Abby's big news of the day: I'm going to Italy tomorrow!
Click here for the fun video of the day.
That link automatically downloads a dance me and some friends did at my ward's Labor Day campout. It was a big hit! (But I can't lie, we just copied this dance.) I was hoping to put the actual vid here, but it's too big. If I can ever shrink it down, I'll post it.
Arreviderchi!!
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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3 comments:
The link didn't work! Have fun in Italy, you world traveler you.
The jealousy begins to set in...
Learn at least the numbers in Italian on the flight over. It will definitely help you (as will your Spanish).
Eat lots of gelatto, pizza, pasta, and salad with big, fat mozzarella balls.
Definitely ride in the non-smoking cars of trains. The Italians smoke like chimneys.
Even if you can only spend one day in Venice, it's worth the trip. When in Rome...make sure to make a wish at Trevi Fountain and be sure to see Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. Don't miss the pieta statues in the Uffizi museum in Florence. They will make you cry, they're so moving.
Beware of Italian men. They like the "rubias" and have the "sweet talker" reputation for a reason.
And of course...take lots of pictures!!
Travel safe & love you!
Les
Hey, it's the treadmill dance guys!! Haha, that's still my favorite video on youtube.
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