Thanksgiving morning

My kids are just full of Thanksgiving this morning, and so I wrote down their lists as they rattled them off to me.  Very sweet. 

Jaxon is thankful for:

Sun

Live with Jesus again

Jesus and heavenly Father

Christmas is real

presents for Christmas

Cousins

mom and dad

Sage

The baby in mommy’s tummy (surprise?)

House

T.V

Baby Jesus

Everything

 

And Sage is thankful for:

Pajamas

Holly (said 6 times)

Abby

Princess book

Ballerina book

 

And I am thankful for so many many things.  My handsome husband and sweet little children, Heather, for her amazing example to me and for those sweet African children she is helping.  Heidi, for her example, and making these past 3 1/2 years so much fun!  For John and his kindness and willingness to always help out, Michael for making me want to somehow be able to touch people with my voice as he does to me with his, Mark for his humor and respect, my dad for his passion for life and for his love.  I’m so glad I grew up in a family of 6, because I can’t imagine my life without every one of these people in it.  For Rick for putting up with me, for Stacie and her capacity to love and give, for Mikalann for her sweet personality and willingness to put up with my brother, for Mirm and her a perfect example of what a loving wife should be.  I grateful for each and everyone of my friends who have shaped and influenced me throughout my life.  For an apartment that has been perfect for us, for Jake’s upcoming graduation and for moving on.  Oh gosh…..I’ve opened a can of worms here.  I could go on all day.  But most of all, I am grateful for a loving Savior who has made it possible to live with my family again.  Also I am thankful for my mom.  For somehow shaping me in 10 short years into the person that I would become.  For her love that she has for me that has sustained me through so many tough times, and for her presence in my life even still. 

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Silly night

My kids are hilarious sometimes.  And this was one of those times.  We told Jaxon he could have  a piece of French bread, and this is the piece he choose.  Jake offered him $1000 if he could finish it before bed.  Luckily he wasn’t able to, because we really don’t have $1000 to give to our 5 year old.

Next thing we know, Jaxon is dressing up Sage, and Sage knew just how funny it was, just look at that laughing face.  She’s just a goof ball.

 

  After we had been laughing about Jaxon eating all the bread, Sage needed her chance to try.  Who knew French bread could be so much fun.

Of course Jake wanted in on the action.  I sure do love my crazy family.

This morning the kids saw some peacocks outside our back door, so I broke the rules a bit and gave them each a piece of bread to feed to them.  By the time the kids had finished throwing out the bread (2 minutes top), we had gone from 2 peacocks to 9!  I quickly made them come inside, just in case they thought little fingers and toes looked appetizing as well.

Good Morning…shhhh

My throat hurts really bad this morning, so I’ve had to whisper to my kids. It’s hilarious. Sage has asked “what?” maybe 100 times, and Jaxon doesn’t seem to notice that I’m not responding to any of the million of stories he tells me in a morning. I don’t know that I’d survive long without a voice with my two noisy kids!

And here’s some fun little videos. The first is for Aunt Heather. Hopefully you’ll get your package soon, and you can see that it was packed with love from the little ones, the 2nd one was after we got our webcam and were trying out all the fun voice changing features. I’ve seen it so many times, and I laugh every time. :)

Hum, I need to post

Remember how I’m supposed to post a lot?  It’s harder than I thought it would be.  So in news today, my TV broke last night, and already we found a replacement!  And here I thought I was going to go without for awhile.  Whatever,  I need my nightly escape!

I guess I’ll post about a fun time we had this summer.  When we went to Snohomish to visit Nana and Papa, Joe took us salmon fishing.  So, being the kind, supportive, and loving wife and mother that I am I woke up too early, bundled the little ones, and was off.  We had a good time, and since I didn’t do much fishing, I took a lot of pictures.  I’ll share a few.

Sage enjoying the fresh air Waiting to get into the boat Papa catching a fish. 

“Mom, get me out of here!!!

After I took this picture of Jake he promptly chased me with the dead grossness.  YUCK!

As much as a love fall, I guess I do kind of miss summer.

Some updates

My sister Heather is in Africa right now.  She’s totally awesome!  So I’m going to be a better blogger for her! :)  Here’s to 3-4 posts a week!

Jaxon’s 1st ever field trip.

When I woke up and it was pouring rain, my willingness to volunteer for Jaxon’s pumpkin patch field trip seemed very foolish.  But how could I miss such a fun day for my little guy, so we all got bundled up, and make our way out into the Oregon rain.  It turned out to be not as bad as I thought it would, which was nice.   Overall it was a fun morning!

We got this in the mail the other day.  I must say, it was pretty excited for me to see Dr. in front of my hubby’s name.  Can’t wait for June!!!

Jaxon’s photography.  This stuff speaks for itself 

Jaxon’s birthday.  Okay, this one will get it’s own post eventually, but here are some cute pictures for now.

Decorating Pumpkins.  I love this tradition.  Sure it’s messy, but it’s such a fun unique thing that you only get to do once a year.  I just love it.  And so do the kiddos.   Just look at Sagie’s smile.

Here’s me and Sage showing off our girl pumpkin.

Trunk-or-treat.  Just getting all revved up for the real deal! 

CUTE!

Happy Halloween!

Cousin Dinner Picnic

I know this looks like a cute little thing that I did for my cute little nieces and nephew, but in reality, I just wanted to feed all 6 kids, and somehow manage to keep my house clean.  But it was so fun, it might just have to become a little good weather tradition for us.   I especially love Sage and Holly’s faces….not so sure about Connor though.  I promise he was happy before and after the picture was taken.

A few firsts

We’ve had some fun firsts in the Christensen household, and I want to make sure I get a record of them. 

First day of dance class…September 9th, 2009                                              She took it very seriously                      

Sage is such a little ballerina, I wouldn’t be surprised if dancing were her thing in life.  She’s SO cute doing the little dances too. 

First day of preschool…September 17th, 2009

Goofy picture, I know, but it’s Jaxon, what do you expect?

 

Here he is with his big buddy.  He has preschool at the High School and so he get’s high school students to hang out with.  He wasn’t so sure if he liked preschool in the beginning, but he’s starting to love it more and more.  And I’m lucky enough to go in every Monday to teach music to the kids so I get to see him in his element.  I love it.

First Skyping experience….September 26th, 2009

hehehe, here’s Heather, but really she was in the Netherlands.  It’s been fun being able to use Skype to talk with my sister on the other side of the world.  Thank goodness for the internet!

First day of Art Class…..October 2nd, 2009

Sage and I get to spend some quality time together every Friday while Jaxon is at school at her art class.  It’s so nice to have everything all set up for her, and then not having to clean anything up when it’s over.  Now I feel no need to be crafty with my kids at home! :)  Needless to say, she LOVES it, and asks about it all week long. 

In other news, we got to go to a fun pumpkin patch with fun friends today.  I loved every minute of it!

Happy Fall!!

Oh, and lot’s of new cakes on my cake blog.  Check it out!

Having a girl is fun

Haircut

Now I understand why it was so hard for my mother in law to cut these luscious locks of hair.

 

I know, because I have my own luscious locks to tempt me. 

Unfortunately, I succumbed, and off it came. 

Ahhhh, but look at those eyes!