you try to make them hold it when you are only 5 minutes from a toilet so thats what we did and I have some great video of her saying, "I'm not going to make it," over and over. She made it and all was well but we had a pretty funny last 5 minutes. It's a good thing Lila and Abby were being good or Crea might not have gotten back in the truck at DQ!

At home Crea has the girls push him around the dining room and kitchen on Lila's wiggle car. It's pretty darn funny to watch and we have had a few accidents but the laughing is infectious!

Hali was so excited to be the first to ride the mare with the new "tiny saddle"!

Tracen's Baptism

2010-04-06T15:54:00.002-06:00

Crea was very honored to baptize Tracen while we were there over Christmas break. They both did great and we were so glad to be there for his special day!

Happy Birthday Crea and Tracen!

2010-04-06T09:50:00.011-06:00

We went bowling to celebrate both Crea's and Tracen's birthdays. We had a pretty big group and the kids had a great time!

Trace and his cousin waiting to bowl!

Abby loves her Daddy!

Birthday boy bowling a STRIKE

Hali-watching her ball roll down the alley.

Lila is such a help with Abby and she loves it!

Crea, Hali, Tanner, and Kayte

Abby loves her big sister!

Hali, Brynlee, Taniah, and Lila

Abbs and Aunt Rachel!

Happy Birthday to HALI!

2010-03-01T08:43:00.009-07:00

Hali says that she "feels 4" and I have to agree. She is a joy to our family, we love our Hali!

Christmas Morning 2009

2010-02-26T14:10:00.011-07:00

This year Tanner's family slept at Grandma's house with us and Santa brought all the presents there! Grandma's family room was FULL of presents and excited kids on Christmas morning. We forgot our stockings at home in UT so we wrote the girls names on Crea's socks and when the girls saw that Santa had filled them they were so happy!

Christmas Eve

2010-02-26T09:42:00.009-07:00

On Christmas Eve we all had dinner at Grandma Norton's house and opened our cousin exchange gifts and the kids got their gifts from Grandma. The kids were so excited to get new pillows and cases with their names and "Don't forget to pray" on the side......my girls love everything made by Grandma! We had so much fun taking pictures of the kids....oh and Chace and Rach in their Christmas PJ's. All the kids thought Rachel was so cool for getting Chace giant camo footie pajamas! We took our traditional trip preform the Nativity for Papa and the Great-Grandmas' and the we gave them their gift from all of us.

Hall/Stephens Christmas Party 2009

2010-02-13T15:10:00.003-07:00

Grandma and Papa Bill hosted our family Christmas Party at their house this year and we had a ball! Hali was so excited when she got a red and white scarf, hat and gloves that Grandma Western made. I have to thank Lana for giving me an awsome bag that Brit made...I use it every day!

Christmas Dresses

2010-02-11T19:39:00.004-07:00

We took some quick pictures of our little family all dresses up for church the Sunday before Christmas in AZ.

Christmas in February

2010-02-11T18:58:00.007-07:00

Okay- I have been slacking and now I have to play catch up with this blog so bare with me.......

Thursday Dec. 17, 2009
Grandma & Papa Christensen and Jared & Jess's family brought us some presents to open before we left for Christmas in Arizona. The girls were so excited to get mew pajamas and some fantastic "Princess" dress-up clothes and castle tent.

Attn: Evans Clan-Grandma Christensen's BIrthday!

2009-12-15T13:25:00.003-07:00

I got this picture off of Steve and Deb's camera so that is why the post is late. We made her blow out 84 candles on three birthday cakes...she got them all out but not before the smoke alarm went off! She is such a great Grandma and we love having her so close to us!

Ward party and....SANTA!

2009-12-10T12:53:00.008-07:00

We had our ward Christmas party and the girls did a great job singing with the Primary and they LOVED the surprise visitor....SANTA!

Santa wanted to look through Lila's glasses.

The girls all got these cute little cars from Santa.

Abby was so excited to see Santa that she couldn't stop SCREAMING!

Dancing Hali!

2009-12-10T11:18:00.003-07:00

Hali loves dance class and she likes to be all dressed and ready
to go 2 hours before dance starts!

2009-12-10T10:54:00.004-07:00

Cha-Cha-chachacha---CHA all around the house!
I love it when our girls play together.

Aubrey's Birthday Cake!

2009-12-05T22:24:00.002-07:00

Aub's wanted a shoe so here is my attempt.

Christmas Tree Time!

2009-12-05T21:11:00.011-07:00

We had a very quiet Thanksgiving this year...just our little family, Grandma and Papa Christensen, Great-Grandma Christensen, and Aunt Janice. We were able to all sit around the table and pass the food instead of serving buffet style like we usually have to do because of the size of our average Thanksgiving dinners. After lunch we spent the rest of the day playing games and visiting. While it was fun...the girls got a little bored so that night we broke out the Christmas tree and put it up! The girls loved decorating the tree and having their picture taken. It's funny how a Christmas tree can instantly bring joy and love to your home (even when you have to leave the bottom 3 feet of tree undecorated for Abby's safety!).

All dressed up!

2009-12-02T09:01:00.011-07:00

I got Abby all cute for Sunday and said, "Crea, hurry and take pictures before she pulles out her bow!" So these are what he got....adorable!

new birthday cakes

2009-11-23T07:52:00.003-07:00

Well- here are Kindy and Cash's B-day cakes! Kindy wanted a soccer ball and I thought, "no problem." But then I looked up a picture on the internet and made a pentagon stencil and started marking the fondant....the pentagons didn't fit together right so I kept trying different things all day and then I gave up and did a few black and white and then made the back of the ball a goal. After I was finnished I noticed that there are black pentagons, and the white ones are hexagons....I was ready to scream by that point so I just added the last few things and stepped away from the cake.
Then was Cash's- he wanted a basketball and it was so much better than the soccer ball. No stress, just fun. I added the score board to say the happy bday stuff and his age-11 and had him beating his sister who likes to mother him....I think he liked that.

Halloween 09!

2009-11-02T09:12:00.008-07:00

This year Lila was Tinkerbell, Abby was a monkey and Hali was a butterfly! I tried to paint a sparkly mask on Hali's face but when she looked in the mirror she told me it didn't look cute and she wanted it washed off so this is her after the washings....it didn't all come off. Abby loved her costume and she looked so cute with her little bowlegged walk. Lila loves to be pretty and sparkly so Tinkerbell was perfect! We had a trunk or treat at the school on Friday night and a carnival....it was freezing outside. Then on Halloween Crea took the girls around and I stayed home to hand out the candy so the girls got to dress up twice! Hali told me that she wanted to have Halloween again today....we all had fun!

Pumpkins and Spaghetti!

2009-11-02T08:50:00.006-07:00

Thursday the 29th was pumpkin carving night and Mel and the girls came over to carve 'em up! When Crea got home he made us all spaghetti so we could keep carving! Hali reached in her pumpkin ONCE, said, "It's slikery" and wouldn't touch it again.... Abby enjoyed gathering up all the fallen seeds and sucking on them.... and Lila wanted to do it all herself. Fun night!

My Birthday cake!

2009-11-02T08:39:00.003-07:00

My AMAZING birthday cake! I love you Aubs!

Seth's Birthday!

2009-10-22T08:34:00.002-06:00

Seth just had his 8th Birthday while we were at deer camp! This is his TRANSFORMER cake. He is such a great, funny little guy....who LOVES anything Transformer.

Deer Camp 2009-----Lila

2009-10-21T14:25:00.010-06:00

Lila was lucky and didn't get sick like Hali and Abby so she was able to spend a lot a time at the deer camp. She spent a few nights with Papa and Grandma in their trailer so she wouldn't have to come home with us. She was on a horse or a 4wheeler any chance she could get and she loved every second! Lila's front tooth has been really loose for a while so one day when Crea was up at camp with her he and Kyle yanked it out! Crea said that she screamed and cried but when she called to tell me about loosing another tooth she was excited to get it under her pillow so the tooth fairy would come. She loved having a few days off of school but she was excited to go back. She is a great student and such a great helper at home. We couldn't do without her.

Lila and Tori about 2 minutes after we got there!

Tori, Brianna, Britlyn Jones, and Lila....cute girls!

Silly girls!

Lila loves to be on a horse.

The BIG gap!

All pretty for church.

Tori and Lila waiting for their turn on the 90.

Brianna, Tori, and Lila....lovin' the deer camp!

Deer Camp 2009-----Hali

2009-10-21T12:35:00.014-06:00

Hali loves the deer camp. She was so sad when she got sick and I wouldn't take her up but the time she spent up there she made to most of...she never slowed down, unless it was to drink some hot chocolate! Hali says the funniest things...As we were driving up one night she said:
Hali- "Dad, did you bring the Baby gun?"
Dad- "What?"
Hali- "Did you bring the Ba-by gun for me?"
Crea laughing- "Oh, the BB gun- yeah, I brought it."

The next night as we pulled into camp: (you have to imagine her sick, raspy, excited voice!)
Hali-"I'm so excited!"
Me-"Why?"
Hali-"I'm gonna tell 'em we brought DORITOS!!"

A few days later:
Me- "You're going to go to grandmas house."
Hali- "Which Grandma?"
Me- "Grandma Deb."
Hali- "Dad's Grandma?"
Me- "No, Grandma Deb is Dad's Mom...Grandma Katherine is Dad's Grandma."
Hali-"Oh, the teeny Grandma." (she said this while holding her thumb and index finger slightly apart. Grandma Katherine is about 5 ft tall and 85 lbs max!)

This one happens all the time when we sit down for dinner:
Hali- "Mom, you made us dinner! Thank you Mom! This is the best dinner ever!"

We sit down for dinner together almost ever night so she caught me off guard and every time she says it she is so sincere and excited like it is the first time she has ever had tacos, spaghetti....anything! She is such a joy!

As soon as we got to camp Hali jumped on a horse with Aubrey!

Blakelee and Hali LOVED the hot chocolate

Blakelee, Tori, and Hali

Working hard!

Taking a break.

Aubrey saw this cute little bum and had to get a picture for me.

Hesston Jones, Hali and Blakelee.

Blakelee and Hali having fun getting dirty!

Lila taking Hali for a ride. She loves her big sis!

Hali with Roxy and Ramzy Hughes....two of her favorite people!

Deer Camp 2009-----Abby

2009-10-21T10:35:00.007-06:00

I need to start this entry with some back story from earlier this year: Several months ago Abby started running a fever.... I kept giving her Tylenol every four hours as instructed on the little bottle and waiting for a runny nose or some other symptoms but there wasn't anything. Well, on about the third day her fever shot up to about 104 so Crea and I took her in to the ER. While in the ER she had a Febrile Seizure. It was the scariest experience we have ever had with our kids. The Doctors and Nurses just said that she must have spiked a fever and that she was fine. I did not feel fine! They ran all kinds of tests and kept her overnight and finally decided that it was just a virus and that she must run high fevers. So now we are very careful to alternate every two hours with meds to keep her fever down...I don't know what we would have done if it had happened at home. Seizures are scary but watching our little Abby have one was a nightmare.

So this year just before deer camp Abby started to run a fever and woke up in the night with the Croup....I hate the croup. We took her in and they gave her a injection of a steroid to relax her airway and that really helped. By the time we got home from the Dr., Hali had started running a fever and that night she had the croup.....FUN! I was not about to take them up to the Mt. in the cold and dirt so I stayed home for the first few days with them. I finally decided to brave it and took them up in the evenings for dinner and then we would head home to bathe and medicate. They had a lot of fun and by the end of the weekend the fevers were gone!

Abby loves Kaylee and will usually go to her before me.

Abby just starting to get good and dirty!

Abby likes to climb....I'm so afraid she is going to break her little neck.

Kindy and Abby just relaxin'

Abby couldn't get enough of Case's truck.

Kindy is such a good helper and Abby loves her.

Quick family pictures!

2009-10-14T13:51:00.006-06:00

We haven't taken a family picture since Abby was tiny and I needed one to send in for my 10 year HS reunion so I handed Tami our camera and told the kids to smile! I didn't realize that the hardest person to get a good picture of was CREA! We took about 25 pictures and Crea only smiled in about 5 and his eyes were closed in 3 of those. This is the one I used and here are some more to laugh at!

For some reason our camera kept making Abbys lips black?!?

Berry Picking!

2009-10-14T13:28:00.004-06:00

About a year ago we helped a couple in our ward plant LOTS of berry bushes and a few weeks ago they invited everyone to come and pick some rasberries. Mel, Grandma Christensen, and I took Abby and Hali and picked berries for a few hours. Hali was a great helper and loved picking the "yucky strawberries" and Abby ate all the rasberries she could get her hands on! By the time we left, both girls were sticky and filthy.

Kenna's cake

2009-09-19T08:06:00.003-06:00

Here is McKenna's birthday cake. Thanks Mom, for all the great cake decorating stuff!

Squirrel Trouble

2009-09-15T15:53:00.002-06:00

When the guys when to put Grandma C's couches back in the house they saw a squirrel run in to a hole next to her house. She has been hearing things running around under there for a while and so Kyle set some traps but they hadn't caught anything yet. Kyle got out his gun and before they knew it they had 10.....yes, I said 10 squirrels. Here are the proud exterminators with our gun-toutin' granny!

One Scary Granny!

2009-09-10T14:41:00.007-06:00

We have one amazing grandma here in Newcastle. She was having her carpets cleaned yesterday so the guys moved her couches outside. They thought it would be funny to stage this picture! Notice the Mt Dew and the gun resting on her cane!! She is such a good sport.

Jake Ryan Christensen has arrived!!

2009-09-02T11:55:00.002-06:00

Melanie and Ryan went to the hospital Tuesday morning about 6:00 and at 3:30 the Dr. decided to get her ready for a C-section. By 4:15 Ry and Mel had a 5lb. 10oz, 17in. little BOY!! Steve and Deb took their girls to them and Jake was introduced to his 4 other mothers. I didn't get a picture to post but I saw pictures and he is adorable! Lots of dark hair, a Christensen nose, and a dimple in his chin. He and Mel are doing fine and hope to come home sometime on Thursday!

Deb's Birthday

2009-08-28T14:12:00.003-06:00

My wonderful mother-in-law had a birthday yesterday! I planned on making a pretty little cake but then decided to do something that was DEB. I tried (but failed) to make it look like the spines of all of her favorite books around the bottom of the cake and the top had bookmarks and the names of the main characters in the books. Anyone who knows Deb knows that she is always reading. She is so much fun to talk books with...I love her!

Sneaky, sleepy girls

2009-08-28T13:46:00.003-06:00

Lila and Hali hid in Abby's play pen behind the couch in the basement while Crea was watching a movie the other night. When he finished the movie he found 2 sneaky little girls sound asleep.

Corn!

2009-08-28T13:23:00.007-06:00

We have TONS of corn this year! I don't go in the field to pick it because I start iching and get a rash but I am a great shucker! The first evening that we were having corn Abby went nuts for it! We had so much fun watching her...the girls just couldn't stop laughing.

Abby is Walking!

2009-08-28T07:41:00.002-06:00

This is one of the many videos we took of Abby's first week walking. Crea took it one day when he came home for lunch and saw our new little walker attempting to sit on this bowl....enjoy! I dare you not to laugh!

Swimming Lessons

2009-08-22T11:46:00.005-06:00

Lila had her first year of swimming lessons at SUU and she advanced to level 2. Hali was so good to sit and watch her swim every day. She will be able to start next year when she is 4!

Hawaiian Dresses

2009-08-22T11:12:00.012-06:00

Chace and Rachel gave the girls Hawaiian dresses for Christmas and they loved wearing them this summer.

The good ship Christensen

2009-08-22T10:36:00.003-06:00

Several months ago we made this ship to sail in the bathtub for our FHE and it sat on top of our entertainment center since then because the girls could not stand the thought of throwing it away. I finally decided it had to be done but Hali saw me and screamed like I had cut her arm off. In an effort to calm her down I told her we would take a picture so we could make a new one just like it for another FHE....and these are the pictures of our little ship. Hali was happy while we were taking the picture but she resumed her crying when it was taken outside and put in the garbage. Lila stepped in, distracted her with a lot of tickling and the ship was forgotten. We love our girls!

One Hot Day

2009-08-21T17:45:00.010-06:00

Crea came home from the farm one hot day and wanted to take the girls swimming so off we went! We hadn't been to the Washington Community Center yet and it was a great place for little kids!
Hali both loved and hated it....Lila, Tori, and Kindy never wanted to leave....and Abby had fun playing and watching the other girls!

Lila, Tori, Kindy, and Hali working up the courage to get wet!

Hali doesn't like to get her face wet

Crea took the girls on the lazy river

Tori and Lila trying not to cry

Crea and the girls going round and round

Kindy is so much help with Abby

Abby loved these bouncy swings

The only time Hali would go down this slide.

The most beautiful baby!

Corinna's Birthday

2009-08-11T10:42:00.003-06:00

Here is my latest attempt to be creative. My beautiful niece Corinna turned 15 on the 9th and this was her gift from our family....it only took me 10 hours....yeah I'm really slow.

Abby is 1!

2009-08-07T14:25:00.011-06:00

Our little Abby turned one! We had lots of Norton's and Christensen's and we celebrated it with Avery who turned 2! We are so blessed to have such sweet little girls in our family!

Enterprise 24th of July Rodeo...another tradition

2009-08-06T19:05:00.001-06:00

This years 24th was fun but we were all sad that Crea didn't rope.
Maybe next year!

Farmer Clint

Niah, Lila, Bryn, Hali, and Trace

How cute!

Brandt was the only one ready for this shot!

Clint loves Aunt Rachel

Niah and Brandt both caught chickens...it was so fun to watch!

Just being together

2009-08-06T16:40:00.010-06:00

I don't know about Kayte but I think most of us had fun together!

Pioneer Day in Newcastle!

2009-08-06T14:33:00.015-06:00

Here in NC we have a great little pioneer day celebration. We have our own parade, then a program and races, water slides and lunch! Some of my Norton family came in 2006 and they had so much fun that they came again this year! We had a great time!

The kids-all ready to get wet!

The little pole licker

2009-08-06T14:13:00.003-06:00

Bath Time and Play Time

2009-07-06T10:35:00.008-06:00

Abby is getting some hair!

She loves baths and goes crazy for her rubber duckies!

I love the look on her face...she just puts up with her mother

Hali loves to make Abby laugh...but sometimes her methods scare me.

Chamberlain Reunion

2009-07-06T08:30:00.010-06:00

The last weekend in June we headed up to Tusher Lake on Beaver Mt. with the Chamberlain family. They have a great little lake and the kids had fun fishing and just riding around in the canoes. It is great to see all the family and get to know more of them.

Hali standing by all the beaver chopped treees

Two little friends: Sahara and Hali

Crea and Lila: fishing...but not catching.

Lila having a hula hoop contest with her cousins

Abby and Daddy

Hall Reunion 2009

2009-07-01T07:52:00.025-06:00

We borrowed Mom and Dad Christensen's 5th wheel tailer and drove down to Black River, AZ. We were there for just over a week and had so much fun. We ate, fished, ate, played cards, ate, had sick kids, ate, had a 80th birthday celebration for Grandma, ate, played volleyball and other games, oh yeah...and we ate! It was so great to see everyone and have my girls get to play with their cousins. I love my family!

Grandma Erline and Abby Erline

Hali and Mom beating Barney

Lila

Bryn and Lila fishing at Big Lake

Lila, Hali, Tanner, Kayte, and Jayce

Lila

Fishing and catching crawdads at Black River

Too cute for their own good

Abby sleeping by the river

Braden relaxing

Rachel and Hali at the "Little Grand Canyon"

Lots of us

Tylee Joy...love that baby

Chace and Rachel and their perfect teeth!

Clint looking adorable as always

Best Friends....then fighting....then best friends again!

These two loved the dirt and were always filthy.

Tanner, Crea, and Gary...bonding???

Karyn, Clint, Tanner, Papa Bill, Grandma, Shelly, and "Copper Top"(Maddie)

Lila Turns 7!

2009-06-08T19:02:00.008-06:00

Lila was a little worried about her birthday this year because Dad was going to be gone on a pioneer trek with the our ward's youth groups (we love our company captain). We celebrated her birthday a day late and she was just fine with that. She loved all the gifts and her birthday cake. We went on a family birthday date to see Night at the Museum 2 and had dinner.....our girls love movies and Abby is the best baby in the world...she just sits and watches most of the time...never cries. I think our girls ate their body weight in popcorn and Lila had her favorite dinner....Steak!
We are so thankful to have our Smart, Funny, Beautiful, Amazing Lila Susanna!

T-ball 2009 and loosing our first tooth!

2009-06-08T18:51:00.004-06:00

Lila loved playing T-Ball for her second year and having 3 cousins and lots of friends on her team. We all love her coach..Aunt Jess...thanks you are so great! Speaking of great Aunts...Mel helped Lila loose her first tooth 1 week before her 7th Birthday. She was wiggling it at Sunday dinner and Mel asked if she could wiggle it.....one nice jerk later Lila had lost her first tooth...she was bleeding and crying but she got over it. Thanks Aunt Mel!

Kaylee's softball cake

2009-06-08T18:40:00.002-06:00

Kaylee and I made her birthday cake together and she was a great help!
I hate making the decisions on colors and she picked very well don't you think?!
We tried to make it look like a softball crashed into her birthday cake. She is usually the catcher on her team and is great at it...so fun to watch!

St George Fun

2009-04-23T14:08:00.011-06:00

Saturday 4-18 Lila had her first Tee-Ball game. We went to St. George after the game and played at a really neat park with a wading area and ground fountain. We didn't have the girls swimming suits or a change of clothes so we stayed away from the fountain but the girls had a ball in the wading area. We went to an awesome old candy store called Judd's and had some ice cream and snow cones. It was a great day.

Phantom

2009-04-23T13:58:00.002-06:00

Crea and I took Cheri to the air port in LV on Monday the 13th and then went to Phantom!!! We left the girls at Papa and Grandma C's and stayed on the strip. The theater was amazing...the show was really good....but the streets of Vegas are Revolting! We had fun but we couldn't wait to get home to our girls and our clean, beautiful, wonderfully small and safe Newcastle!

Coloring Eggs

2009-04-23T13:50:00.004-06:00

Easter 2009

2009-04-23T12:33:00.010-06:00

Easter morning was fun and the girls were so good to let me get them dressed and do their hair. Then we got out the camera.....Crea did his best but he had too many females fighting against him.......

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-23T12:01:00.007-06:00

We had a egg hunt at Papa and Grandma Christensen's house on Friday evening because the weather was cold and only going to get colder on the weekend. We had almost 200 eggs for the kids to hunt. Hali an Lila were fast and loved filling their baskets along with most of the Christensen cousins. Abby had fun slobbering on all of Lila's eggs.

The wind was cold and blowing like crazy which made it difficult to get good pictures!

We had Cheri and Avery and Tami's family here and it was so much fun!

Our Sweet Abby

2009-04-23T11:16:00.005-06:00

I just can't believe this baby! She is so good, so happy. I really don't deserve it but the Lord knows what he is doing and boy am I glad.

Toir's 6th Birthday cake.

2009-04-23T11:01:00.002-06:00

Tori turned 6 on April 4th and ever since she saw Hali's cake she has wanted one too so I made her one. I made her narrow her colors down to 3 and pick the shapes she wanted and I think she liked it. Like everything creative or artistic I do I can't stand to look at it after I've done it.

Hali's horse..."Carli"

2009-04-23T10:22:00.003-06:00

Hali has named the arm of our couch "Carli". She puts a blanket and pillow for her saddle and rides...kicking with her heals and clicking to "Carli". She pets her and says' "eeeeeasy girl." She plays pretend all the time...It's very entertaining!