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. 
Eva did so good with her cast. She just made it work and figured out what she could and couldn't do. Like she could no longer go potty all by herself, because someone had to help with her pants and undies. But otherwise, life was mostly normal for her. They have this new lining that is waterproof, (well not so new, the guy said it has been around for 10 years) so she was even able to take baths with Colby and Lilia. She was a little scared of the vacuum sounding saw that takes off the cast, but she was mostly concerned about getting back to the car where grandma was with Colby and Lilia. Mom and Dad were here for about a day and flew down to Monterey to visit Leslie and Alex. I'm going to make it a goal to get some pictures of the kids with Grandma and Grandpa though. They are coming back today with Leslie and Alex for a couple more days.
4 comments:
That waterproof cast stuff is GREAT isn't it? Jack had it too. My neighbor's boys had to have the one that is not waterproof. One boy had one on his arm the other on his leg. Can you imagine the grossness of it all if they couldn't bathe? Jack's was just a bit dangerous. Glad your three weeks is over!
I love the stickers all over her shirt :)
I just realized that they are the same stickers we got in the mail from the Disney movie advertisement. She is soo cute!
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