Hi everyone,
Here is what I have learned this week from visiting with various family members. Crystal finished her thesis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is now having a bit of trouble sleeping. wakes up every morning at 4:18. do any of you remember on the xfiles how he often showed the clock on 11:10 or something like that because it was someone's birthday? Anyone have any sleeping tips? Les hurt her heel somehow. I hope it is better, but I don't think she has been able to talk to Dad about it. Becky is having trouble downloading her photos. It keeps asking her if she wants to format her card. Of course she doesn't, she wants to look at her photos. Any helps out there? Also, Ray got a follow up email telling him he is still a candidate for the Portland job. They would be CRAZY not to hire Ray. Dana dyed her hair brown, and cut it. Cute, cute. She has been growing it out for locks of love. I think she send the hair to them today. Jason is spending most of his spare time trying to get things done at Grandma's, and as you know, his Boise Broncos are having a great season, except for that first game. They are going to the Boise State-Utah State game Saturday. Matt! I need to hear from you. Abby worked at the election in Virginia on Tuesday. I did too, but not in Virginia:). I subbed (is that a word?) at the temple last night. One of my highlights was running into my Aunt Ethel May. When I saw her I remembered how much I love her. For those of you who haven't gotten to meet her, she is so worth knowing. Colin was alone for a week while Lori was in Rathdrum. Her parents are soon going to Anchorage, AK. She already told you about that. Little Jack had some little boy surgery yesterday, and is recoving well. I miss my grandchildren. It is painful to be away from them. Colby is resisting potty training. Any ideas? REALLY, any ideas? We are heading into another birthday season for our family. Mia Nov 14, Dad on Nov 30. See me for birthday ideas, Valerie Dec 6 (she has a very cute blog), Alex Dec 20, and Matt, Dec 26. Matt, we won't all be together to get you gifts and go to a movie:(. We will have to do it next time we get together. For all of you out there, Matt and Crystal have a beautiful home in Broadway. Wish you could see it. Don't know how Sydney is doing though??? Grandma' Christensen's friends are gathering things for the Mexico Christmas. She has a portable storage shed in her yard to hold the things. She is not doing the bulk of the work, though. My aunt and uncle (Anita and Earl) just left for Prague on a mission. Met a lady at the temple who is going to the Manhatten Temple on a mission with her husband. I asked her about visitors, and she said they encourage visitors, but said they need to limit them to 2 weeks visits. 2 WEEKS!! in a little apartment? That is my kind of mission, though. OK, I have carried on long enough. I love all of you and can't wait for Thanksgiving. Did I mention we are leaving tomorrow for a week in Maui? Any requests? Everyone be careful out there, and watch over my grandchildren carefully. See most of you in two glorious weeks. Dana and Jason, we will miss you. xoxoxo mom
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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1 comment:
I have one suggestion for Colby's potty training. The little boy I kept this year was having potty anxiety and I would casually ask and not get upset at all when he said "no."
Also, we had he friend over a couple times and every time she (yes, she) had to go potty, we would make a huge deal out of it with a sticker reward and fruit snacks occasionally. She had already been potty trained, but I wanted Timmy to see what good behavior she had.
Timmy really liked that idea and literally, after 2 days of it, he was completely potty trained- both pee and poop.
He also liked shooting targets in the big boy potty (cherios/ fruit loops) and to change blue water (food coloring) green.
Needless to say after all that, he was "done" in a week.
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