News of the Rascals

spring break camping

2011-04-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

Emmie's Birthaday and Soren Bear

2010-11-22T13:48:00.001-08:00

Emmie turned five on the 4th of November. She is getting so big. We love her so much. She is such a big helper and she totally loves Soren. Emmie is very smart. She is beginning to read. I am teaching her preschool so that she can have a chance to learn how to read before she gets to kindergarten. She listens very well and she can clean up messes really well.

Soren is a little monster. We totally love him to pieces. He is a big stinker and oh so cute. He is smart and is on the move non-stop. He can go up and down the stairs, climb on the kitchen table, on the coffee tables, on the couch, almost anywhere the older kids do. He will not cuddle anymore and wants his bree all of the time. He is worse about it than any of the other kids in this family. Oh but we do love him so.

John's the "boss of the plans"

2010-11-02T11:50:00.000-07:00

For the last few months John has been working in Lincoln (in Toelle (sp) county). He has been building a water tank. On Sunday John took me and the kids out to see. There wasn't much to see since the water tank has been all backed filled, but we did see the control building that he also built. John has done an awesome job; Will calls him the "boss of the plans". I love John.

Halloween

2010-11-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

Halloween is so much fun for the kids and a lot of work for the parents. When we were little we dressed up one time in our costume and if we were lucky we went to one party. Not the same for my kids. We had a preschool party, Will had a parade and a party at his school, we went to the Christiansen Family party, the Gerber Family party and the ward trunk-or-treat party. Crazy fun, but sometimes I think that it is a lot to do. The kids sure love it.

Emmie was a princess of course, Will was an army guy, Jason was a transformer, and Soren was a spiderman in the day and by night he was a cute little puppy. The puppy costume was too hot to wear in the day.

I just am glad that it is over. Happy Halloween!

Camping

2010-10-07T13:45:00.001-07:00

This was the last camping season of the year. Our family loves to camp. The kids absolutely enjoy every bit of it.
Will is so fun to go camping with. He always wants to get a fire going. This time I caught him restarting the fire after the flames had been out for a few hours. He stirred up the coals and blew on the hot ashes and got the fire going again. He loves to burn the end of a stick. He claims that he like to roast marshmallows but really he just wants to catch it on fire. We gotta watch that boy real close.
Emmie just loves to play with her cousins when we are camping. She is such a sweetie. She'll make up any game to play and she loves to go on walks when we are camping.
Jason loves the fire too. He likes to pick up sticks and collect rocks. He loves his little cousin Ellie to pieces and he protects her as much as a two and a half year old can.
Soren gets so dirty and will try to do everything that the big kids are doing. He'll eat just about anything and doesn't mind eating dirt. He is a silly baby walking and exploring everything in sight. We love him.

2010-09-17T13:40:00.000-07:00

We just loved everything about my little brothers wedding!

Soren's first birthday!

2010-09-13T15:08:00.000-07:00

Soren turned one years old on September 4th. We celebrated his birthday while we were at Disneyland, but celebrated again with the Gerber side.

Soren is so funny. He is such a stinker and so strong. He is starting to take his first steps. He is so wiggly and a pain in the butt to have his diaper changed. Half the time when John gets home from work Soren has no pants on because it is just to hard to wrestle with him. Most of the time it is a two person job to get him dressed. He has ripped the decorative wood thing off the back of the changing table and we always seem to get poop on the cute changing pad. Seriously he is a monster to get changed, oh but we love him.

Greatest Place On Earth

2010-09-10T14:57:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to Disneyland. Like they say it was "the greatest place on earth." We had so much fun and can't wait to do it again. We left on a Wednesday and stayed in Primm, Nevada (40 minutes South from Las Vegas). The next day we got to Disneyland at 10:30 and stayed until we could check into our hotel and then went back that evening. The next day we went California Adventure all day and packed our lunch. At dinner we went back to our hotel and made quesadillas. We saw the World of Color Friday night. It was so awesome at totally worth the hour wait. The only bad thing was that the kids fell asleep and we piled them in the stroller. We put Will, Emmie and Soren in the stroller and took turns carrying Jason on our 35 minute walk back to the hotel. On Saturday we took it easy and rode the shuttle bus to Disneyland. The kids totally loved everything. They were so wonderful, such a joy to go with our family. On Saturday we met Amy, Cassie, Mandie, Chelsie, and Papa and Nana at the Main Gate. Amy and I went to the Expo to get our bid numbers for the half marathon race, which was Sunday morning.

I'll have to post pictures later. The race was totally awesome and so inspiring. There was over 15,000 people lined up for the race. The race time was 6:00 am but we didn't make it through the gate until 6:35 and we had to be at the start at 5:15. It was totally insane. When we were running I was amazed at the different size and shape of everyone running. There was some totally out of shape people and some amazingly fit people. The people were so inspiring and everyone had their own reasons for running and goals to achieve. Well I finished in three hours. It was hard, but I did it and I will do another one someday. Hopefully someday soon. I need to improve my time. My legs were so tired just to start, from walking around Disneyland for three days before. Oh but, the experience was wonderful and I wouldn't have changed anything. It has been five days since the race and I am still recovering.

After the race I walked a mile back to our hotel with Jason and Soren in the stroller while John took the kids to California Adventure and I met up with them two hours later. At 4:00 we made it back to the hotel again and had naps. Went out to eat and went back to Disneyland at 7:30 and stayed until midnight. I have been so tired. On Monday we slept in and made it back home at 10:00 at night. John woke up the next day at 5:00 and went to work. And I put the house back together and got all of the clothes washed and put away so that I could start preschool the next day. It has been a busy two weeks.

2010-09-10T14:50:00.000-07:00

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Soren is 6 months old!

2010-03-04T15:24:00.000-08:00

Today Soren turned 6 months old.

It is funny how things work. He is such a stinker and at the same time so much fun. He is quite a big boy. He weighs 20 pounds, 4 ounces. He loves to roll, roll, and roll. He has almost a tooth. His front tooth broke through the gums this week. He loves Will, Emmie, and Jason. His favorite person is his mom. Yeah! However, it would be nice if he would like his dad a bit more. He hates to cuddle unless he is drinking a bottle. He will not lay down his head on my shoulder. Sometimes I just want to cuddle with him. But I still love him to pieces. He is a noise machine. He wheezes more than not. The doctor called him "Happy Wheezer!". It totally fits him. Soren is so wonderful.

The BIGGEST Loser!

2010-02-26T14:37:00.000-08:00

I am in a contest with my sisters and their husbands and my dad to see who can lose the biggest body weight percentage. I am really excited. I wont however say what my starting weight is. As you can see, I need to lose a few pounds. I am on the right track and I will give them a run for their money. I am so excited for what is too come. May 23 is the ending date. So far so good!

Will turned six!

2010-02-26T14:24:00.000-08:00

William turned six on Monday, Feb. 22. He is a wonderful kid. He loves all the typical boy stuff. He loves to play on the "dirt hills", ride his bike, build Lego's, the Disney Channel, swimming, PE at school, and playing with friends. Will is so much fun. He actually listens very well, but only does what he wants to. It is a good thing that he usually chooses to obey his parents. He is learning how to read. He knows a lot more than his thinks or will let us think. We are so glad that he is in our family. He is a wonderful big brother. We love him.

I am starting a preschool in the fall

2010-02-16T13:58:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to the preschool page that I am starting this fall.
Discovery-Preschool.blogspot.com

Total Up-date!

2010-02-16T13:45:00.001-08:00

Here are some updated photos.
William is liking kindergarten. He is doing great and learning how to read. Emmie is a wonderful big sister. He loves Soren soooo much. She loves to play with him and feed him. It is great when she will hold him. Jason is becoming a little stinker. Maybe it is the terrible twos or something. He says "NO WAY" for everything. Sometimes it is cute. Soren is our monster baby. He is five and a half months old. He weights over 20 pounds. He is a chubbo. He is so happy most of the time. He is our little "Happy Weezer." And me, I colored my hair brown. It has been fun for a much needed change.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

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

new WORLD record !!!!

2009-11-08T09:52:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

Will's flip

2009-09-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

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

Last day of swimming

2009-09-20T11:09:00.001-07:00

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

2009-09-09T17:08:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-07T08:58:00.000-07:00

Soren John Christiansen

Born September 4, 2009

7 lb. 7 oz. 20 inches

2009-09-07T08:54:00.000-07:00

Summer and Will's first day of kindergarten

2009-08-29T21:31:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-07-01T20:35:00.000-07:00

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..."

2009-05-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-24T20:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-05-10T08:16:00.000-07:00

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...

2009-05-10T07:35:00.000-07:00

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.

The things kids say...

2009-03-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

At dinner John was telling the kids something special about themselves. He said "Will your so smart, Emmie you're beautiful, and Jason your just silly." Emmie felt sad and told him, "Girls can be smart too." Yes, Emmie girls can be smart and beautiful.

Will went with his cousin, Cole and his dad to their Grandma Sally's house. Will and Grandma Sally had a conversation that went something like this...

Will- Are you Cole's other Grandma?
G. Sally- I am everyone's Grandma.
Will - Then do you have some ice cream that we can have?

The other day Emmie said to me, "Mom, you have rock-n-roll girl boobs." Don't ask me where that came from.

On Monday Emmie and I were watching "Dancing with the Stars", there was a couple dancing and Emmie said, "Oh mom, when Kadien (Will's primary/preschool friend) gets big I want to dance like that with him." Emmie is so cute and of course beautiful.

Kids are the best and they say the funniest things. We just can't wait to here what Jason has to say.

Due Date!

2009-03-18T08:01:00.000-07:00

I guess that I should tell ya all my due date...Sept 5th. I am almost 16 weeks. Maybe the last month of my pregnancy I'll put up a counter, but until then I'll just count weeks. No offensive to anyone but counting days this early would be awful.

Bun in the oven

2009-03-10T08:22:00.001-07:00

Jason

2009-03-09T20:33:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Jason. He is the happiest baby and oh so silly. We love to have him around. He is so good too - he could play all day with Emmie and Will.
He loves his bath, but hates to have his hair washed. I'll say "Jason show mom how you can swim," and he gets down on his tummy and wiggles and smiles huge.

One night Will's helmet was out and Jason kept trying to put it on. He was being so cute and silly.

The box that Jason is sitting in is the box and we put a few DVDs in. He dumped out the box and climbed inside (he almost broke it). Jason is such a fun baby.

"If I could I would..."

2009-03-08T13:39:00.000-07:00

John and I have been assigned to be on the ward float committee. In Lehi the wards get to make a miniature float for the primary kids; so look for Emmie to star on the float during roundup days for the city. This year the theme is "If I could I would...". Any ideas?

Turtle Bugs

2009-03-07T06:55:00.000-08:00

A few nights ago Emmie had a bad dream about "turtle bugs". So now she doesn't like to go to bed because she is scared. And this morning she told me all about the turtle bugs under her bed. In the night she has come in our bed a couple of times last week. Kids sure are funny. I just wished my bad dreams were about turtle bugs.

"This local call..."

2009-03-03T20:50:00.000-08:00

"This local call now requires 10 digits...please redial using the correct area code." Holy Crap how many times have I heard this since Monday morning? Enough times that I should remember by now that I need to dial 801 before calling my mom or sister who live in the same town.

I guess that I am just a complainer. But just last week John and I were teaching Will our phone number. For a 5 year old 10 digits is a lot more than 7. And I mean a lot.

Anyone else have the same feelings?

Dad you're an ogre

2009-02-23T13:39:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday Emmie was in the bathroom with me while I was putting on my makeup. John comes in a shows Emmie his big bugger. Emmie didn't even care to look at him and said, "Dad, you're a ogre."

Happy 5th birthday Will!

2009-02-23T13:17:00.001-08:00

Will turned five yesterday. On Saturday we went swimming and ate pizza with my side of the family. On Sunday, his real birthday, we had birthday cake and ice cream with John's side of the family. We love birthdays. I'll post some pictures later.

Will is great. He is growing up so fast. Kindergarten will be wonderful for him. Lately Will has been just so awesome. He has been such a great helper for Jason. Jason just loves him.

Will's personality is kind of hard to describe. Sometimes he is so shy. Like yesterday in church he was so embarrassed to stand in front of the primary for them to sign to him for his birthday. But, then when ever he has to talk in the microphone in primary either saying a talk or saying a pray he totally blows me away at how great he does. He gets so embarrassed when John and I try to play pretend with him. When we get ready to leave somewhere John will say "To the bat van, kids," and he gets so mad. But he'll play house with his cousins and army with the neighbor kids. I can't figure it out.

Of course. I think that Will is so smart. He is smart because he makes very good observations about thing and learns from it. He can pick out very easy why things are different or the same. He can remember things that happened when he was only two. He uses big words and explains him self very well. The other day he was telling me a story and in his story he said - "And then I realized...". One time Emmie was running around naked and he told her that she was being "inappropriate ."

I love Will. I am so glad that he is the big brother in our family, I need him.

Emmie the artist

2009-02-10T11:40:00.000-08:00

In the last few months Emmie really has developed quite the artistic talent. She could color and draw all day long. I love her little pictures that she likes to draw. Here is a picture of our family.

Draper Temple Open House

2009-01-24T20:47:00.000-08:00

Tonight we went to the Draper Temple Open House. Me, John, Will, Emmie, Jason, Grandpa Scott, Grandma Sing, Hillary, and Tyler came with us. The kids were totally awesome. Even with four trips to the bathroom, three for Emmie and one for Will, the whole experience was great. If you ask the kids what part they liked the best they will tell you that the cookies at the end was their favorite part.
While we were walking through John was holding Emmie and she was looking back over his shoulder and said (while pointing) "Look, that big guy has a big tummy." She was being truthful, but the guy hear her because he was only two people behind us. John was embarrassed and we tried hard not to laugh. I guess that it is a good thing she is only three.

kids or monkeys

2009-01-23T12:47:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I feel like John and I are rasing monkeys. The other day their was a tupperwear sitting in front of the ladder to the bunkbed (it is a short bunkbed), Jason climbed on top of the tupperwear and then climb up the final two rungs of the ladder to the top bunk.
The other day Jason started crawling like a monkey, hoepfully in prepreation to walk. Here is a viedo of him.

What is worse than a sick kid?

2009-01-23T12:40:00.000-08:00

What is worse than a sick kid? Three sick kids that think they can still play with friends and cousins. This week Emmie and Jason went to the doctor on Monday. They were both wheezing and Jason had an ear infection. Later on that day Will started to wheeze and by the night time John and I was doing a round of breathing treatments for all the kids. Not fun. Now if the inversion would go away they could probably finally get over their coughs. I guess that we'll see.

The New Year

2009-01-14T12:05:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! We have been busy doing something but I have nothing to post about it but for this...

I was tagged by Dondy a while ago and I am finally getting around to do it. It about how John and I met...

1. Where did you meet? John and I meet for the first time when at 12 years old our families went on a vacation together with my Uncle Fred. John wouldn't speak to me because he thought that I was way older than him because I had gone through a growth spurt and he didn't grow until he was 14. At 12 John was at least a whole head shorter than I was. Good thing he caught up. But after that when we both turned 14 we worked for the same Uncle Fred mowing lawns.
2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met? I don't have a clue.
3. Do you remember what he/she was wearing? Probably shorts and a t-shirt
4. Where was the first time you kissed this person? About two weeks after he got home from his mission.
5. Where did you go for your first date? John refused to date me before his mission, he wanted too and my cousin want him to ask me out, but John basically said that he wasn't going to date anyone until his mission was over. I guess that it worked out for the best.
6. How long did you know this person before you became a couple? I wanted it to be sooner but he wasn't going to date me until he got home. So I guess if you count when we started mowing lawns together about six years.
7. How did he/she ask you out? I asked him to come over to my cousins house to hang out and play games. While we were at my cousins house we decided that the next weekend we would go see a movie. When we got the the movie theater my parents were there too and decided to sit my us during the movie. John wanted to hold my hand, but my dad was sitting next to him and he was scared to.
8. How did he propose to you? Well I knew that it was coming because we had talked about it. John got home from his mission on March 6, March 26 we talked about getting married and then on April 13 John took me down to the Manti Temple to ask me.
9.Do you and this person have kids together? Yeah, we have 3. Sometime it seems like more.
10. Have you ever broken the law with this person? Speeding
11. When was the first time you realized that you liked this person? I always like him as a friend but when I was a senior in high school I knew that I would marry him. I didn't know how it was going to work out considering he didn't want to date, but it didn't.
12. Do you trust this person? Yeah
13. Do you see her/him as your partner in your future? Forever
14. What is the best gift she/he gave you? The best example of living in the moment.
15. What is one thing He/She does that gets on your nerves? Just one? He just leaves crap everywhere and think that I will do it and usually I do. He leaves the lights on, leaves his shoes out, leaves his dinner plate on the counter, leaves the mud on the floor...
16. Where do you see each other 15 years from now? Hopefully doing what we are doing know. 17. What causes the most arguments? Re-read number 15
18. How long have you been together? We have been married for 6 and 1/2 years
19. Are you Married? Yes
20. Who Do you Tag? My college friends - Andrea, Jaime, and Brittany

Rock'n'roll Girl

2008-12-20T12:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a funny viedo of Emmie doing somekind of dance. She really does have some dance talent. Maybe she gets form her dad, because you all know that is not me. Emmie might have a future on the high school drill team. Check it out how she "pulls the rope."

Happy Birthday Jason!

2008-12-13T07:10:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that our little baby is a year old today. Time is so weird how is works or at least seems to work. Last Christmas seems forever ago, but having Jason seems "like yesterday". Wow! One year! Jason is such a fun baby. He is so goofy and silly. He just loves to play all day and he is so happy all the time. Emmie and Will love him to pieces. Jason is so funny; when Will is watching TV lying on the floor Jason loves to climb over him and he tries to sit on his head. Jason is not walking yet, but he can hall butt when he is crawling. He is a climber baby, (but we are not surprised) he had mastered the stairs and climbing up on stools and couches. We love him and would not want him any other way.

Happy birthday, little baby guy!

Snow globe!

2008-12-10T07:38:00.000-08:00

On Monday it was snowing and the wind was going crazy, Will looked outside and said, "It looks like a snow globe outside." It was really cute. You have to know Will, he makes up the best descriptions for things when he doesn't know what things are called. He is really creative that way and he has a good vocabulary.

The Polar Express

2008-12-09T13:22:00.000-08:00

John's parents take us on the Polar Express all the way to the North Pole (aka The Heber Creeper). This year was the best. The kids had so much fun and no one threw-up. I was so worried that Jason was going to be a stinker just because he can't hold still very long, but he was so cute and cuddly. And the weather was perfect, not to cold for the babies and me. I always freeze. Anyways here are some fun pictures...
Do you think Santa is smiling under that wig. I just can't tell. Will was excited to see Santa and he talked to him really good. Emmie didn't want anything to do with Santa. She decided that she was going to hide from him.

Jason is starting to become a Daddy's boy. John is the best.

Here is Emmie with her train conductor hat on. Emmie is so cute and we love her. I forgot to blog about her birthday a month ago. So anyway, Happy Birthday Sweetie.

Here is me with the sleeping babe.

December is so busy, but we love it and we love it when it's not so busy in January.

"I feel off the roof, mom."

2008-11-29T07:20:00.000-08:00

At our house the first day of Christmas starts the day after Thanksgiving. I go shopping and then we set up the tree and other decorations. In the past John is home and helps me, but he had to work so it took me all day to get things decorated.
We watched Santa Clause, the Tim Allen movie with the kids. We watched it because Will was worried how Santa was going to get in our house because we don't have a fireplace. In the movie there is the scene where Santa is sucked down the dryer vent and a fireplace appears out of nowhere in the living room. Very cool for a four year old. Anyways in the movie in one of the scenes a little girl gets to sleep in her living room and wait for Santa to come. Will wanted to sleep on the couch last night. I thought that he just wanted to look at the Christmas tree or something. Well, he wouldn't go to sleep until I figured out that he was waiting up for Santa to come. As soon as I figured this out I told him that Santa was not coming until Christmas Eve and then a minute later he was asleep. And then about five minutes later I heard this big thump - Will had fallen off the couch. I went over there to help him up and in his sleep he said, "I fell off the roof, mom." He must of been having a dream about the movie, because in it Santa falls off Scott Calvin's roof.
I love Christmas time.

We are up to a whole lot of nothing!

2008-11-21T07:06:00.000-08:00

We have been up to a whole lot of nothing exciting here in the Christiansen house. How ever we are going to go to IHOP tonight, because we have two children free meals coupon. Lucky us. A date with the kids. Any one want to come? You're welcome to.

Stay posted for all of the Holiday excitement to come. Thanksgiving turkey (twice), Temple Square, gingerbread houses, letters to Santa, cookies galore, The Polar Express... and the list goes on. WooHoo!

Conversation to self

2008-11-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

Here is a conversation Will had with himself while going #2...

"Number 1 is pee, number 2 is poo, number 3 is ... is... fart, number 4 is throw-up, number 5 is...is...diarrhea. MOM, I need your help!"

Happy Halloween! (I know it's Monday)

2008-11-03T14:36:00.000-08:00

First things first. Here is Will in his awesome robot costume that I made for him. We called it the WillBot. Totally cool, I know. Long story short Will hated it and didn't want to wear it in front of his friends. Here he is on the his way to Uncle David's house. He wouldn't wear it to school, or for Trunk-or-Treat at the church, or to the cousin party on Saturday. This thing took be like four hours to make and Will thought that it was really going to work (I am not that creative). So for the rest of the Halloween excitement Will was a Red Power Ranger.

Here are the rascals - A pink fairy, Red Power Ranger, and Spider Baby.

This is the best we could do with seven kids.

This is a classic Emmie picture - pretending to be mean.

Wow! Our kids are in trouble. Sticking your tough out while doing a difficult task (like pulling your self up and trying on to slip) is a two generation trait on the Christiansen side and as my sister will attest to I have a horrible habit of this. Well at least Jason is way cute doing it, unlike his twenty seven year old mom.

On the Christiansen side we go to Papa's school and have a super fun party for the kids. They play pumpkin bowling, decorate cookies, hit a pinata (or in Emmie's case walk up to it and kick it), and eat pizza and lots of candy.

Halloween was so much fun for the kids and John and I.

Deer Creek Dam

2008-10-30T08:38:00.000-07:00

Here is an article about the construction on Deer Creek Dam. John has been working on the overflow structure for over a year and now is just finishing up.

You can access it at the following URL:http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/286377/17/

It is just Will

2008-10-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

Will is so awesome. One day he went out to ride his bike and it was windy so he decided that he would wear his goggles. He is always thinking of solutions; he gets that from Grandpa Scott.

In the Sunday newspaper this past week was the ad from Toy-R-Us (the really big one) and Will has been studying it for a few days. Yesterday he asked us if he could take it with us when we go see Santa durning the holidays. With John's family we ride the "Polar Express" (aka Herber Creeper) and visit the North Pole and Santa gets on the train. He had been thinking how to let Santa know exactly what he wants for Christmas and thought of the solution. I guess that it was just funny to hear him ask us and then to see how excited he was when we told him that he could.

Jason's swollen baby hand

2008-10-21T15:19:00.001-07:00

Jason got a staph infection in his hand. We noticed that it was swollen on Sunday night, but we thought that he got bit by some kind of bug. During the night I thought that he had broken his hand. By the time we went to the doctors on Monday morning it was starting to get red and bigger. The Dr. said that he had a staph infection, and that she didn't know how he got it. Usually with staph infections someone might have a cut or some kind of wound that would become infected, but Jason didn't have anything like that on his hand. He got a shot in the Dr. office and just now it is starting to look a lot better. Today he is crawling and using his hand to pick up Cheerios. Hopefully by the end of the week he will be all better.

A bit of the last two weeks

2008-10-21T10:22:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night John and I took the kids on the tracks to Salt Lake. Will's face was priceless when we got on the train and it started moving. The kids absolutely loved the "train". When we got to Salt Lake we walked down to the Gateway to see the fountain and get a bit to eat. We had so much fun being together.

Last week me and the kids meet John at Canyon Glen Park in Provo Canyon for lunch. The kids loved seeing John in the middle of the day.

On Wednesday we got together with some friends and had a Halloween party, played some games, and ate alot of candy. Will is a red Power Ranger and Emmie is a pink fairy.

Here is a picture of one of the pumpkins that we grew. This one was one of the medium size ones. We love to plant in the spring to have pumpkins in the fall.

John and I love to be with the kids and do fun things with them. We are always trying our best to do the best we can.

Emmie is so sweet!

2008-10-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

Emmie is so sweet especially to her little brother. Jason was crying and she leaned over by his face, patted his back and in the sweetest little voice she said, "Shut-up, baby." She is learning it somewhere.

Conference

2008-10-06T10:17:00.000-07:00

Conference was great. The conference could be all be summed up like this...

We are experiencing perilous times now. Trials and hardships will come, but rejoice because in the end the righteous will be victorious. Now is the time to have joy and laughter no matter how hard the difficulties in our lives may seem. Our sorrows can be swallowed up in Christ because he is our Savior and the Lord of All.

Pancakes for lunch

2008-10-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

Emmie and Will love pancakes, especially colored pancakes. Emmie and Will was so excited to mix up their colors in the batter; that is most of the fun, and of course eating it too.

Fun filled weekend!

2008-10-01T09:24:00.001-07:00

We had quite the fun filled weekend. On Friday night John and I took the kids out to Willow Park for a Christiansen family reunion. Friday night John slept in the tent with Will and Madalyn(cousin) and Me, Jason and Emmie slept in the trailer with Lisel(sister-in-law) and her baby and Ryann. The sleeping arrangements worked out great; we have to share the trailer with John's siblings.

On Saturday morning I got up early because I was in charge of our stake's 5k. I totally got so busy that I didn't take any pictures. John stayed at Willow Park with the kids. Anyways the 5k was awesome, the weather was perfect and we had a good turn out for the first time. There was about 250 people there.

The rest of Saturday we spent out at the park having a great time playing kickball and volleyball. The kids had a blast playing with second cousins and getting dirty. Will loved climbing the trees and just doing a lot of boy things.

I can't wait until next year. Next summer the reunion will be in Idaho. Can't wait.
Just having fun in the warm fall air. It was kind of weird how warm it was. Perfect weather!

Will and Emmie helping dad set up the tent.

Dad and Jason enjoying camp fire bliss.

Could it be She-ra?

2008-10-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

When we were out camping this weekend at Willow Park with John's side of the family, Emmie showed us all just how strong she is. This spare tire was leaning part way against another one, but Emmie still pushed it up and over. Yes, Will is just watching while I am taking pictures and no one is helping her. She is really strong. I am sure that she gets it from her mommy.

"Get me chicken..."

2008-09-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

Durning breakfast my sweet little Emmiline said to me "Get me chicken, butt hole!" Wow! What did you say? Yeah, she got a long time out. Where did that come from? I don't know. Not from our family. It might have been comical if it was someone elses child, not mine.

The Midnight Monster!

2008-09-22T05:47:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen a Midnight Monster?

JDRF

2008-09-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

The kids and I participated in the JDRF walk on Saturday with my sister's family. JDRF is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Haylie's son, Cole has type 1 and she has done a lot for JDRF. This year Haylie raised over $10,000 just from her family and friends. As a whole this walk for Utah County this year raised over $180,000. We like to show our support by not only donating but by walking with Cole and the rest of the family. Here are a few pictures.
Jason fell asleep in the stroller. He was such a sweet heart for the walk. It took at least 45 minutes. Will rode his bike almost the whole way. Emmie was in and out of the stroller. All of the kids were so good.

John stayed home to Sheetrock the basement. So here I am with Jason, Emmie and Will after the walk.

Here is Will with his green hair. After lunch was served the kids got to play and go to different booths at the Sera Park in Orem where the walk started and ended. It was a lot of fun. I put more pictures on later.

Holy Crap - I learned something new!

2008-09-19T20:44:00.000-07:00

Karen invited Christie and I over to teach us how to can peaches. Karen is awesome, she knows so much about being a homemaker. Homemade peach cobbler, canned applesauce, pickled beets she knows it all; if not she just asks her amazing mother. Anyways we had a good time chatting and learning. Our kids just play great together too and they had a lot of fun. Like Will says "They have better toys than we do." And the only tears came when Will decided that Emmie was in his way and had to push her.

Look at the new hair do that I am sporting. Do ya like? Yeah, it can't go into a pony tail so I actually have to do my hair. It has been great. Almost like a mini makeover. Just if I could makeover the hips!

Sweet Emmiline!

2008-09-19T20:22:00.001-07:00

Emmiline has been so sweet lately. Ever since Will has started preschool Emmie has had a lot more alone time with me. Will goes to preschool Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for two hours. It is great for me and Emmie to be able to spend time together. Jason is usually asleep or just playing on the ground. The last few days Emmie and I get on the Internet to find coloring pages (mostly princess) to color together. Today we went to the store and I had the camera in the diaper bag so I had her cheese it up for a picture. Emmie is so cute, she had to have her backpack too because Will got to take his to preschool. Anyways she didn't want to put her Cheetos in the chart and she insisted that she should carry them. She is talking so much more and is now pretty much potty trained. Wahoo!
Emmiline is so sweet. She has a deep belly laugh that just melts your heart. She is such a girly girl and I love it. Pink this and pink that, pink everything. I love it that all the pink hair elastics are gone because she insists that we use them first. I love it that she thinks she needs Barbie cereal. "I need it!", she told me today. The pink marker in set that we just bought is almost dried up. Emmie likes to clean. She loves to have a wipe or washrag to clean things off. And it is a guarantee that she will try to pick Jason up in the morning to give him a love. One of her favorite things is to feed Jason some little fishies. She is just great and we love her.

Crazy 8s!

2008-09-16T16:24:00.000-07:00

Crazy 8s! I got tagged by Andrea.

8 Things I am passionate about...

John
William
Emmiline
Jason
Young Women Sports
Extend family
Holidays
Church

8 Words or phrases that I say most often... (I usually talk to my kids the most)

"Come Here."
"Get your shoes on."
"Don't make a mess."
"NO!"
"Emmie, don't do that."
"Will, are you being nice?"
"Let's go potty." "Let's change your bum."
"I LOVE YOU!"

8 things that I want to do or see before I die...

Run a marathon
Take my family to NYC and DC
Ride a horse on the beach with John (cheesy I know)
Read the entire Bible
Go to Navoo
Own a business
Get a Masters Degree
Back pack across Europe (like that is ever going to happen)

8 Things that I have learned...

To each his own!
Not everyone builds a house out of cement
Wear your seat belt
Take time to have nap time for your kids
Love yourself, but don't be selfish
Walmart has the cheapest prices
Motherhood is hard work
Love keeps growing

8 Places that I would love to go, do, or see

Prague
NYC
Rome
Egypt to see the pyramids
Southern Cost of Spain
South American ruins
Great Plains
New England in the Fall

8 Things that I currently need or want...

Size 10 pants that fit
A finished basement
A mailbox on my doorstep
A money tree out back
Jogger stroller
A baby that sleeps the entire night
Children that sleep past 7:02 am
A flat screen mega TV for our basement

8 Things that I have been for Halloween...I don't really remember any...

A punk rocker (I was 13 and mistaken for a hooker)
A clown (more than once)
A return missionary (John and I first Halloween married)
I am sure that I dressed up as a princess when I was little
Will was a cowboy once
Emmie was a pink kitty cat last year
This year Jason will probably be Spider Man
John was a clown once too

8 People I tag...

Carrie
Christy
Haylie
Hillary
Anajlee
Dondy - Start a blog - You blog stocker, You!
Lindsay
Jamie

Saturday!

2008-09-14T12:39:00.000-07:00

If we are home on a Saturday it is a work day and then a play day. I am trying to get my kids to learn that we work before we play. Yesterday, we worked on the basement. John and I finished insulating so it is now ready for sheetrock. We are only finishing the family room and the play room for right now. It costs alot - more than we thought. We will probably sheetrock ourselves and then have some professional mud and tape. Although my husband is a professional in all that he does we just don't have time - I am impatient and want to have a princess party for Emmie downstairs for her birthday. Well we'll see how that turns out. I told John when we get the basement finished then we can get cable. Yes, I know what you are thinking, "holy cow, no cable". Actually it is great. The kids love PBS and there are no commercials.
Emmie picked Jason up and put him in her lab and said "take picture, mom." Emmie is really sweet with Jason; at least she has good intentions. Emmie loves Jason because he will play Barbies with her and Will won't. He actually likes to chew on the squishy barbie legs and eat some of the clothers. Emmie and Jason are 25 months apart.

Emmie wanted to print pages off the Internet and color. After a long day and way past a reasonable nap time I was trying to keep her busy so that she would not fall asleep. Recognize the coloring pages? You might if you were four years old in 1985. Yes, they are She-ra coloring pages. Emmie is fascinated with the "Princess of Power". I have a DVD of a few episodes and the He-man/She-ra cartoon movie and she loves it. It totally fits her personality. Emmie is a sweet little girl most of the time, but then in a moments notice she transforms into this defensive fighter super girl. You don't mess with Emmie when she is not so sweet. Emmie is not afraid to defend her territory or her Will or Jason.

Here is John working hard in the basement. He quite enjoyed himself working and listening to BYU kick some UCLA butt. Thanks John for the hard work. You are the best a gall could have.

2008-09-14T12:13:00.000-07:00

Jason is 9 months old. Time sure does fly by fast. He has one tooth on the bottom. He is wonderful. He is a little shy around other adults, but he loves to play with kids and goes nuts over other babies. He can move around - not quite a crawl but more of a army wiggle crawl. Jason is so much fun and we love him.

I really need to up date.

2008-09-07T15:07:00.000-07:00

This post is all out of order, but it makes sense to me. Like everything else in my life.
We went camping up AF Canyon by Cascade Springs. It rained so much and all night long that we thought our trailer was going to turn into an arc. Here is a family picture of us in all our glory. My hair is fabulous, Emmie and Will are filthy, Jason is wearing Will's sweatshirt, and John looks like a run way model. Just wonderful. We had a great time. Hillary, Tyler, Justin, Grandma and Grandpa Gerber and Kjell came. Brandan and Haylie came for an evening for dinner.

Here is Will on his first day of school. He is a funny kid.

I really need to up date my blog. We got a new computer last Tuesday. It has been great. Nothing fancy, just a Dell. We have been busy, too busy for blogging.

Will started preschool on Wednesday. This is his second year at ABC Preschool. This year there are too kids that we carpool with. Will got all excited that his friends got to go to school with him.

Wednesday and Thursday I was doing church stuff all day. I am the YW Stake Sports Director and volleyball starts tomorrow. This calling has been wonderful. It really has helped me to be more social and forces me to talk to people that normally I would not. I am always learning when I have a church calling.

On Thursday night John and I went to the Provo Temple. Our friend Annie received her endowments and it is awesome to be able to support her. Saturday morning Annie and Richard got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Yet, again another total awesome experience. And the rest of the day was wedding luncheon and reception.

Yeah, I know, thank me later for this great read. This post really lacked good adjectives - I know it was awesome and really awesome.

I got tagged! And I am tagging..

2008-08-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

Answer the questions using one word and then tag four other people. I tag, Andrea, Jamie, Anjalee, and Kristy

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? John
3. Your hair? Red
4. Your mother? Nice
5. Your father? Generous
6. Your favorite thing? FUN!
7. Your dream last night? Weird
8. Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? Marathon
10. The room you’re in? Grandma's
11. Your hobby? Hobby?
12. Your fear? Sickness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Skinny
14. What you’re not? Ugly
15. Muffins? Butter
16. One of your wish list items? Vacation
17. Where you grew up? Lehi
18. The last thing you did? Bills
19. What are you wearing? Clothes
20. Favorite gadget? None
21. Your pets? None
22. Your computer? Gone
23. Your mood? Whatever
24. Missing someone? No
25. Your car? Van?
26. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
27. Favorite store? Walmart
28. Like someone? John
29. Your favorite color? Any
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Period

For Sale

2008-08-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

We are selling John's truck. Any inquires..
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=766920

Do you want some cheese with that?

2008-08-13T13:26:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I realized that my last post was a little cheesy. But, it is so much fun to read through all the old letters with John.

Jason is eight months old today. (I don't have a picture because I am on my mom's computer because ours is not currently functioning the way it was last week. And because I don't belong to the geek squad we are probably going to get a new one. We thought that it might not be worth fixing the old one since it is almost three years old. Any suggestions on new ones?) Anyways, Jason is the sweetest baby. Always so happy, especially now that one front tooth has broken through. Mom is happier too that she is getting more sleep at night, because of the whole teething thing. Just yesterday he refused to eat his healthy Gerber baby vegetables and insisted on eating cereal by himself. Emmie's Princess cereal does taste all sugary and good - no wonder. Jason will probably be crawling in the next month or so. You can tell that he wants to be on the move. He is just still learning and getting stronger. He is so mellow and just wonderful.

The other day John was blowing raspberries on Jason's tummy and he left his tick-tack in Jason's belly button. Silly things happen when your husband acts like he is one of the kids.

Better late than never! Right?!

2008-08-09T10:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary!

Our anniversary was last weekend, six years. For our anniversary John and I do an "anniversary box". (It was John's idea. we started on our first anniversary.) We put an item in the box that reminds us of the last year with a poem or a letter. So this year I put in a star (the north star) representing the constant blessings that our little family have received in the last year. John put in a packet of seeds representing the growth our family; "it has grown into a beautiful flower."

Here is a bit from my letter -"The thing that I think about over the last year is how extremely blessed our family is. We enjoy our health, have money to pay bills, we have testimonies of the Gospel, we are happy, we love each other, John has work every day and there is nothing majorly wrong with the kids that we know of. I am sure that we have blessing that the Lord has blessed us with that we are not even aware of."

John, I love you.

Camping at Mill Hollow

2008-07-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

On Friday and Saturday John and I took the kids camping with G&G Gerber, Hillary, Tyler, and Justin to Mill Hollow. My dad is rebuilding the spill way on the dam so the camp ground was closed, but we got in thanks to my dad. We had the whole camp ground to our self it was a lot of fun and so quite. We went four-wheeling, John took the kids fishing, we played in the dirt, and just relaxed. Will got eaten alive by bugs, I guess that is what you get when you don't hold still for your mom when she is spraying bug spray all over you. He had over 30 bits and half of them were on his head. Here are some pictures...
Jason, Will, Emmie and Justin playing with the blocks.

Will and John on the four wheelers.

Emmie just being her cute little self.

G&G Gerber.

Jason just can't help but to smile super big and be as cute as ever. He learned it from his mom.

New pictures

2008-07-23T06:54:00.000-07:00

riding bikes

2008-07-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

Will is amazing, he can ride his bike without trainning wheels. We are so proud of him.

Hiking on the 4th

2008-07-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

Our family went hiking on July 4th. We went up to the Timpinewkee (yeah, I know the spelling is horrible) at the top of AF Canyon. Our plan was to hiking 3 miles round trip to Scout Falls. We didn't make it. We didn't want to push the kids we were not sure what they could do. We went about 2 miles. They kids were awesome. Here we are taking a break eating some snacks. The wild flowers were so beautiful and the meadow was so fun to see. One day we will try again and make it all the way.

"I'm so proud of dad!"

2008-07-09T19:29:00.000-07:00

John brought home some blue prints from work the other day and left them on the counter. Will saw them and said, "Oh Mom, I'm so proud of Dad. He's the boss of the plans." He was sincerely so happy that John brought them home. John and Will looked over the plans and Will asked a million questions. Will is an awesome kid.

Look how cute!

2008-07-01T20:44:00.000-07:00

Can you tell Will and Jason are brothers!

Strawberry Days

2008-07-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Will (& Dad) ran in the 1/2 mile race for kids. Will was awesome. He ran more than half way. It was a great confidence booster for him to run across the finish line with everyone cheering for him. Dad was a great coach. Good Job Will!

Here I am coming in across the finish line. I was really excited to see my family there, especially John. My time was 31:30. I did better than I thought, but there sure in room for improvement. I had a lot of fun.

Wish me luck!

2008-06-20T18:00:00.001-07:00

I am running the Strawberry Day's 5K. Wish me luck!

Wood Badge

2008-06-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

Hear is my patrol from wood badge.

left to right: Travis Greenwood, Dal Haderlie, Brian Whitaker, Darren Paul, John Christiansen, Kemp Burnham, and Scott Eastmond. We had a lot of fun.

10 things that I love about you!

2008-06-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

10 things that I love about you!

(not in any special order)

1. Your smile and manly gote.

2. They way your deodorant smells.

3. How you play science things with Will. (the rocket and crane)

4. How you love Will, Emmie, and Jason.

5. Your ability to wake up early every morning.

6. That your easy going (you are OK with frozen pizza for dinner).

7. Your testimony of the gospel and desire to teach our children.

8. That you support me to stay home with the kiddies.

9. That you are more sentimental than I am.

10. That you love me too.

10 things that Will, Emmie, and Jason love about you!

(not in any special order)

1. That you bring home your drink every night for them to have a sip.

2. That you buy bug juices for them and take them to Home People (Depot) on Saturday.

3. That you like to take them fishing.

4. That you blow raspberries on their tummy and tickle under their arm pits.

5. That you read stories to them at night and help them say their prayers.
6. That you come home from work and save them from the "mean witch". (Emmie called me that the other day, she has called others that too.)

7. That you feed and change them.

8. That you let them eat treats for breakfast.

9. That you took them to Lagoon.

10. And, of course that you love them too.

6 months old (last Firday)

2008-06-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

Lenght : 25.75 inches (25%)

Weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (50%)

Head Circ: 46.5 cm (97%)

It's what fun is!

2008-06-17T21:41:00.000-07:00

We went to Lagoon last Saturday for John's work party. We had so much fun. I haven't been there for awhile. In one section of the park is all of the kiddie rides, about 8 or 9. It was awesome. We stayed in the little kid section all day, except for when the power went out for an hour and a half. It was okay since we just went back to the lunch area and mingled with John's co-workers and my parents and cousins.
John is riding the Green Caterpillar with Will and Emmie. John and Emmie are in the third seat from the back and Will is sitting right in front of them. This was Will's favorite ride.

Will and Emmie hanging out at the golf "court". It was hilarious to watch Will and Emmie play miniature golf. They just played with their hands. Will had a blast to watch the ball go down the pipes. Will two favorite things are balls and pipes.

Here is Emmie being a ham. Her and Will are riding the helicopter. Emmie was barley tall enough to ride the kiddie rides.

Sorry the picture is sideways. Anyways, you get the point. John is showing Emmie the correct way to play golf. They were not interested in doing it the right way. Oh well, they were loving it.

At Lunch Jason latched on to the end of a watermelon slice and started sucking away. It was so cute and he was mad when we took it away.

Will was so excited to go on this ride and then he was bummed that it was dumb. I don't recommend the boats unless you don't have to wait in line.

Just a fun picture. Lagoon was so much fun, afterall it's what fun is.

Emmie and her cousins

2008-06-17T21:38:00.000-07:00

Emmie best friends are her cousins. Here she is with Addie and Hannah. They all play good together. Hannah will be 2 in August, Emmie is 2 1/2, and Addie is 4 1/2.

Grandma Helen

2008-06-17T17:02:00.000-07:00

Grandma Helen (my mom's mom), has not been doing very well these past few months. Every time we think that she might pass away she pulls through. Grandma Helen has many wonderful qualities that anyone would envy. She has a quite ability to endure to the end. Here she is with some of her great-grand kids. On the left side is the girls, Hannah, Emmie and Addie, Grandma is holding Jason, on the right side Cole is holding Justin and then there is Will. We love you Grandma.

Body Shapes!

2008-06-16T16:46:00.000-07:00

This picture is totally awesome. I love it. This picture was taken at Huntington Beach on our trip. My mom and Jason are just beautiful, however I would like to draw your attention to the two boys in the background (they are beautiful too). The little guy is Will and the big guy is my Dad, I just love how the body shapes are very similar. They are both standing the same and have the same square shoulders. Awesome!

Kjell

2008-06-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

I am so glad that I got to spend sometime with my little brother on our vacation. Kjell is a great person. The qualities that he has are awesome, especially in our family. Kjell does not judge another person just by the way they look, or at least he doesn't make comments about them - unlike me. And he just lets things go, he doesn't moll things over and over and over. He knows how to relax and destress himself. Very important qualities.

For those who don't know him here he is... he is quite the HUNK!

vacation update

2008-06-05T10:19:00.000-07:00

Let's see - Sunday we went down to Balboa Peninsula to the beach. Grandpa informed us that on Sunday parking was free and to our amazement at the end of the day we had a $47 ticket on the window. That was the most expensive thing that we have done so far.
On Monday we did something, I can't remember. In the morning I took the kids to Little Corona while Jason was sleeping. I can't recall because we didn't do anything until 5:00 that night and then we decided to get up off our tuffs and go to Balboa Island to buy t-shirts and all the shops were closed so we went to Fashion Island. FI is a big outdoor mall. The kids went nuts for the Carousel and the water fountains everywhere.
Tuesday we went to Crystal Cove State Beach. We didn't swim because it was really cold, but we walked along the beach and found alot of sea life. Emmie got the hebegebies from a sand crab.
Emmie was a crab herself, she was so tired. Grandpa had to carry her and then he was a crab after that. Jason was in the baby pack or I would have. When we got back to the car Grandpa was sweating and complaining how hard it was to carry a sweet little girl. Thanks Grandpa. Kjell had to give Will a piggy back ride. Kjell didn't complain. Thanks Kjell. When we got back to the hotel Emmie had a really good nap. When she woke up Me, Grandma, Will, and Emmie went back to the t-shirt shop. Jason had a nap with Grandpa, Kjell, Jake, and Mike. Sleepy heads - they are asleep now. Then I took the kids swimming at the hotel and Grandma talk her ear off. She met a lady that she had nothing in common with and they both talked none stop. It was great. Grandma feed and held Jason and still got to do what she does best and had fun. After that the kids went to bed early and Grandpa and Grandma went on a date to Ruby's Dinner.
On Wednesday we went to Huntington Beach and stayed all day. Kjell and his friends tried to surf. They tried - they caught about three waves. Grandpa digged a bid hole (taller than him) that the kids climbed in and out a million times. They had sand everywhere - even where the sun doesn't shine. They got sunburned. I didn't get sunscreen on them very good. I learned by lesson.
Today is Thursday. I don't know what we are going to do. Grandpa could watch TV all day and Kjell and Mike could sleep all day. My mom was glad that I cam so that I would make them do something. I am just a ball of fun!

Elevator and Darth Vader rhyme

2008-06-01T10:45:00.000-07:00

Hey Babe,
Here we are in the villa using Jake's computer just waiting for Grandma to put on her makeup so that we can go to Balboa Pier. What a day of fun that we have planned; the kids are going to be exhausted. That is good! They slept really good, they even slept in.
When we got in the elevator this morning Will said, "Hey Mom, elevator and Darth Vader rhyme." We went on a walk to see the play ground and the golf "court" (as Will would say). It was really nice Grandma Sing watched Jason when he was having his morning nap, while the kids and I explored the villas.
Thanks for letting me bring the kids while you go to scout camp. We wish your were here and if your good we will bring you a surprise back. We love you. Sorry no pictures. I didn't bring the cable for the camera.
Emmie has been flirting with Kjell. She'll hid behind the corner and pock her head out and call his name. All the kids have been really good - even Grandpa Scott.
We love you!
Love, Me, Will, Jason, and Emmie

Bon Voage!

2008-05-30T09:40:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we leave for our summer vacations. Yeah, vacations with an "s". John is going to Scout Camp and the kids and I are going to Newport Beach in California with my parents. It is going to be a lot of fun, we just wish that John will be coming. Oh, well maybe next time. John is a dedicated Scouter - not really he is bummed he can't go and already committed back in January that he would go to receive his wood badge training. Happy Summer!

Rollin' time

2008-05-27T21:40:00.000-07:00

Jason rolled all the way over today, by himself (no help from his sister). He got stuck and could not get back over and then he cried. Congratulations Jason.

Yard day at the in-laws!

2008-05-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

I posted a lot of things from the last week, please read for a good laugh. To appolize to my loyal readers I only have time on Sundays to update the blog. Boy, these things can be addicting.

Yesterday was quite a fun day (I am being serious). We had yard day at the in-laws. Each year we (John's family) help get Papa's yard ready for Memorial day barbie-Q (can't spell). Here are some of the highlight from the day.

Yes, this is the love of my life. I just happen to capture a silly moment between daddy and Emmie. I sure laughed really hard at this picture.

Jason was trying to wiggle out of his chair. He was so good all day and I was able to actually help out.

Here is a rare moment for Emmie that she is being sweet without me asking her to be. She was taking a break from sweeping the cement.

Will is helping out cleaning the chairs.

Here is Emmie and Ryann playing in the sand box. Don't let them fool you, they are not as sweet as they look. I am sure that they are plotting something, even as I am typing this or as you are reading this.

He is a early learner, of course mom would say this,but look at him. John let Jason hold his pop for him. I spoiled all of the fun when I told John not to feed him any. Gall, can you believe such a thing?

Emmie cheezing it up for the camera.

Here is Will helping out Dad and Uncle Chris fixing the front porch deck.

Just a cool picture..

2008-05-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

Here is John at his best...

Gerber Baby!

2008-05-25T13:12:00.000-07:00

This was Uncle Kjell's shirt when he was little. Emmie is a cute Gerber Baby.