for posterity...

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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Thursday, December 16, 2010

The secret is the brown bag...and lots of butter

My office had a Christmas potluck yesterday. Everyone made one of their favorite dishes and brought it in to work, and then we had a contest and everyone voted on their favorite dish. Guess what dish won??

Grandma Croshaw's brown bag apple pie!!!!

Just sayin, I'm doing my part to spread the goodness from coast to coast.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Lets all be like Buddy the Elf

I love doing this EVERY SINGLE YEAR!

HERE is our Office Max "Elf Yourself" :-D

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

From Ohio

One snowy day Jack went outside to play and proceeded to work extra hard to clear the deck. It actually brought tears to my eyes to see him working so hard. He really wants Santa to bring him lots of gifts this year and he is really trying to be a good boy. His sister on the other hand, she isn't caring as much but that is another story. He did a great job!

My kids were some of the first to get to Santa at the Ward Christmas party this year and he wasn't having kids on his lap until later. I was a bit bummed. Cole LOVED Santa this year and couldn't stay away. Jack and Mia loved Santa however, Jackson knew that this was only one of Santa's helpers, (it was his primary teacher) Santa can't be everywhere. He was happy with that, thankfully! I also realized that I have no picture of Jackson with Santa.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Pizza Santa

We were out running errands around dinnertime when I remembered that a local pizza place had a commercial about having pictures with Santa Claus. He kind of reminded me of the Gimbles santa from Elf. I didnt have my camera with me, just my phone. (AND I forgot to take my camera to the ward Christmas party for the the 3rd year in a row.) So I guess this picture is as good as it gets for us. This was the first year no one cried about seeing Santa. For the last month my kids have said they want to ask Santa for Colby: a scooter, Eva: makeup, and Lilia: a scooter. Minutes before I asked them what they were going to tell Santa they wanted and Eva had changed it to a big Barbie car with lots of Barbies and Colby changed his to an Xbox. (That one was thanks to his daddy's suggestion.) I had to remind them what they really wanted, and what Santa was already planning on.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

"Clausa"

Asher has started talking. Yesterday EVERYTHING was "OOOOOOO kaaayyyy." Today, he saw a picture of himself with Santa from last year and he pointed to Santa and said "Clausa!"
Here is a photo from our ward Christmas party last night. This is just one of those kodak moments that couldn't be passed up and has me thinking this is totally Asher. He STOOD on Santa and even got a kiss from him. Ain't he cute?

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Santa Pictures

On the way to the Post Office to mail eBay packages, I noticed a LOVELY sign outside the local nursery- FREE Santa Pictures with Reindeer Saturday! I pretty much got Asher dressed about 2 minutes later and off he went. We should all post Santa pictures. Valerie and her friends are on their way now and tonight is our ward party, so there will be Santa pictures a-plenty for us.

Everyone should post kiddo Santa pictures for the Grandparents.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

It Could Be Worse...

Check out this link to see what are the top ten worst places to live. Don't forget to read the first paragraph under #1. All I can say is thank goodness Grandma and Grandpa are retirees. Number two and number nine should also be familiar.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Familial Resemblance

This was a picture taken at Valerie's birthday party. I was attempting to make Asher laugh and as you can tell I succeeded. Earlier today Crystal told me she noticed I bore a striking resemblance to a famous "person". That famous "person" is shown below.

When I saw this picture and then saw the above picture again I couldn't help but laugh very hard at the resemblance. I knew some of my ancestors were English I just never expected them to be made out of clay.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Photos of recent events

Valerie's birthday is Monday. We had her (surprise) party today

I decorated the tree (ad exhaustum) Thursday

Teenagers have a sense of humor when it comes to gifts. This is Turkish Delight. Long story.

Daddy is FUNNY

Asher is too

Major bonus to children 12 years apart is lots of admirers of the little guy

Awesome skating assister

Fantastic cake- I found the maker on Facebook.

BEST CANDLES EVER! Everyone was super-impressed and thrilled. Mission: accomplished

Celebraters

We will not talk about what happened after this picture in detail. It involved lots of screaming, and a broken ornament and two hands of lollipop sticks for a certain little boy...

Best shot of the day (note thermostat, it was quite a lovely time for me). I do not like taking photos of toddlers. It is official.

Rascal

Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Frijolito

I know I've been missing from Bloglandia for a few months, but I've had a good reason. I'm pregnant! I've been beyond sick and so tired. Poor Alex has had to take over all household duties since all I can do is crash the minute I get home from work, but I'm not complaining. As you all know, we've been waiting for this miracle for a long time! I had an ultrasound today, and this is the little guy or gal at 13 weeks and change. If you look close you can see the little arms and legs. We can't wait for this one to arrive!