The Christiansen Chronicles: Meet my 3rd and 4th graders for the 2012-2013 school year

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

My 3rd graders

My 4th graders

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!