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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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Arachnaphobia!!

So, I get home last night and Ray tells me that he found spider pictured below in Grace and Maggie's room. I seriously started freaking out, then he tells me that he actually found the spider in an outside bait station at an account he was at. NOT FUNNY!!! Aside from a tarantula, this is seriously the biggest spider I have ever seen. This is a quart jar it is now living in. Ray caught this little frog in our yard for the spider to eat, but they just hung out together all night. He looked the spider up and it turns out it is a harmless wolf spider, yeah right!! He also assured me that a spider that big could never slip in through the cracks in our house.

There are so many bugs in Oklahoma, bugs I have never seen. There is also so much wild life living in such close proximity. Ray caught this little frog in our yard in no time. We have found big old toads in our yard, the other day I opened the front door and found a turtle the size of a frisbee on our front porch. Grace and our neighbor Reid found a little baby turtle the size of a silver dollar in our yard a few days ago. I always see armadillos on the side of the road, sometimes smashed armadillos!! It has certianly been an eye opening experience living in this part of the country! I hope you don't get too creeped out by this spider, believe me, it will be destroyed when Ray gets home!!



4 comments:

David and Debby said...

EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!!!
dana

David and Debby said...

ME TOO!!! I promise these pictures do not even do justice to the size of this spider!

Becky

Leslie said...

remind me to only come visit you guys in the winter!

Alex E said...

Wow... Spiderman !!!

When i was little boy I was stung by spider no bigger like this(I sue I´m Not Spiderman OK.)

But... is so big meybe you need to use ECOLAB service ;)