The Christiansen Chronicles: June 2009

Thought of the Month

"Think of it! when his body was taken from the cross and hastily placed in a borrowed tomb, he, the sinless son of God, had already taken upon him not only the sins and temptations of every human soul who will repent, but all of our sickness and grief and pain of every kind. He suffered these afflictions as we suffer them, according to the flesh. He suffered them all. He did this to perfect his mercy and his ability to lift us above every earthly trial."

Howard W. Hunter

"He is Risen," Ensign, May 1988

Thursday, June 18, 2009

15 yrs

Happy Anniversary to my most wonderful husband. We've been together for 15 years. Through alot of good times and some bad. But, we've made it this far. I love you so much, and this is to another happy 15 yrs.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Yesterday we took the kids to the Oquirrh Mountian Temple. It was so beautiful. The kids really enjoyed themselves. After that we went out to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. While we were eating the waitresses got up to dance the chacha and (only Andy would do this) Andy got up to dance with them. One of the waitresses took some pictures of Andy dancing and posted them on joescrabshack.com. So I was able to download them.
Enjoy

Monday, June 1, 2009

taking the kids shooting

We took the kids shooting last week. They love going out and learning about guns, and it gives us a chance to teach them how to be safe with them. We can also so them what a gun can do if you are not careful with it. Andy had the funnest time out there. He was right on target everytime he shot. The video is Andy shooting Neil's (I think it's called this) 500 caliber pistol. It is used for hunting purposes. It was on mythbusters last Wedensday to see if it could blow off you thumb if you hold it wrong (they proved that it can). The gun is loud, so you might want to turn down the sound.

nicks birthday

I know I'm totally late with this post. Nick turned 7 on May 18th. He had so much fun. He was very spoiled.

How we met

Ok, I keep getting asked how Neil and I met. So, instead of telling the story over and over again I'll post it here. We met on I-15 going to see "Far and away". That is what happens when your date gets injured during football practice. So, then you are the only person in the car without a date. And, the driver of the car recognizes the Ford Mustang flying down the freeway as we are getting on. The driver than rolls down his window, motions to the driver of the Mustang to roll down his window. Yells out that there is (and I quote) "a chick in here without a date to the movie. Do you want to go with her?" The Mustang driver says yes and screams off to meet us at Valley Fair Mall. When we get there like 10 minutes later, leaning on the back of the Mustang is a guy wearing his Army uniform. I knew I had just seen the man I was going to marry. I was right, I did marry him. We've been together a total of 20 years all because I didn't have a date!