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, March 3, 2009

American Idol take 4?, 5? 6?

anyway, i thought it was kind of icky, but then the end sort of redeemed it for me. i really liked jorge and lil rounds a lot. i also kind of liked ju'not and von smith. i like christen macnamera, or however you spell it, but i don't think she has a chance, don't love scott, the blind guy, has nothing to do with his being blind, and that one other girl was really good, felicity, or something like that, dark hair, sparkley black shirt... what did y'all think?

do the judges pick the wildcards?

10 comments:

Jason and Dana said...

my favorites were alicia/felicia? the girl that got kicked off and got to come back, lil rounds, and the dorky guy. he's just funny. but he won't make it. i do hope those two girls make it though.

Crystal said...

I think Felicia Barton was amazing- so was Lil Rounds, and I liked Jorge too! I thought Simon was right too- why should a guy with an accent try to not have an accent and why were the girls (judges) so excited about his new diction? Anyway. I wanted to like Scott, but I just didn't, maybe it was that song, but I just was not crazy about him. I thought this was the BEST of the top 36 shows though.

Jason and Dana said...

I liked the dorky guy, and now I'm addicted to voting. I voted for him 17 times. He is like the napoleon Dynamite of AI.

Jason and Dana said...

I liked the dorky guy, and now I'm addicted to voting. I voted for him 17 times. He is like the napoleon Dynamite of AI.

Jason and Dana said...

i totally agree crystal, the best of the 3 sets, and i didn't expect it to be at ALL!

David and Debby said...

definitely the strongest group. who is the dorky guy?

Jason and Dana said...

I am SOOOO annoyed they put Tatiana in the wild card instead of Norman Gentle. Ridiculous. And I was really sad that Felicia didn't get into the wild card group also.

David and Debby said...

i cannot believe they put tatiana in, either. ick

Jason and Dana said...

Judges, you snub Norman from the wild cards? How dare you. Have fun watching the show without me everyone. I'm done.
Jason

Crystal said...

The hype for these guys tonight... it just seems like the final 3 picks are already chosen. Sigh. Oh well, at least it will start getting really interesting now!