The Christensen Family

Sunday, March 30, 2008

More fun with Ma

I dread when mom goes...little Zac has such a special bond with her. I swear it breaks my heart. He lays with her at night...he traces her face, pats her and says "I love you Ma", then rolls over only to roll back in a minute to do it all again...like he's checking to see if she is still there. I know he will be heartsick when she goes. And that just really makes a lump grow in my throat. It's hard to see him missing her and looking for her. I am glad that he loves his Ma and that they have a special relationship that grew when he was just a wee thing. It was probably those evening when she'd rock him... few spoken words, just humming, rocking, and a lot of love. When she'd come over, she was always a hug and a smile with attention for just him and Jenna. He felt her love and loves it back. We will all miss her, but are thankful for the web cam, phones and airplanes!
Anyway, be thinking of us Tuesday when she heads back to Indiana.

But before we are sad, there is fun being had (look, I am Dr Seuss).
Mom is already through Twilight and onto New Moon, we went to St George to an awesome community park on Saturday- the weather was awesome!- and have been having fun with playdough and crafts at the apartment. Here are some pix.

China update

Steve is still in China. Today (it's already Monday there, they are 14 hrs ahead) they are traveling 2 hours away to work on the 2nd audit. They will see the Great Wall of China before they start work on #2. They finished up the first audit yesterday and were able to be tourists for the afternoon, they visited the Forbidden City and shopped some. If you want to see the first hotel they stayed at it is called winterless
He didn't bring a coat because the weather was supposed to be similar to here- anyway, apparently the business people made a fuss over it, and the Chairman offered him is traditional Chinese red robe to wear. He accepted it and wore it for the evening. I hoped that he had a picture of that. He said there are few Americans in the place where they have been doing business and so to see a very tall white man with a traditional red robe drew a lot more attention.
Anyway, we miss you babe and are proud of you.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

BABY LAMBS AT THE FARM

I thought that the kids, esp Jenna, would love to go to the SUU farm when Ma came to visit. I have a friend from the hospital that has her Bachelors in Nursing and Agriculture. She takes the month of March off during "lambing season" and spends all day on the farm. She has been working on the farm for 8 years....
Anyway, she was so good to have bottles of milk ready for the kids when we got there. The kids had fun, Jenna bawled to stay. We even saw a baby lamb be born (not to mention it was dead! but Jenna doesn't seem to be scarred for life). There were horses there too. It was fun. On the drive home we all stank of manure. Zac said, "I stink like poop!" We all did.
Thanks Victoria.

At the park....

This park is awesome, but it was ma that made it awesome-est. The kids, especially Zac loved to show Ma the "big park". He took her down the slides and wanted her to be in arms length. This little boy is attached to Ma. Bless his heart...
Thankfully he napped for 3 hours today to give mom a breather- she's not complaining though.

Mandy to Steve: "...Where are you going on Thursday for a week?!"

Beijing, China!

"Ni Hao. I am a tall white man from America."

Steve is almost in China by now after his 15 hr flight from San Diego.
Steve is having some great experiences at his new work. He is on an audit for some big companies in China. He never thought he'd see the Great wall of China.

Pray for his safety and wish him luck.

Thank you in advance to Lissa for saving the day! I mean really what would I do without you?...she is coming to get the kidos to and from daycare while I work next week! Love you Liss, thanks a lot! You really are a hero!