Hey everybody,
With all the individual and family blogs I thought it would be nice to be able to access them from the family blog. I tried to find Matt's blog the other day by going through all the posts but that took too long. To add your blog to the list just sign in under the croshaws@gmail.com sign in, go to view blog, then click on customize on the top of the page, then go to Family Member's blogs and click edit, then add your URL and name then save it. I think it is a nice feature.
So it snowed last night and with the drifting it left 1-2 feet of snow over the entire driveway. I just got done shoveling it. Luckily I didn't have to work today or I would have had to use a sick day. I know my car does pretty well in snow, but I'm not sure it could have gone far in snow up to the top of the tires. We were told that rent included snow removal, but apparently that is not the case. I had a little help from a neighbor with a snow blower. I guess if we stay here we will be getting a snow blower, maybe this year if we get more storms like this one.
Anyways, I need to go start physical therapy for my back now. I haven't worked like that in a while.
Colin
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 don't know about you guys, but I LOVE SNOW!!! of course, i do have a 4 wheel drive car. wish i could be there to share in the snow with all of you. it is cold, cold here. leslie left tonight for slc, abby left this morning. we are empty nesters again for a few months. i love all of you. xoxoxo mom
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