HISTORY

A Little History:
Our story begins in Pocatello, Idaho, circa 1972, when the lovely Debby Christensen agreed to a first, though fateful date with admirer, David Croshaw. Long story-short, he bade her follow him, and they went arm-in-arm to the Logan, Utah temple for establishment of an eternal family unit, Generation 1, on May 23 1973.

From their first blissful summer in Salt Lake City, educational pursuits took them to Provo/Orem, Utah, birthplace of Leslie and Rebecca, and to San Francisco/Oakland California, birthplace of Colin and Matt. Then, for establishment of livelihood, expansion of the tribe with Abby and Dana, and for raising/unifying of Generation 2, it was back to the roots in Pocatello for a rewarding sojourn.

In time, driven by a raging, but commonly shared sense of adventure and independence, one-by-one, Generation 2 escaped the homeland to distant regions of the country and the world, each ultimately developing their own tribal expansions by pairing with worthy mates and initiating Generation 3.

Now sensing fulfillment of their purpose in Pocatello, Generation 1 has also left those roots and transplanted to Cascade Idaho, from which base, they anticipate more abundant contact with The Posterity, Generations 2 and 3, in the future. That contact however, awaits fulfillment of a call to LDS missionary service in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, wherein they hope to help the state of the world by sharing the love of Jesus Christ.

So now, including Generation 0 (Grandma and Grandpa Christensen) home base includes Yuma, Arizona, Pocatello, Idaho, Cascade, Idaho, Vancouver, BC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Spokane, Washington, Boise, Idaho, Los Angeles, California, back to Boise, Idaho, and on and on (Generation 3+) to infinity.

Our Mission Statement:
This is the blog of our eternal family unit. Initiated years ago, it served well as a journal, but even more so, as an archive of our personal interaction. It was a gathering place, a confabulation instrument, a unifying force for four generations of widely dispersed and progressively prolific posterity, and their valued associates. Though it served these purposes well for many years, it eventually took a back seat to new-kids-on-the-block, Facebook, and Instagram, and was sadly forgotten.

We now move to resurrect this blog with an added functional purpose of archiving the missionary experiences of Generation 1, of their movements and activities as they participate with The Gathering of Israel in the land northward. In so doing, we hope that via their own comments and posts, this blog will again serve to gather and unify the posterity and their friends.

As in the past, that the young and vibrant may know the old and tired, that enduring bonds may be fostered and maintained, that experience and encouragement may be openly shared, that posterity may embrace truth, and that hearts may be knit together, we must resist detachment despite our geographic divergence. We shall do so here.
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Monday, April 16, 2007

Exhausting (but awesome) Birthweek

First of all, check out this article I just read this morning. Dana, Jason, were you in town to see any of that?

Now let me catch you up on my crazy birth-week.

We threw a birthday luau party for me and a fellow April 7th-er...
FYI, mom (and everyone else) - the girl on the left is Lisa Barton, niece of our favorite friend, Michele Nelson.

I took a day off from work to play with a visiting friend - we went to the National Zoo and to Borders for a little pre-concert show of a band I love, The Feeling. We went to their concert that night and caught a drumstick they threw out into the crowd - then we had them all sign it.
We also went to a Barnum & Bailey's Circus that was in town...
This weekend was the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. A group of people from my ward volunteered to be ushers for the masses of toursits. Look at the awesome t-shirts we got out of it!




(Yes, that's the White House behind us)





And finally, also this weekend we went paintballing with another group from the ward. I don't have any action shots (waiting on those from a friend) but here you can see the fruits of our labors.



Our fingers are purple because we were tie-dyeing t-shirts that night for a Lupus Walk we're doing next weekend...




Sometimes it's fun to be the last one standing. :o)
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4 comments:

David and Debby said...

Oh my gosh Abby!! How can you not be more tired than me!!

Becky

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 12:16:00 PM MDT
David and Debby said...

I'd like to challenge anyone who thinks they know how to squeeze more fun into a weekend than abby. Shheeeshhh girl!

Les

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 5:01:00 AM MDT
David and Debby said...

For the record, I have been trying to recover this entire week. Not there yet. But don't worry, I'll be back to my normal self by the wedding. :o)

Abby

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 9:08:00 PM MDT
David and Debby said...

And for the record, that was a full week and two weekends, not just one weekend...

Abby

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 9:31:00 PM MDT

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