Morning with Daddy

This is what happens to the kids when they bother their Dad while he is getting ready for work.

Zoo in Winter

Yesterday Barbra and I took the kids to the zoo. The zoo in winter rocks. There were more workers than people. The kids ran wild and so did a lot of the animals. The monkeys were so much fun, they were wrestling and doing flips off the branches. The kids were not crowded by other kids it was so laid back. We were there for 3 1/2 hours.







After we got home I went down to change the laundry and came back up to Logan asleep like this. Cutie pie.

Ready for NASCAR

OK, my husband is a NASCAR freak!!!! Not only do we subscribe to all the speed channels, we have an infield camping spot for the Vegas race (for those non-NASCAR lovers, that is a camping spot in the middle of the track) but now look what he has done to our trailer. Again for the non-NASCAR obsessers, this is a viewing platform. It is to be used at the race for a better viewing experience. My husband and a few of his most classy friends will sit on top of this thing in lawn chairs (probably with their shirts off) and cheer for the racer of their picking. In my husbands case it will be #88 Dale Earnheart Jr. If you look really close in the corners the welders have fabricated little #88 race cars for some manly decoration. He also plans on putting christmas lights on all the rails so at night the party can just keep-on keeping-on!!! Have a blast Sweetie.

Ice Fishing

Over the weekend Scott took Logan Ice fishing for his first time. They fished until midnight when they finally decided it was time for bed and Logan told me, his toes were REALLY cold. Then got up at 6:00 a.m. to fish some more. They are crazy!! For corse dad didn't take any pictures, So I only know what really went on from what I have heard. But when they got home Logan was SO tired, he had a melted snow boot and they had caught one big fish!!! Scott even let Logan gut the fish, it was the highlight of the trip.

Book Exchange

I know it has been a while, all of my Christmas photos got erased off my camera (I freaked out to say the least). And nothing has really happen since.

So, the other day a great friend of mine (thank you Lisa) sent me a letter that is a kind of a fun experiment. Maybe you have heard of this, but there are two kids (with some instructions) on a list. You send the kid in position #1 a book you make copies of the letter but move kid #2 to the # 1 position and put your kid in the #2 position and send 6 copies of the new letter. If everything works your kids should get 36 books in exchange for the one you sent.

There is the time you have to spend sending your 6 letters and the ONE book. But it has only cost me $5.50 for the book, postage and stamps for the letters, not a big deal. But if it works I think that is more than worth the fun your kids will have getting mail and the quality time you get from reading to them.

The reason I am telling you about this is because I only want to send my 6 letters to people who REALLY want to try this ( I so, so want it to work). So if you are interested please e-mail me your address at danyale_c@hotmail.com

Happy Birthday Scott!!!

Scott's Birthday was last week January 7th. The kids each painted him a card and picked him out a present and a balloon. Scott is so busy at work that he hasn't been getting home until late. So I didn't get him a cake or make him a great dinner like I usually do for his birthday because it would have gone to waste waiting for him to get home. So we decided to go to the hockey game (big shocker). So I thought that I would be a fun wife and I call the E-Center and arranged for them to put Scott's photo on the Jumbo-tron along with a Happy Birthday message from me and the kids. Well I tried calling the E-center contact to find out when during the game they were going to put our huge greeting up and I could not get a hold of them. So the one time Scott got up to go to the bathroom you guessed it, they showed it. He missed it all. I guess it is the thought that counted.

Scott is an amazing person, To most people he can come off as an A%^ hole and don't get me wrong he can be, but he is also great. He is fun and funny, he is a great provider and a much much better dad that I ever thought he would be. He loves our kids and would do anything for them. He loves to travel, play poker, watch hockey & NASCAR, camp, hunt, and play with the kids. He is also grouchy, anal about clutter, hates to mow the lawn, hates crowds, load noises and tomatoes on his hamburgers (which he will order in the fanciest restaurants).

I am glad that I married him and that he loves me. Happy Birthday Love!!!

Christmas Letter

I am a complete slacker this year, I got all my Christmas cards done and addressed and ready to go, I only had stamps for half of them and I mailed them off a while ago, the rest are still sitting right here. So, if you didn't get a card sorry, maybe you will get it one of these days, maybe not. So here it is in digital form.






It is Christmas time again and again here is the Christensen Family news letter. We have had a really good year that has gone by way to fast.

In January we started the year off in Hawaii and had a wonderful time. We took the kids and my mom (a heaven sent) and had the most amazing time. The kids LOVED the beach and snorkeling. Everyone said we were crazy for taking the kids to Hawaii, but trust me everyone should do it.

In February Logan had to get his tonsils out as well as a little bump taken off his arm. The surgaries were done at the same time by two different doctors. Everything went really well. He did get a small blood clot in the incision on his arm, that luckily only made his scar a little bigger and nothing more. The tonsils took a while to heal (like normal) and he hated the pain medicine but got through it like a champ.

May 11th Aubrey turned 1!!! She is an amazing little girl. She has the most amazing personality. She is sweet, sassy, smart and has her dad wrapped around her little finger. She loves to sing and dance and play with her brother. She copies everything anyone does and says but does it a lot cuter. She loves her blanket and sucking her thumb, she knows how to sign and has a pretty large vocabulary for a one year old. We just love having her around.

We had a great summer. It was full of family reunions, camping, fireworks, splash parks, swimming lessons, t-ball, picnics, parades, and popsicles. Aubrey learned to walk on the 24th of July, I guess I should say run. She simply needed to keep-up with Logan.

Scott and I bought the house across the street to use as a rental. We (mostly Scott) fixed it up inside and out and were able to rent it pretty quickly. So far it has been a good experience and something we are glad that we did. Good thing Scott is so smart and so good at the mortgage business. Speaking of Scott and the mortgage business, he is doing really well at work and has once again qualified for an assistant. This is a huge deal because not very many of the Loan Officers can do this.

September 7th Logan turned 4!! This blows my mind. He has grown so much, he is so tall he looks and acts a lot older. He is very smart and started pre-school at Challenger in the fall. He is learning so so much and is making some great friends. He is not only learning letter and numbers, but math and reading and how to draw and sing and we love his school. His personality is amazing. He is very passionate about what ever he is into at the moment. Any given day he could be a Jedi, a hockey player, a chef, basketball player, superman, pirate, and so on and so on. He loves to dress up and “have powers”. He can be crazy and defiant and the next moment he is helpful and loving. He keeps us on our toes.

As for me, I am just loving being able to stay at home and take care of my kids. I love my book club and keeping up on our blog (christensenlads.blogspot.com). I have great friends and a perfect family (at least in my eyes). Thanks for being a part of our lives and please have a Merry Christmas and an amazing 2009.

The Christensens