The Christiansen Chronicles: April 2010

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, April 29, 2010

bomb drill

St. Marks hospital had a bomb drill yesterday with the help of Millcreek Elementary. The children at Millcreek were involved in this drill and were able to act as victims of the bomb. One of the kids was even able to get a ride on Life-Flight. Neil was arrested as the suspected bomber. I'll post pictures of his arrest later. This clip is off of Fox 13 News.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700028270/Disaster-preparedness.html this is the link to an article about it in the Deseret News. It also has some great photos of the kids.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

another year of school gone by

Today was my last day working with the kids in my reading groups. I'm going to miss them, they were a great bunch of kids. They all worked really hard and everyone of them went up at least 1 reading level, which is a huge deal for them.
So, let me introduce you to my kiddos:

Dillon, Gusatvo, and Nadia

Carmelita and Jazzy

David, Tiler, Marcus, Gabby, and Yeslin

Hope, Jonathon, Wendy, and Jocelin

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter and Conference

What a wonderful we had this year. It was a beautiful sunday, we were able to listen to our Prophet and other church leaders. It was a great day to remember Christ and what he did for us. I swear every conference has talks that seem to directly relate to me and what I need in my life. This conference I think with every talk they had me in mind. It just seemed as though they were speaking directly to me and it was just what I needed to hear. It still amazes me that Heavenly Father, with everything else he has to do, knows what I need. I'm so grateful for this church. I'm so very, very grateful for Christ and what he did for us. I know, without question, that this church is true and that our Prophet is called by Heavenly Father to lead us at this time.

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!