Chunka Chunka

Parker had his two month appointment this morning. Look at how much he's grown!

He weighs 13 lbs 7 oz and is 23 1/2 inches long...

I love me a chunky baby!

Smiling, dancing, and Smelling their dairy air

Will the readers of our fabulous blog help us out and clip box tops? Then send them to us in the mail by Oct 23? If Spencer's class collects the most then they get a pizza party. Thanks!

*UPDate: The date that we need them is Nov 14 now. Thanks

Okay, on with the blog. Here is Parker smiling. Yay for smiles, they help make the long nights worth it.

Our little dancer. She posed like this by herself. This is a tutu that I made for her and she didn't want anything to do with it for the first week, then all of a sudden she loves it. Phew... all that work DIDN'T go to waste.


We went to the State Fair last week. How about those corn dogs? The state fair was not as much fun as last year. It was like walking onto a Jerry Springer episode... (isn't that the case with ALL fairs?) but this year seemed worse than usual. At the horse track this guy with no nose came right next to us and lit up a cigarrette, right next to Parker none-the-less. HELLO! I don't want to get cancer from you and end up being noseless like you, you yucky,yucky man... some people! Sheesh. By the end of the night, we had had our fill of stinky people, dirty rides, walking STD's, emotional kids, 13 year old gang bangers, lesbians, carnies yelling at us to play their games, 3 dollar sodas, and the list goes on...


Luckily the kids were oblivious and had a lot of fun! Thankfully Balloon Fiesta is coming up and it never dissappoints.

Camping Christensen Style

So on Friday we went "camping" with some good friends. Okay, so we really only spent the day up there while our friends really did go camping. We just didn't think it would work out as well for us with a new baby. So we went up early afternoon and came home late that night. The kids had fun and it was nice to sleep in our own beds :)




This is a pic of where we were at... the Jemez mountains. Doesn't it look a lot like the West mountain where we grew up? I thought so.

Me and Parker just chillin by the fire.

There was marshamellow roasting and smore making... Spencer didn't want me to take a picture- can you tell?

Parker camping.

We camped by a little creek and the kids had so much fun swimming in it!

Carly ate 3 hotdogs for dinner! You can see the leftovers on her face.

All the kids had so much fun running around, catching bugs, playing soccer, throwing rocks, and eating junk food.

Blessings

We've had a fun and busy last week. Here's an update:



This is Parker. Cute huh? See he's getting a nice double chin... taking after his mom I see.

The kids all want to sit on their dad's lap, it works... for now.

Spencer started his season of soccer yesterday. Kyle got roped into coaching... the game was a lot of fun for Spencer... not so much for Kyle :)

We blessed Parker last weekend. Here's a family pic we took before church.

Carly looks a little like Elton John.

The crew, minus a couple of newlyweds, that came to the blessing. We are glad that everyone could make it! Thanks for the support, it means a lot!

Parker wouldn't cooperate for a pic in his blessing outfit. It's the same outfit that Kyle wore when he got blessed, and Spencer wore a few years ago. This is the best picture we got.

Parker on his one month birthday.

Tis the season to hate BYU: Friends don't let friends cheer for BYU

BYU better get ready to be trampled. The Utes will be triumphant on Nov. 22. I hope you like the taste of grassy cleats. Yum. BYU fans are probably excited about their most recent win against a division II team who barely qualifies as better than a high school. Good job.

Here's to a great season of college football. Just for the record, we hate BYU!

Feast with the Beasts

Last night we went to the zoo here and had a "Feast with the Beasts". Besides paying way too much for food and dealing with the hoards of people, it was fun. They had a band playing, had jugglers, mascots, etc. etc...




Parker sleeping... we had to catch it on film because it doesn't happen very often. :)

Spencer getting ready for the climbing wall at the zoo.

Carly was a great spectator.

Spencer climbed almost to the top. We were so proud of him!

First Day of Kindergarten

Well, we dropped Spencer off this morning for his first day of kindergarten. He was so excited!



This picture was taken on Friday night when we met the teacher. Miss Holly on the left and the student teacher Miss Alex on the right.

Spencer all spiffed up for the first day.

Carly wanted to go too... she got her backpack on and was ready to go.

Backyard Camping and Baby watching

So, Spencer starts school next Monday and we are trying to get in the last bit of summer while we can... although having a new baby makes that a little difficult. So Kyle wanted to go camping and had to settle for the backyard as the wilderness to go camping in. They set up the tent and had a good night. (I think Kyle slept better than he has in a couple weeks... maybe THATS what really motivated the camping excursion.)


The campers

They really roughed it... they watched movies in the tent while the rain hit the roof while sitting on their nice air mattresses. Then they had warm chocolate chip cookies delivered to them... like I said - Rough!

The kids had fun running in and out of the tent. You can see the dark clouds rolling in... it rained all night, but they stayed dry. (Thanks for the nice tent Mom and Dad).

Parker at two weeks old.

Again, Parker at like 5 days old - first bath.

We took a trip to the zoo for a little while - I just needed to get out. Of course I was sore the rest of the day. I must be getting old!

The kids love to hold their new brother.

And we're all a little exhausted these days!

So, I think I'm finally feeling better. It hasn't been a fun recovery that's for sure, (my other two were cake compared to this one) but atleast the worst is over (hopefully). I'm still taking my antibiotics and feeling good. Yay for modern medicine!

3 kids?? now we are out-numbered....

Before the baby arrived:

We decided that if the baby wasn't going to be born, then we were going to have some fun without it, so we went hiking up in the Sandia Mountains. It was such a nice day. We packed a lunch and set out to enjoy the afternoon. Being the adventurous Dad that I am, I decided to take the kids on a short hike while the pregnant mom and her mom sat safely in the van. After about 15 minutes of hiking, Spencer and I realized that the rain was getting stronger and wasn't going to stop. We decided to bolt for the van, which was 15 minutes the other way. We ran from dry spot to spot for rest and relief from the rain. We finally emerged from the forest and made a mad dash for the van. We had a fun but wet ride home.

(If you click to enlarge the pic, you can see how drenched we are.....)

"The hiking gang."

The picnic was fun and it was nice to smell the fresh, clean air.

We also had some fun in the backyard with the slip-n-slide. I decided that someone had to show the kids how to have fun. Needless to say, I was a slip-n-slide superstar. Forward, backward, rolling sideways, baseball sliding style: I am a master of all styles.

Spencer is following in his stud dad's ways. go Spencer!

I think all the water created a sink-hole in the lawn, who cares though. We were living the superstar dream.

Dad/Son:

29 years old/ 1 day old

We really appreciate Craig & Marilyn (michelle's parents) for their help with the kids. It was nice to not have to worry about the kids while we were bringing another into the world. Thanks!

The kids missed their mom while she was at the hospital. They practically smothered her when we went to visit their new brother. Spencer asked me on the way to the hospital, "Dad, what are you going to do with 3 kids?" I wasn't quite sure how to answer. :)

As parents we will now be playing zone defense, instead of man to man.

We brought Michelle home on Tuesday, she and baby are both doing great. Parker has his 1st Dr. appointment tomorrow. This pic is when he was just a few minutes old. It shows a bit of his dark brown hair. He such a good baby, if only he would learn that night is for sleeping. Good luck to us. :)