Good times here!

Carly is a girl, through and through. She loves to play with dolls, loves to wear hats, and she HAS to wear shoes- all the time. Her feet have been starting to stink because of this obsessive trait, so we got her some slippers to wear at home to help combat the stinky feet syndrome. So, now she wears these slippers when she's getting ready for bed instead of her other shoes. She loves them, despite the look on her face making it seem otherwise.

Spencer and Kyle at the Horse races.

We thought the horse races were SO fun! I wasn't that enthralled by horse racing before, but then we saw them in person; it is a really cool thing to see in real life. You might just find me at the horse races, in my spare time, betting on the number 4 horse... :)

Carly and Spencer at the New Mexico State Fair. They loved seeing all of the animals and other fun things there!

And of course we had to get some fair food. We were devastated that we couldn't find the fried twinkies, but settled for some yummy ice cream cones instead.

Pigtails and soccer goals...

This is our first attempt at Pigtails. Not easy. She only left them in for about 2 minutes. Her hair is finally starting to grow. Horray.

Spencer has started playing soccer. He was drafted by the Green Transformers. His weekly salary includes: orange slices at half-time, and drinks/snacks after the game. To him that's better than any paycheck.
They are still learning. This is a pic of their goal and 3 of his teammates. No goalie to block their goal and they started kicking the ball the opposite way. Go Transformers.
Spencer in the middle of the pack.
He told us after that he had a good time and that he wants to play next week. We will continue to cheer him on to glory even though they can't remember which goal is their goal. Oh well.

Michelle's 10 Random Things

So, I've been tagged by Dawn, (yeah, thanks) and I give into pressure easily; so here are 10 random things about me.

1. My favorite sound in the world is when my kids make each other laugh. It's even better than when I make them laugh!

2. I love to read, but don't make time for it. I joined a book club just so I'd have a reason to read at least one book a month.

3. I love to read magazines. Give me Family Fun or Simple or even Sports Illustrated. If I could afford it, I'd get more to read...

4. I hate working outside of the home. When I did work, I cried almost every time I was in my car driving to work (Not because I hate work, I just hated leaving my family. I know, I'm a baby). But if I did need to go back to work, I'd work in O.B. (speaking of babies) which, when I was in school, is something I told myself I'd never do!

5. If I could live anywhere, I'd live in Richfield (where I grew up). This is also something I told myself I'd never do. Things change!

6. I hate graffiti! I know, I know, doesn't everybody who is normal? But I am always on the lookout and I will report it to the city to get it cleaned up! They probably know me by name...

7. I'm more of a one-on-one person than a one-on-many person. Even if I know everyone in the group, I just can't think of anything to say!

8. I am totally low maintenance, but have aspirations of becoming a little more high maintenance. It's just not in my blood though.

9. I regret getting my second piercing in my ear. Of course when I did get it, President Hinckley came out like a month later and said one hole in the ear. So now, I will forever have two holes in my ear! Yuck. (I know, I should have listened to my dad)

10. I hate answering the phone!

Okay, now I tag Jodie and Katie... let's hear your ten random things!

Oh the fun you can have with pajamas...

You may be wondering if this is some new form of babysitting technique, torture, or punishment. If you thought the first, you were correct. Try putting the pajama bottoms on the top, it makes for great fun. Yes, they are clean bottoms, the dirty ones we use for punishment. :)

Peek a boo

7 Teeth and 3 months til thanksgiving!

Yes, she did walk into the wall a few times, but hey...everybody's gotta learn sometime. Some lessons you gotta learn for yourself. Ouch

Trip to Utah

We went to Utah for Pioneer day... and just a vacation. It was a lot of fun! We got to spend time with Kyles family and my family, it was a great trip! Here are some pictures, but they're all out of order... sorry.






Spencer at International Days in Price, going down a water slide thing. He loved it.

Spencer after going on all the water rides.

The family went swimming at a pool in Helper. Some of us got fried and are now recovering from the blisters and peeling skin.... ouch!
My dad at the pool.

Spencer spraying Grandpa. Spencer loved all of the fun stuff at the pool.

Carly and grandma at the International days Parade. Our second parade in a week!
Spencer and Grandpa at the parade too.

We went to Lagoon one of the days and had a lot of fun! Thanks to Katie for watching Carly so that we could just take Spencer. And thanks to Grandma for coming so that me and Kyle could go on the big rides...
Us waiting in line for the Log ride.
Spencer got to ride a horse in Spring Glen. He loved it, especially after attending the Rodeo a few days before.
Even Carly got in on the fun.

Spencer caught many a fish with Grandpa

So, Carly is a big eater! She eats more than Spencer does most of the time. This is my rodeo burger and I only had one bite of it. Carly devoured it!
The Hinckley parade was so much fun! Spencer got a TON of candy! I've never seen so much candy thrown in a parade in my life! We will have it for the rest of the year!
Katie, Spencer, Kelli, and Matt riding in the back of the truck after the parade.

The Christensen side of the family after the parade, playing some football. It was fun to see everyone!
Us at Lagoon again. This was the only ride that Spencer didn't really like. It shoots you up fast and then drops you down fast...

Spencer on the LONG ride up to Utah. Thank goodness for movies!

We went to Fishlake one day and threw rocks in the water and walked around. It was fun to go up there again. Lots of fun memories at Fish Lake!
Carly walking all around the shore.
Playing some football on the shore.
Us at the Hinckley Rodeo. It rained at first, but then stopped so we could enjoy the rodeo. We had a lot of fun. Spencer did the money calf and really wanted to do the mutton bustin'. I told him maybe next year.

"take me out to the ballgame..."

We had a great time at the Isotopes Park for the Triple A all-star baseball game. We enjoyed free all-you-can-eat food and sodas. Spencer especially liked the free sprite and drank his share of them. We figured that he might as well enjoy it since it was free.

Spencer, Carly and Michelle before the game.
Tommy Lasorda is the guy in the middle with a blue shirt. He threw out the first pitch.
Spencer showing us his muscles.
Believe it or not.... I did catch a foul ball. It was really cool. The hitter fouled it back and I stood up and caught it with my bare hand. The crowd cheered as I showed off the ball. After we sat down, Spencer asked if he could throw it back on the field because "it wasn't our ball". I told him that I'm making an expection today. My ball!!!
This is a pic inside the New Mexico Orthopaedics suite. Since we are the team docs for the games, they give a very nice suite to enjoy.

All-star fever is in the air....

I was able to get some tickets through my work for the upcoming Triple A All-star baseball weekend. We were able to attend the fan-fest activity on saturday. It was fun. Monday is the home run derby and then on wednesday is the all-star game. The game is on ESPN if you want to watch. Maybe we'll paint our chests and have blue mohawks.

If you look real close, spencer is going down the slide on the left. He's just not going down the conventional way. But really, what fun would that be.

This is Orbit, the mascot for the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team.


Can you see the blazing Christensen speed?

What about that speed? The pic is a little blurry cause I was running so fast.

Spencer loved hitting the balls on the tee. He did really good.

This was fun, but i needed more practice.

A few more steps toward bipedalism.

Almost 15 months old and finally showing signs of being a two legged mammal.

Carly is finally walking, somewhat. (with help).

We love when she says Hi at the end of this video.

Splish Splash!

So we've had a great couple of weeks. The weather has been really warm so we've been having fun outside. These are pictures of a barbecue we had. All the kids slip-n-slided and played in a kiddie pool. It kept them so entertained that the parents could actually sit around and have conversations! It was amazing. :)
Also Spencer has had swimming lessons, so there are pictures of that.

Luke and Spencer drying off so they could start round two of slipping and sliding....
Some of the kids running on the slip-n-slide

Spencer having fun.

Spencer at the pool for swimming lessons. Whenever I ask him to smile, he does some weird pose like this.

Spencers class.

The barbecue again. The pictures got out of order for some reason.

The adults conversing...

(Notice my pretty flowers mom?)

And of course Carly was excited to swim too...until she got in the water and got splashed. Then she didn't want anything to do with it.