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.

mothers day

I have a really hard time on Mothers Day because my mom isn't here to celebrate it with. Neil and the kids knew that I was having a rough time with that this year, so they made this Mothers Day really special. I got breakfast in bed (Cornpops and OJ, but it's the thought that counts). And I got a beautiful heart shaped locket with Mother written on it. Of course Mothers Day can't be totally perfect, and Nick made sure of that by getting sick halfway through the day. So, we weren't able to go up to Layton and visit with Diane. But, other than that, it was a wonderful day.

My kiddos

These are the kids that I've been working with all year long. They did so well on their dibels and their RLA's (these are reading tests).

From left to right: Brycelen, Jospehina, Jazzy, Sabrina, Ulises and America

From left to right: Genesis, Mackenize, and Edgar (missing is Alyssa)

From left to right: Edith, Pearl, Terina, and Entazar

From left to right: Alexis and Josue (missing is Maria)

Bryce Canyon

These are some photos of our trip to Escalante and Bryce Canyon at the beginning of the month. It was so beautiful.

rainbow point

agua canyon

natural bridge

some deer in Bryce Canyon

This is a storm over Dixie National Forest looking into Capitol Reef.

update

This is just a quick update to life at the Christiansen house.
I'm finally getting over my pneumonia. I've had it for about a week. Dr. Vandemerwe gave me a different antibiotics and it seems to be working. He also gave me some Robitisson with codine. That stuff is good!!
Neil has been so good about doing double duty around here with me sick. I couldn't have gotten the rest I needed without him here.
The kids still live {even with eating their dad's cooking ;)}. Poor Felicia has been helping out with the laundry. She really doesn't mind doing, but after doing a weeks worth for a family of five she'll probably never want to look at dirty clothes again. Listening to her and Andy doing the dishes has been funny. Felicia loves to go hunting and has no problems cleaning out ducks, geese, etc. But, when it comes to having to clean food off the plates so they can be put in the dishwasher is another story. She thinks that is the grossest thing in the world. And, Andy doesn't mind cleaning off the dishes as long as he doesn't have to get the food out of the sink. What can I say, my children are weird.

Easter

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter yesterday. We had so much fun. We went over to Neil's parents for Easter dinner. The Easter Bunny hid a lot of eggs in the yard. So the kids had to go find them all.
On another note. Neil was asked to give the lesson in Elders Quroum yesterday. I was so excited and nervous for him. He has never done anything like this for church before. I heard that he did a really good job.

painting

Ok, I tried to channel my mom's artistic abilities. But, it didn't work. I still think that the windows turned out ok. The bunny is totally stupid, though.