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Bruuuuuuuuuuce
Andrea ➤ March 6, 2023

Bruuuuuuuuuuce

For Christmas, 2021 Wyatt gave me the “Christensen Concert Series” – a promise to take me to a few different concerts. The last concert of that gift was Bruce Springsteen – But he wasn’t coming...

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Painting
Andrea ➤ February 12, 2023

Painting

I finished two paintings in about a week of each other. This feels miraculous to me. One painting I’ve been working on since last spring when I first did a study for the idea. I...

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A Fall Drive
Andrea ➤ October 16, 2022

A Fall Drive

On Sunday we (just Calvin, Roo & I, no one else wanted to come) took a drive up the canyon to see the fall leaves. Of course, Calvin wanted to take some pictures too. And...

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Happy Birthday Kellie!
Andrea ➤ October 6, 2022

Happy Birthday Kellie!

Monday was Kellie’s birthday! #45. For her big day I filled her bedroom with 45 balloons and tied little notes of things I loved and admired about her. Happy Birthday Kellie! One of my dearest...

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21 on the 21st
Andrea ➤ September 21, 2022

21 on the 21st

Happy Anniversary to us! 21 years! I can’t believe I’m old enough to be married that long, lol! For our anniversary this year we decided to keep it low key and stress free. We went...

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True Grit
History of Us ➤ July 6, 2022

True Grit

 True Grit: A Story about my 5th Great Grandmother, Tamson Parshley Egan. Tamson was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire on July 27, 1825. She married Howard Egan in December, 1838. She was just thirteen and...

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Orthos & A Concert
Andrea ➤ June 30, 2022

Orthos & A Concert

Roo boo and I went and got ice cream after his orthodontist appointment. Later that evening Wyatt and I went to concert up at the draper amphitheater (which we’d never been to before) for Little...

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Trail Ride
Andrea ➤ June 28, 2022

Trail Ride

Olivia, Leslee, Carrie, Beez and I all went on a quick evening trail ride. It wasn’t long, but it was fun! Ah, I miss the days of being young and going on long evening adventures...

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Easter Talk 2021
Things That I Think About ➤ March 28, 2021

Easter Talk 2021

This talk was excruciating to get through. I didn’t even attempt to “present” – I just read the whole thing, keeping my eyes and face down. I knew if I looked up I would burst...

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In Which I Am Called to Be A Primary President
Adventures ➤ January 21, 2019

In Which I Am Called to Be A Primary President

In November I received a call from the ward Executive Secretary. Bishop wanted to meet with us – Wyatt and I. I didn’t think much about it – I’ve been called into these types of...

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A&W 16 Years
Adventures ➤ November 11, 2017

A&W 16 Years

For our anniversary this year Wyatt went all out and took me to San Diego for the U2 Joshua Tree concert. I was super excited to go! While we were there we also did a...

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Tennis Ladies
Andrea ➤ November 11, 2017

Tennis Ladies

A bunch of ladies in my ward get together every Tuesday night for Tennis lessons. The coach from the highschool comes and teaches us how to play. Mostly we just laugh and goof off. But...

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Hiking
Andrea ➤ November 9, 2017

Hiking

Over the summer I was talking to Brynn and she told me about her goal to do 52 hikes in 52 weeks. I thought that sounded so lovely, I started the same thing. I’ve been...

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Hiking in the Fall
Andrea ➤ September 10, 2017

Hiking in the Fall

With the kids back in school I have been *trying* to pretend like I have free time, and go hiking more. Hiking is one of those things I really do enjoy. I love nature, and...

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Andrea Goes to Scout Camp
Andrea ➤ September 10, 2017

Andrea Goes to Scout Camp

This year I was asked by one of the leaders if I would mind going to Scout camp for one of the days (3 day event) to help out. I did, and man-o-man, it was...

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Unto Us A Dream
Andrea ➤ June 4, 2017

Unto Us A Dream

On the 15th of May I received a text message from my mom: Uncle Bob had a stroke the evening before. Things looked good though. They were able to get him to the hospital fairly...

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Women’s General Meeting
Andrea ➤ May 21, 2017

Women’s General Meeting

This year for the Women’s General Meeting I decided to take Olivia downtown to the conference center. We went to dinner first at Mimi’s and then went down to be with our sisters and listen...

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A Gospel Truth
Things That I Think About ➤ November 30, 2016

A Gospel Truth

A couple weeks ago, while cleaning my kitchen, I was listening to the BYU Devotional ago about agency. [It was on in the background and I never even looked up to see who was speaking,...

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Some Other Beginning’s End
History of Us ➤ October 13, 2016

Some Other Beginning’s End

We’re closing a chapter on our lives – and I’m not ignorant of the fact that it may have been the most beautiful chapter of our entire lives. Tomorrow we’ll start moving to our new...

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I Think I Think Too Much
Andrea ➤ September 7, 2016

I Think I Think Too Much

ON Minimalism We decided we’d put our house on the market as soon as we got home from Hawaii, around May 15th. In anticipation of that I packed the basement up – books, movies, wrapping...

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Captain Chris’ Swashbuckling 70th
Adventures ➤ August 26, 2016

Captain Chris’ Swashbuckling 70th

The day after school started I got up bright and early (4:30 am) to catch a flight to Denver, where Andi was throwing her dad a surprise 70th Birthday party. The funniest/best part of the...

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The First Day of School
Adventures ➤ August 24, 2016

The First Day of School

On Wednesday, August 25th, we finally had to accept reality and . . . go back to school.   Of course, I think the kids were thrilled. They were awake and fully ready by 7...

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Trust in the Lord and Remember Your Training
Things That I Think About ➤ August 14, 2016

Trust in the Lord and Remember Your Training

This is a copy of Wyatt’s High Council talk that he’s been giving on the circuit this year. I like it a lot, so I stole it when he had it open on his google...

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It Seems to Me We’re Supposed to Be Friends
Things That I Think About ➤ July 31, 2016

It Seems to Me We’re Supposed to Be Friends

Today our family was asked to speak on friendship and fellowshipping in the gospel. What a fantastic topic to discuss among you, my friends!  When I was growing up I suffered from a painfully shy...

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Momento’s – Organizing the kids school stuff
Andrea ➤ June 15, 2016

Momento’s – Organizing the kids school stuff

I’m not really a “stuff” person. I have one box of letters and postcards from my childhood . . . and that’s it. No trophies, no pictures (my parent’s weren’t picture people, maybe I’m overcompensating?),...

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Summer by the Spirit
Adventures ➤ June 3, 2016

Summer by the Spirit

Summer is here. By all accounts, that means “I’m Busy.” I usually start calendaring the summer over Christmas break, and this year was no exception. Plans were presented and made, and over the past six...

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Hawaii 2016
Adventures ➤ May 16, 2016

Hawaii 2016

*MORE PICTURES COMING SOON* I’m working on getting pics from all sources (my camera, my phone, Wyatt’s phone, Kellie’s phone, etc. etc.) READ PART 1 HERE Here is the report of the second half of...

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Sunday – The Book of Mormon
Things That I Think About ➤ May 1, 2016

Sunday – The Book of Mormon

Last winter I was awake in the early hours with a little one. As I rocked the baby in the pink-grey light, I really tried to meditate on the things that challenge me. One thing I...

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Time Lapse
Andrea ➤ May 1, 2016

Time Lapse

I always think I should put a time lapse camera on my kitchen – just to show how quickly and how many times in a 24 hour period it gets messy and clean. This isn’t...

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Sunday: I Was A Stranger
Andrea ➤ April 17, 2016

Sunday: I Was A Stranger

March was a hard month. An incredibly hard month. Wyatt was way too busy, and I was stretched way too thin. Between work and his new calling (which during March did not relieve his time...

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Andrea Christensen

Welcome to my blog! Here you'll find stories about our adventures and misadventures, musings about the gospel, journal entries about our travels, and shameless humble-brags about my five favorite people on the planet.

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Adventures ➤ May 25, 2012

First Fishing

We went fishing the other night – our first trip of the year. We just went to a local pond. We had no luck. But the kids admired the fish of others, and had fun...

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Andrea ➤ May 1, 2016

Time Lapse

I always think I should put a time lapse camera on my kitchen – just to show how quickly and how many times in a 24 hour period it gets messy and clean. This isn’t...

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Adventures ➤ January 13, 2013

The View From Heaven

My sweet/awesome sister, Care-Bear made this video. These are her pictures and experiences with Sunny, but you could easily insert any one of us in this video. This is what our entire childhoods looked like....

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Photography ➤ January 26, 2009

Snow Angel

This is my fun image of the day. I actually have been waiting for a fresh snow followed by a cold day so I could get a shot like this. (If it’s too warm, then...

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