Orphan Kitties Anyone?

So we get a call this morning before church, from Grandma Christensen. (Jenn's mom) She wants to know if we woke up to a kitten on our door step, or if it was just her. A quick look out our door...nope, just hers. A few minutes later, we were telling Chandler about the cat. He said he knew where the cat came from. So, he got on the phone and called Grandma. "Grandma, I heard the news about the cat" and then he whispered something into the phone, waited, then hung up. Since Matt and I couldn't hear what he had said, we asked him, "Chandler, what did you say to Grandma?" He assured us, that he had simply just told Grandma that the cat came from the little girl across the street, their cat had just had kittens. I was a little sceptical, so I called my folks to ask about the conversation. As soon as the giggling finally stopped mom told me, that after saying he'd heard about the cat, Chandler whispered really low, "Grandma, bring the cat over to my house". I'm sure he thought he'd just keep it under his bed or something.

An hour later, I called to see if they'd found where the kitten had come from. Apparently, Jeremy was driving down the road, and saw a man pull over, jump out, and run a cat up to the front porch of someone's house. Jeremy walked up to the man, handed him the cat, and said, "we didn't want ours".

Good news minute?

Okay, so anyone that has kids in school...I now know why my mom always had more of a spring in her step as we were getting ready for that first day of school.. It wasn't simply because she was excited for her young ones to start a new adventure. Or because she knew we would be so popular and make all kinds of friends. Or even because she somehow knew we would accell in everything we tried. It was because we would be in school for 6 1/2 hours a day. Think of it..6 1/2 hours. I don't even get that much sleep at night. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids. I've enjoyed the summer with all of them, playing outside, trips to the library, parades, hiking mountains, swimming, camping, picking berries all over Hatcher's Pass, fishing, boating, fairgoing, all of it. But then there are those days, you all know the days. When we can remember back to our childhood, and how our moms acted when summer vacation was winding down? Remember the spring in her step? That twinkle in her eye? Yeah, I've got it now. I'm officially a mom with school aged kids. (and one big attitude 3 year old to go) Happy school going to you all. Enjoy it now, Christmas Vacation is just around the corner. ...

Morgan is all about saftey

Matt and Gabe navigating the lake

Gabe pouting about...something

This is Chandler...pure and simple

Baby Baluga

Morgan in the lake at LaDaSa. This was the first night we were here, it was Morgan's 3rd Birthday, and she wanted to take off her jeans and wade through the water. She had a ball that night, just splashing around in the warm water.

Brothers by birth, friends by choice

These two boys are the best of friends. They wrestle, and play, and dig in the dirt outside together. Very rarely do we find one, without the other. When Chandler had an accident with his hair and had to have it shaved, Gabe insisted on having his hair cut as well....

The Christensen Clan

While Jacob and Jayme were here this summer we were able to get all of Jenn's family together for a big family photo op. I'm just glad the kids all looked at the camera at the same time...for the most part. :) Hopefully by next summer, we'll be able to get a Stastny family picture. (that one will be much bigger...they've had about a 15 year head start on us.

daddy's little girl

This picture was taken at the park after church one day. Morgan and Matt sat picking flowers, and counting petals. There is a special relationship between a father and his little girl.

Mama's boy:)

Gabe is definitely mom's little man. He is such a good helper. Whenever he is asked to do a task, Gabe jumps up immediately to help out in whatever way he can. Especially when it comes to someone needing a hug, or Morgan needs someone to play with. What a good brother and son!

Chandler in his natural habitat

Anyone that knows Chandler, knows he loves looking for critters. Especially the water kind. Chandler had one very red back after a week at the lake, simply because this was the possition he was in all week long. Gotta love our little biologist!

For Time and All Eternity

The couple that give talks together, stays together, right? Matt and I had that trial this weekend, and I think we passed with flying colors, or at least shades of colors. I don't know what I would do without this wonderful man in my life. I thank Heavenly Father every day for Matt, and the amazing husband and father he is. (I bet Karin didn't know what she was getting when she hired me on though, hu?)

My two sons

Matt loves spending quality time with Chandler and Gabe. They love to camp, fish, hunt, play Star Wars, have water fights in the back yard, and play games on daddy's computer. They also really like spending time at daddy's new office.

My Beautiful Girls

Having a great summer in Alaska

Well, we have more friends outside of the state, and almost all of Matt's family gone, so we though we'd follow in the footsteps of everyone else and join the technilogical age.
We've had a fantastic summer here in this beautiful state we live in. (and for Jennifer to say that, is a really big deal) We started with a camping trip to Palmer, and the kids had a ball playing in the sand next to the Matanuska River. Next camping trip was in Seward, at Trail lake. That was so much fun! Jenn's family all came, and her brother Jacob, and his wife Jayme even got to come, with their new baby Jense. (what a cutie!) Seward was great. We hiked Exit glacier, went to the Sealife Center, and took several trips to the lake, to let the kids have a little dip.
Our last camping trip was a week at LaDaSa, the LDS owned camp, complete with cabins, a beautiful lake, canoes, and nearby portapotties for the ladies. I think we spent more time in the lake, swimming, canoing, and sunbathing, than at the campsite. A whole week there, and you'd think that everyone would be ready to come home, but everyone (Jenn included) really hated the thought of it all coming to an end.