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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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Tagged--I'll have dad do this too

8 shows I love to watch
Fringe
Eli Stone
NCIS
BYU Devotionals
Price is Right
Wheel of Fortune
The Office
Ugly Betty

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
Went out walking (this is as exciting as it gets)
Had FHE with Dad--read from Preach My Gospel
Did the Washing
Drove to IF for a Temple Devotional
Watched a guy win a car on Price is Right--total long shot, Lucky 7, used $5 on his first number--for those of you who watch the show--Drew Carey was as excited as the guy who won.
Posted a blog
Stayed up too late
Talked to my mom
Lunch at Olive Garden

8 places I love to eat
Mama Inez
Olive Garden
Baja Fresh
Chick Fil-A
Macaroni Grill
In and Out
5 Guys
Senor Iguanas

8 Things I am Looking forward to
Retirement
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Grandbaby #12
Grandbabies #13-...
The Millenium
Everyone being in the temple together when Abby gets married
Peace on Earth



8 Things on my wish list

Get island chandellier put up
paint kitchen
paint bedrooms downstairs
recarpet stairs
Thanksgiving
Abby coming for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Becky and fam coming for Thanksgiving
Leslie and Alex coming for Christmas
Colin and Lori moving back to the west
Great new job for Matt
Asher sleeping through the night
Seeing my grandchildren any time
seeing becky, ray, grace, elliot and maggie next week

8 people I will tag

valerie, crystal, pennygale, shirley, grandma christensen (my mom), heather christensen, hilary christensen, leslie, abby,

now how do i tag people?

1 comment:

Jason and Dana said...

I love Drew Carey!! (as the new PIR host.) More than Bob Barker I think.
They just see that you put their name on here and do it. Crystal has already done it. If you want you could go leave a comment on their blog and say you tagged them.