Blessing Day

He's Officially Ben Marvin Christensen on the records of the Church, now!

Officially Official

We've decided that his name is Ben Marvin Christensen. At one point I liked Ben Owen, but then we would have had two kids with three names from Star Wars, so we didn't go for that one.



P.S. Marvin is Diana's father's name. It may sound funny at first but it really grows on you. :)

He's here!!

Baby Christensen was born this morning!

7lbs 12 oz 20 in

 Mom and baby are doing great!

Who woulda thought

I would like you all to know that there is another Red-head in the family

(ok its not really red yet, more strawberry-ish. but its getting there!)

Happy Birthday, Cami

Once upon a time, many years ago (like 18ish), Cami and I were having a chat. She happened to be sitting in the bathtub at the time, but that really has nothing to do with the story. 

We decided, right then and there, to be "Best Buddies Forever." 

And we have been!

I've loved her since the first time I saw her, and she has made me laugh every day of her life.

Happy Twentieth, Cambo!

OK HOW'S THIS

He's a pretty happy boy!

Seven More Months!

I'm a little nervous about this one coming home!

What will I DO with him?

At our house right now

At 7:00am this morning, the thermometer on my front porch said this:

Which is why we are doing this:

All day.

SoCal

562 G Avenue!

Sea Lions, surf and beautiful flowers - I was in heaven!

Have you ever been on a zip line? How about a 5 zipline course down a canyon on Catalina Island? Yep, I did it!

Dad, on the phone, in random places!

This is the hospital where Jayne and Tess were born.

Yes, Popcorn is Popping on the Apricot Trees in Southern California! I saw it with my own ideas and my own camera.

For Max (continued)

For you, Max

Max texted me earlier this evening. He requested photos of Claire.

At the time we had friends over for dinner, and Tess and Chuck (but they're our friends too, right?) are also over, so it was craziness, but I was SO thrilled to get a text from Max (I know, I'm so cool) that I told him I'd post right away.

I took these this morning, so they're as fresh as fresh can be!

 It has been about... 5 hours since that text and I'm just NOW getting it done!
Max! Will you forgive me?! Will you ever text me again after my epic fail?

Tess and I are going to take lots of photos of both babies tomorrow JUST for YOU!

Happy Birthday, Beautiful

To my lovely sister, Melanie: I hope this day was as beautiful and fabulous as you!! Happy birthday, sis.

Hey Fam

Just checking in and saying Hello from the frozen, snowy mountain tops of Utah. How's the weather in SoCal, Aunt Bethanie?

And also wanted to share Jonah's thoughts from this morning, which came completely out of the blue:

Jonah: "Mom, did Grandpa Tom die?"
Jayne: "Yes he did. So where is he now?"
Jonah: "In Heaven. We just sent him up there to get fixed."

Couldn't agree more.

Max

One dark night while max was staying at my house for thanksgiving, he had an epiphany. It went like this:
Me: "Goodnight Max!"
Max: "You know Hanna, you should get some babies. Then i'd want to hang out with you more."
Oh how i love this cousin of mine...

Gramma!

Did anyone read Gramm'a recent comment down there on Aunt Bethanie's "Turkey Day" post? This lady is crazy funny!

Thanks

Did I tell you how much I loved Thanksgiving with SO MANY loved ones around?

Woo hoo! New York, baby!

Just a little sampling of our day in New York! Riding the subway was crazy and cool! We are on our way back to SLC now. Thanks to Grandma, Jo Jo, Kari, and everyone else who took such good care of our littles while we were gone--we miss Max and Lily so much!!!

Funnies

Listening to kid songs on Pandora Radio this morning, Down By The Bay comes on:

Song: "Did you ever see a Mumu with a band-aid on her boo-boo?"
Emmy: "Mom! That song just said band-aid on a booboo!"
Jonah: "Yeah, you know how Calvin bites Tess on her booboo's?"


Kids hear everything.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

Turkey Day in Utah

We're comin'. Hope that's OK with ya'll.

Then we're leaving the kids there for a week. Hope that's OK with ya'll too.

Happy Veterans Day everyone! Thinking of you today, Dad!

Kepsels on ice

If you guys love Jayne and Caleb as much as I do, I recommend you take a little precious time out of your laborious days to view the beauty Caleb's mother has created.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/5RCo0PkqXiykjoXL

Jayne -- you can kill me later.

Crash

It was Sunday, October 31st, Halloween 2010. Being the Sabbath and all, our festivities had ended already, making it the perfect day to blog and post pics of our awesome costumes (and new haircut. New hair!!) I downloaded the camera, organized photos, and started forming my thoughts. Other duties called, a visit from a friend, dinner preparations, trick-or-treaters at our door.

Monday, November 1st. Happy Lily's birthday month! And a day off from school/work. Lovely. Got lots and lots done, except for blogging. Picked up the computer late in the afternoon, opened it up, and nothing. Power on but no visual. Try again, nothing. Did I tell you I cut my hair?! And I can't show you??

Tuesday, November 2nd. The Apple Store has no remedy for our sick laptop. It must be sent in to a "3rd party," whatever. Pray for our baby, the MacBook, and our photos stored on it.

Did I mention NEW HAIR? Stay tuned.

Hanna's darker side

No one knows what's up with Hanna these days. She's so rebellious.

What is she wearing? This is not 1985!

Tess! Would you stop doing Hanna's hair like this?! We should not be encouraging this behavior!

She used to be so sweet and innocent. She used to be a little homeschool nerd. Just look at what has become of her!

Just kidding. She was going to a Halloween dance. 

I know, you were all really concerned:)

Serving the Lord

Johnny has been recently called as 1st counselor in the Bishopric. I have been called as 2nd counselor to the YW pres. Johnny is over the youth so it's fun we get to go to YMYW together. It's a fun life.....

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