The Christensen Klan

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Catch up :)

So I am back!! I am so behind it is December and I need to go all the way back to July! hahaha well I will just do the important things that happened then start back with what is going on in our crazy lives right now! So get ready for lots and lots of posts :) Connie will be so proud I just know it! LOL

July 24 was my Amber's Birthday! She turned 6 and had a very fun birthday party. I let her have her first birthday party that we invited friends over.( yes I am a slacker and after doing this party I know why we have done little family parties). We had a Water party with Jenni's big blow up water slide, a pinata, cake and lots and lots of fun! I was a slacker and didn't take pictures but Meghan did so her you go! Let me say too, We love our Amber! She is our little princess and knows it :) She loves anything girly and is all DRAMA! ( my mom tells me just like me, but I don't know if I believe it) She is such a great big sister when she is not teasing LOL. We Love you Amber!!!

Then after July came Aug. we spent alot of time at 7 peaks this summer with our pass of all passes which are the best things ever!!!! I love them and the kids think 7 peaks is so much fun! I also lost another baby in Aug at 12 weeks, so I had a D&C and that brought our summer to an end with not being able to go swimming and what not. Also in Aug. Amber started 1ST GRADE!!!! I can not believe she is old enough to be in first grade! She was sad at first to find out her best friend wasn't in her class but now has a new best friend Logan and has so much fun with him. She is in Mrs. Frey's class. We love her teacher she is so great and lots of fun with lots of activities they do. We found out her son Nic actually went to school with and did videos with him and spent lots of very long nights at Mrs. Frey's house editing videos.
Masen is doing another year of preschool at the same place as last year and loves it. He loves his teacher and I am nervous for him to have to go to Kindergarten cause he tells me he doesn't want any other teacher but Mrs. Holmes. Also in Aug. Heather got married!!! yay!!! She married Tyler and we love having him as a part of our family.
Then came September, the big thing we celebrated in September is Parker's Angel day/1st birthday. We went to the Cemetery just our little family and the kids sent him balloons with little messages and pictures they drew on them. We love and miss our special baby boy everyday but know he is in a better place doing great things and watching over us with some really awesome grandparents!

October came and went so fast! I feel like it should still be here. We did the usual Halloween stuff trick or treating and trunk or treating. This year Nic had to go to school on Halloween so I took the kids by myself trick or treating around our neighborhood and that was a chore! It all turned out great though. This year the kids were Jessie ( Amber) Buzz ( Masen) and Woody (Jaxen). It was fun to have them all match. We also had a fun Halloween party at Nana and Poppies this year! The kids decorated Halloween Houses and played games and we had yummy soup!

Then on to November. Wow I can't believe November is already over!! At the beginning of Nov. I had a small surgery to remove and polyp in my uterine canal. I went to a fertility Dr to see if he could figure anything out of why I keep loosing these babies for no reason we could fine. We did a hystoscopy and found the polyp. He then after that told me I have a IUD polyp which is most likely the cause of it all. It is in the way so when the baby got to a certain point it couldn't grow any more cause the polyp was in the way so my body would think something was wrong and get rid of everything. Well so I had that removed and some scar tissue removed at the beginning of Nov. This is probably gross but I am posting the picture of it for documenting. hahahahaha. So don't look if it is TMI :)

So if you want to know the Top picture is the polyp and the bottom is the scar tissue. The white stuff is the bad stuff :)

Ok then of course Thanksgiving!!! This year was suppose to be our Christensen year and they were all going to Texas. But we were not able to go with them this time with Nic being his last week of school and having lots of projects he couldn't miss school on Wednesday night and I have had super super bad anxiety and I just didn't think I could handle a 20 hr ride in the car myself but then with the kids. So we were sad to not get to go and miss them all this year. We went to my moms house and had a good Thanksgiving with my family and uncle Scott and Carrie's family. We had fun eating lots of food looking at ads and playing Texas Holdem. I went to the Walmart 10 o"clock sale with Tiffany, Clayton and Meghan. I go every year but it was all of their first year! haha were they surprised what people will do over pj's and movies and lots of other stuff! It was fun and I got what I wanted and Clayton and Meghan got lots of movies for 1.99 each. I didn't take any pictures silly me but it was nice and an fun holiday, in my moms new add on that is so so so nice for family gatherings! We all fit now!!! Ok I guess that catches me up for the most part. I am sure I have forgotten a ton of stuff but my mind is so scrambled I can't think of anything else! Oh Justin and Kaddie are having a little girl in April and Clayton and Meghan are having a Baby :) in July they haven't found out yet what they are having. We are excited for the new babies in our families!! And Amber is super excited to not be the only Girl anymore so thank you Justin and Kaddie!!!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Hymns.....

So I know I am super behind on updating the blog and will get on that ;) But I needed to share this hymn tonight and write it down so I can remember it! I have never heard this hymn and I was reading a book tonight and I think it was pure inspiration that I read it. In the book this guy is talking about some hardships he has had in his life and a experience he had in the temple when he went to plead to his father in heaven for a soften heart and to be able to forgive and move on past his burdens. Well he explains how he was in the waiting room and the organist was playing a song and he had never heard the tune before and didn't know the words. Well before he was brought back into his session he went up to the organ and asked what that song was she had just played.
" Lean on My Ample Arm, hymn #120" she replied. Well he looked up the words to see why he was so touched by this hymn and didn't even know the words.
Here are the words: Lean on my ample arm, o thou depressed! And I will bid the storm Cease in thy breast what- e'er thy lot may be On life's complaining sea. If thou wilt come to me, Thou shalt have rest. If thou wilt come to me, Thou shalt have rest. Lift up thy tearful eyes, Sad heart, to me; I am the sacrifice Offered for thee In me thy pain shall cease, In me is thy release, In me thou shalt have peace Eternally. In me thou shalt have peace Eternally.

I am pretty sure this is my new favorite hymn! I don't know what I would do without the gospel in my life right now. I know I wouldn't be able to handle all my burdens. I love this hymn cause it reminds me of the sacrifices and all the pain the Savior went through for me! With loosing all these babies ( having just lost another one) I know he is there for me and feels my pain and loves me and has these 3 beautiful and perfect babies up in heaven with him watching over my family. I hope that I can one day have another baby and we will figure out my body and why I am not being able to keep these babies. But I am so grateful for the babies I do have here on this earth that I love with all my heart. I am so glad I have the gospel to turn to and for nights like tonight that i get these little reminders that he is listening to me and knows my pain.