4 Monkeys and a Butterfly

The Sunday before last the Christensen family got together to do family pictures before the summer gets crazy and everyone goes out of town. So all the family... Grandma and Papa, Chris and Sally and their 5, Jen and Matt and their 3, Jeremy and I and our 3, Jacob and Jayme and their 1. So, that is 10 adults and 12 kids! Jayme did a great job!! I am really happy to have these pictures. Now I just need to get my side of the family to do pictures. That might be a little more challenging!

I did this on facebook and it was so much fun to read what people wrote. I love taking a walk down memory lane. Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, re-post this on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. Anything you remember will work!!!

I was just thinking about how old Jackson is. Then I realized he is now the same age Carson was when Clayton was born!! Oh my goodness, Carson was just a baby when Clayton came along. Since I was thinking about that it got me thinking about my life then. 4 1/2 years ago.... That was the hardest time in my life thus far. I was having a rough time dealing with a "toddler" (really just an older baby) and a new baby. We lived in a 2 bedroom apartment. So we shared our room with baby Clayton. Which was not ideal. Since he was in there I could not sleep. I just knew if I slept then Clayton would stop breathing. I know I was crazy, I got over that with Jackson. Since I didn't sleep it really got on my nerves that Jeremy slept so soundly. That man would not wake up for nothing during that time. Needless to say I was very tired all the time. Oh ya, I also weighed more than I ever had before. And very upset by that. That was just one more thing to make me feel bad. So, I was fat, I...

So the construction season begins!! Jeremy is already in Kodiak. He is there for about a week. He will be home for about a week, then off to Kodiak again. He is spending the whole season there this year (April to November). I am excited to say that the family will be spending the summer there with him. We are heading down as soon as Carson is done with school. Carson and Clayton are so excited. They are counting down the days until we get on the big boat. Clayton has already announced that his birthday will be at Chuck E Cheese. (His birthday is not until October) When ever Clayton feels the need to announce this, Carson always comes back with , "Well my birthday is at Kodiak." I hope he is not disappointed when his birthday rolls around in July. I do know he is super excited for Grandma and Papa Christensen to come for his Kodiak birthday. Anyway, just an update.

Clayton wanted to write a story. He told the story while I wrote it. Clayton's Story at 4 years Old: Derek was on the boat Mary Lou. He was thinking about shopping with a sheet. He went shopping to buy toys for his friends. Lou was at the forest and she was thinking about Derek. She loved Derek so much. If you know imagination, and if you love Derek so much, you think about and you think and think and think about it all the time. And if you want a glass of milk, you will need a glass for milk. Derek really wanted to go shopping to buy toys for his friends. If you know your imagination you really need to think and think and think all the time. And ask about the Holy Ghost. If you know the Holy Ghost you gotta go ask him to play with you and share. If you make a movie it would be really fun. If you really need to make and make and make all the time you gotta scribble with a pencil . You have to spit yucky germs out. You love to sing the ABCs if you like. Derek sang the ABCs to L...

Hello to all my friends . I am so excited to be selling Scentsy . This is such a cool product. I am having a launch party Friday the 6 th at 7pm. Everyone is invited and if you book a party off of mine you will get a half off item. All the new scents are now available!! Check it out at my website, www.scentsy.com/renaechristensen .