Happy Halloween!

We have Indianan Jones, Pumpkin Princess, Puppy dog and Pumpkin baby!

new WORLD record !!!!

The best day hunting ever. I was in my spot just before sunup. 20 minutes after the hunt opened I shot. He looked bigger from 200 yards away. I had him down to the truck in about an hour. I was home by 11:00 am.

Picking Pumpkin

Will's flip

Here is Will doing a flip off the side of the pool.

Last day of swimming

Our family went swimming for the last time this summer. We actually swam alot but every time I forgot my camera. I sat pool side with Soren while John swam with all the kids. he is a great dad. The kids just love when John gets to swim with them, because it is only a few times a year.

Jason, John, and Emmie.

Crazy sister!

Here is jason just chillin'!

More pictures

Here is our sweet baby Soren. His name comes from John's ancestor that converted to the church and crossed the plains with the pinoeers.

Family of SIX

Soren John Christiansen

Born September 4, 2009

7 lb. 7 oz. 20 inches

Summer and Will's first day of kindergarten

Wow! We have had quite the summer. I would like to say that we were so busy that I just haven't had enough time to blog. Not true. I am just a lazy blogger. Maybe I'll get better, but I doubt it because I am due any day now. Baby number four. How does time fly by so fast?
John and I have been married for seven years and for half of that time I have been pregnant. And I am not so joyous to be around when I am expecting. Poor John. One day I will be nice all of the time.
Today we had a "nesting" day. In fact I have had a "nesting" day for the last four or five weekends. Lets see...clean this and clean that. I feel like a mother squirrel gathering her nuts for the winter. But on the good side our house is really clean - so no one mess it up. John keeps reassuring me that the baby will not care if the blinds are dirty. Thank you babe I know and thanks for helping me gather the nuts.
Anyways here is a few pictures and I mean a few...

Over the first weekend in August our family went on a family trip to Idaho for a reunion. Oh what fun that was! Serious, it was the highlight of our summer. Here is a picture of our family eating lunch in the middle of our hike. The hike was pretty much straight but a little long for the kids. It was about 4-5 miles. It was a bit much for the 8 month pregnant woman in the picture too. But, hey I made it and it was great. See the fashionable tan tights that I am sportin', yeah I have worn them everyday since the middle of April because I have bad circulation in my legs. Hopefully after I have the baby everything with my body will be normal again and I won't have to wear them. (Are you ever the same after having kids?)

Last weekend our family went to Cascade Springs to hike around. Here is Jason, Will and Emmie. They are the best kids in the whole world and I am so glad that they are mine. What do ya think - Will baby #4 look just like the rest of them? I'm bettin'.

This picture was actually taken the second day of kindergarten for Will. Emmie just couldn't stand all of the attention on Will so she had to jump in the picture for a funny face and then followed Jason. Jason is the biggest copy cat kid around. We love it and he is so funny.

Will is such a handsome kid. He loves kindergarten. I am so proud of him at he is so capable of going and doing the school thing. His favorite thing about it is recess. Who could blame him? Right? Will has 13 more years of school ahead of him. It is hard to imagine. But then, time flies by.

If I could I would...

John and I were called to be on the ward float committee a few months ago. This past weekend was the big day. The theme of the parade and our float was "If I could I would... be a cowboy." I walked (John was at scout camp) the parade route with the kids pulling a wagon part of the way. It was almost too much for a prenant mom to handle, but I made it through and did it again on Saturday morning. Here is Will and two other "cowboys" with there scooters.

This is the back of the float. Here is Will covering his ears because people were cheering for him.

This is the front of the float. Emmie was the star.

The 14 year old scouts pulled the float for us. They were great.

Emmie the cowgirl.

Jason loved the cowboy hats.

Here is Will in his cowboy attire.

"Say it out loud..."

Okay, I just type it - John watched Twilight with me. He laughed and laughed and laughed some more. I'll have to admit I read the books and I liked them, but I could never understand the hype and excitement over Edward. Come on for real - a skinny, pale, cold to the touch guy - who would want that? Not I. Not when I have John, okay he might be a little pale under his clothes but who isn't. "Say it out loud..." (its a cheesy line from the movie) I love you babe and I know what you are. You're a hard worker. You're a great father. You're a good husband. Thanks for watching Twilight with me.

Fishing at Strawberry

John and Will went fishing this morning with Papa Pete at Strawberry. Once again Will out fished his dad and grandpa with his Spider Man pole. Great job Will!

Deer Creek

On Monday we took the kids to Deer Creek up Provo Canyon in the boat. John and the kids did a little fishing and I just sat there, it was kind of nice. Anyways, Jason was so cute in his life jacket and all he wanted to do was through ice cubes into the water. He fell asleep on my lap while we were driving around and his life jacket was holding up his head. Will loved every minute of it, especially when John let him drive around without any help. At times it was a frightening experience for sister. She would get use to it then a wave or something would knock the boat and she would cry. Eventually she started to like it. We had a lot of fun. Here are some highlights. Will driving the boat.

Emmie in panic mode.

John "helping" Emmie reel in a fish on her Barbie poll. Will caught one on his Spider man poll and John caught none on his Cabela poll. Maybe we should take a lesson and just stick to $14 Walmart specials.

Me and Emmie.

Jason was so sweet. He loved his life jacket.

Family Pictures by Uncle Kjell

Here are some pictures that my little brother took of our family. To get the entire family to cooperate was quite difficult so most of them are individual.

Out of all the pictures this one is my favorite. This picture totally shows the kid's personalities. Will just doesn't care and thinks that this whole picture thing is stupid. Jason is a total goof and Emmie is putting on a show.

Will graduated preschool and Emmie kissed a boy

On Wednesday Will had his last day of preschool, next year he will be going to kindergarten. Will was funny, for the graduation program the class sang a few song and then they were presented with their diplomas. Will was squinting the entire time even though he was sitting in the shade and he would not sing. Sometimes he wanted to sing, but then he would get shy and stop. We love Will and I think that he is ready for kindergarten in the fall.

Emmie and Jason came to Will's graduation and while I was visiting with some of the other moms apparently Emmie kissed Will's friend. William told me all about it in the van on the way home and Emmie had the guiltiest face - She was grinning ear to ear. Later that night I was telling my mom about it and Emmie said, "yeah, Grandma I just grabbed him and kissed him." It was funny! Is it a good thing that she is only three?

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mommies.

Will asked me on friday when it was going to be "Children's Day." So if you know when it is tell me because I am just a kid.

The things we have been doing...

Well it has been a long time since I posted anything last. In the last month we have done alot. First major accomplishment was that we finished the basement - at least a family room and a play room. It has been wonderful to send the kids downstairs to play. We no longer have a TV in the kitchen/livingroom upstairs and I love it. We finally got cable. (Cable was John's "reward" for finishing the basement, oh and a huge TV).

Our family went to St. George with the Gerber side of the family over Spring Break. We enjoyed the warm weather and a fun realizing time with the kids. The kids were so great for the car ride down. Will only asked a couple of times if we were there yet. We did a little bit of hiking, my favorite, some swimming and alot of eating out. we actually went to Denny's twice in one day. On our first visit we learned at kids eat free for dinner that night so we went back.

And a few weeks ago we found out that #4 is going to be a boy. Boy oh boy...we are excited! I am just afraid that the boy clothes are not going to make it another round.

Here are a few random pictures from the last month...

Here is sister "crazy eyes" and Jason helping with the dishes. Lately Emmie has been crossing her eyes so much that they might just get stuck. Just kidding, but let's hope not.

Here is John slaving away in the basement. Here he is painting. John's a good painter. He painted the basement better than the professional guys we hired to paint upstairs.

This picture is sidewards - just turn your head.

Here is a picture the very next weekend, which was Easter. Here is Jason in the basement looking for some eggs that the Easter Bunny had hid. See the new carpet and the nice paint on the walls. The new TV came a few weeks later. Boy, do we ever love the extra space.

Here is our family at the Jacob Hamblin home in St. George. Jacob Hamblin was a Mormon settler that Brigham Young sent down to the area to settle disputes with the Indians. Anyways we sat down for a family picture and this black cat came over to rub his tail on Emmie and it scared her to death so here is a picture where only mom and dad are looking.

The Gerber Grand kids on a hike in Snow Canyon.

Emmie, Jason, and Will hiking around up above the city on the red rocks. This was my favorite thing to do.

Here we are having fun.