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, August 4, 2008

Drool or Die





So on the way home from Colin and Lori's we stopped at a outlet mall as mentioned in Crystal's blog. As we were walking around I noticed a Vans outlet and remembered hearing about baby Vans I felt like we should at least look for some Vans for Asher. So after we completed our shopping I insisting that we take the long walk back the way we came in search of the Vans outlet. Upon entering the store and inquiring about whether or not they had baby Vans I was happy to find out that they did have them.

After looking through the options I settled on the flaming shoes. At the checkout counter I was informed that it was buy one pair get the second pair half off. So Valerie got two and Asher got two. Needless to say our baby boy is going to be styling when he learns to walk. Maybe we should get him a t-shirt to go with them that says "Born to Behave".

Oh yeah, then I found the Osh Kosh 'bgosh outlet. I found a lion onesie and a matching hat which conveniently go with some of the gymborie clothes Crystal bought. Good times despite taking the scenic route through Pennsylvania.

2 comments:

David and Debby said...

I LOVE those shoes!!! it was so nice of you to go up to help them. i really want to be there when both of these little boys are blessed. we'll have to work on this. love you all. xoxo mom
p.s. what do valerie's shoes look like?

Jason and Dana said...

Hahaha, those are the greatest shoes!!! How much fun! Even though girls are so much fun to dress, I really miss the baby boy stuff.