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Andrea Andrew Cabin Calvin Everett Nathaniel Olivia Wyatt

+E Ranch
Nathaniel ➤ September 28, 2023

+E Ranch

On Wednesday Nate and I went on a field trip with his 3rd grade class to +E (Pronounced “Cross E”) Ranch, in North Salt Lake. We played on the playground, saw some animals, got lost...

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The First Day of School
Adventures ➤ August 25, 2023

The First Day of School

The amount of tears I’ve shed in the past six weeks knowing this day was coming is unreal.  Also, yesterday I told Olivia I was going to follow her to school and video her getting...

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Baseball 2023
Adventures ➤ June 11, 2023

Baseball 2023

It was another great year of baseball! Roo was on the A’s and Nate was on the Mariners. Roo was playing as the youngest on his team (there were several kids in 7th grade on...

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Andrew & Nate’s Spring Concert
Andrew ➤ April 25, 2023

Andrew & Nate’s Spring Concert

Roo & Nate surprised me this year by joining the school choir. They went early to school each Wednesday to practice and sing. And it all culminated in the Spring Concert. It was so fun!

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Week in Review – March 19th-25th
Adventures ➤ March 25, 2023

Week in Review – March 19th-25th

On Monday when the Sun is Hot -. I cleaned the house and worked out and took a nap. On Tuesday when it Hails & Snows- I took Nate-O-Potato to lunch. Because a lunch date...

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The Mice Will Play
Andrew ➤ March 6, 2023

The Mice Will Play

While mommy and dad are out of town to see Bruce for an epic weekend in Denver . . . The kids had all sorts of fun! The word on the street is that Everett...

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Basketbaaaaaaallllllll
Andrew ➤ January 22, 2023

Basketbaaaaaaallllllll

We have a lot of basketball happening around here. Nate is on a J.Jazz team with games every Monday night. Roo is on a J.Jazz team with the same neighborhood boys as forever, with games...

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Weekend Update
Adventures ➤ November 20, 2022

Weekend Update

Roo graduates from DARE! Corner Canyon loses in the state championship football game to Skyridge, 7-17. A&W went to the Jazz game with the Lakers Roo went to Winnie’s birthday party. We DIDN’T do a...

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Trying to be FUN Mom
Andrew ➤ November 14, 2022

Trying to be FUN Mom

As I get older I notice I definitely am more tired than I used to be. In 2021 I finally gave up and admitted to myself that I needed a daily mid-afternoon nap. So, it’s...

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Time to Go the Other Direction
Nathaniel ➤ November 10, 2022

Time to Go the Other Direction

There was a time when Nate always wanted his room just so. He would clean, and line up his dinosaurs, and whine when cousins came over and moved them. He always kept his room perfectly...

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Draper Walking Field Trip
Nathaniel ➤ October 13, 2022

Draper Walking Field Trip

Nate-O had a walking field trip to see the sites of historic Draper. I was so excited to be a chaperone for the trip! We went to the Heritage Park where we learned about the...

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Iron Men
Andrew ➤ September 27, 2022

Iron Men

Nate and Roo have had some exciting athletic persuits this past week – For Activity Days at church the boys spent all summer preparing to participate in a triathalon. They practiced their running, biking and...

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Back to School 2022
Adventures ➤ August 15, 2022

Back to School 2022

Another summer has come and gone. I’m never ever ready for school to begin again. I love the days when all of le bebes are home with me (in theory if not in practice). But...

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Nathaniel is Baptized
Nathaniel ➤ August 14, 2022

Nathaniel is Baptized

On Sunday, August 14th (the day before school started!) Nate was baptized. It was a really lovely afternoon. I so love my youngest boy, and I’m pleased with who he is becoming. He has been...

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Andrew & Nate’s Birthday Parties
Andrew ➤ August 11, 2022

Andrew & Nate’s Birthday Parties

The last two weeks of summer are always busy, and this year wasn’t shaping up to be any different. That’s why I felt like a particular genius when I had the idea to combine Nate...

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The Kids Rodeo
Andrew ➤ July 2, 2022

The Kids Rodeo

It’s one of those weird things where the whole time I’m thinking: “This is BAAAAD parenting.” But still . . . they had some good fun (and plenty of traumatic tears). Everett, Roo and Nate...

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My Last Preschool Graduate
Nathaniel ➤ May 27, 2020

My Last Preschool Graduate

Nate graduated from preschool! It was kinda crazy because with the pandemic he didn’t actually go to preschool for the last two months. But Mrs. King decided to hold a graduation (masks and social distancing-ish...

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Nate’s first day of preschool
Nathaniel ➤ September 4, 2019

Nate’s first day of preschool

Was my last first-day of preschool.

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Nate Is Awesome
Nathaniel ➤ October 16, 2017

Nate Is Awesome

Obviously.

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Nato-Potato Turns 3
Nathaniel ➤ October 16, 2017

Nato-Potato Turns 3

Nato-Potato turned 3. Oh, he is such a sweet thing. Every day this happens. “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “Mom…” “What Nate?” With all smiles: “I wuv woo!” I...

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Fall Recap
Adventures ➤ February 27, 2017

Fall Recap

There certainly was a lot going on last fall! Here are just a few pics to recap some of the happenings.

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Happy Birthday Nathaniel!
Nathaniel ➤ August 1, 2016

Happy Birthday Nathaniel!

Two days after Calvin’s birthday we get to celebrate Nate’s birthday. We’re so glad Nate is in our family. He is constantly charming us with his ADORABLENESS! We think he’s so sweet. Things I love...

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The River
Andrew ➤ July 10, 2016

The River

  An exciting thing has happened at the cabin this week – On Monday we were there, playing at the river by the entrance into our HOA. The river frontage is owned by the HOA,...

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The Best Day of My Life
Andrew ➤ July 10, 2016

The Best Day of My Life

Today Andrew came happily bouncing into my room. “The day Nate was born was so fun. That was the best day of my life!” he told me. “Oh really? What about the day you were...

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Cute, Funny, Adorable Kids
Andrew ➤ April 3, 2016

Cute, Funny, Adorable Kids

Here’s some recent stories about my kid-o’s. A Boy Has a Crush on Olivia: We were at the pinewood derby the other night and Tyler Pierson, and little neighborhood boy in Olivia’s grade, was there....

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Nate-O Gets A Staple
Nathaniel ➤ January 13, 2016

Nate-O Gets A Staple

One day Nate-O took a spill off a chair. He hit his head on something on the way down (no one was in the room to see it) and had to get a staple in...

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Happy Halloween!
Andrew ➤ October 22, 2015

Happy Halloween!

I love taking the babies to Gardener Village to take picture of them in their cute Halloween Costumes. This year I decided just to take the kiddos that aren’t in school (at least, at school...

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Nathaniel Grey
Nathaniel ➤ September 17, 2015

Nathaniel Grey

I found this fun scale at a garage sale and knew it would be a great photography prop. Check out how cute these pics are of Nate.

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Nathaniel Grey’s First Birthday!
Nathaniel ➤ August 1, 2015

Nathaniel Grey’s First Birthday!

Nate celebrated his first birthday on the same day Calvin was baptized. After the baptism we came home and had a fun family party for him. I don’t think he understood quite what all the...

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Oh, Zion!
Calvin ➤ July 31, 2015

Oh, Zion!

In celebration of Calvin and Nate’s birthday’s we decided to head downtown for some fun family activities. First on our list was Hike Ensign Peak. It’s been on our Summer Activities list all summer, and...

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Nate’s First Food
Adventures ➤ March 5, 2015

Nate’s First Food

Natey Nate has had a lot of firsts the past month – First rolling over (in Cancun) First teeth (two front bottom teeth came in the Sunday before we left for Cancun First foods! Yes,...

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A&W Go To Cancun
Adventures ➤ February 12, 2015

A&W Go To Cancun

For a work-trip Wyatt and I went to Cancun. We’ve never been there. It was fun. DAY 4 – THE ONLY DAY OF ANY REAL ADVENTURE After 3 days of going around with people from...

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Ward Christmas Party
Nathaniel ➤ December 13, 2014

Ward Christmas Party

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Something I learned from my children this Halloween
Adventures ➤ November 3, 2014

Something I learned from my children this Halloween

The weekend after Halloween was a sugary hangover of bliss. Candy and wrappers were everywhere, and everyone was jovial. But one thing that struck me was the generosity of my children. “Mom, have this!” they...

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Blessing Baby Nate
Nathaniel ➤ October 13, 2014

Blessing Baby Nate

Today was Baby Nathaniel’s baby blessing. Our Beloved Heavenly Father, Having authority of the Holy Melchizedik Priesthood, we hold this infant in our arms to give him a name and a blessing. The name we...

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Consistency Is Key
Adventures ➤ September 4, 2014

Consistency Is Key

I started working on back to school dinner a couple weeks ago – I started with our theme painting. I spent several hours over a couple days working on this painting – but it never...

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Summer, Day 73
Adventures ➤ August 22, 2014

Summer, Day 73

It was the last Saturday of the Summer. We wanted to do something fun, but not overwhelming. So – even though the cabin was still torn apart from projects, we decided to go spend the...

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Summer Day 64
Adventures ➤ August 22, 2014

Summer Day 64

We had baby Nate’s circumcision. The doctor had me stay and hold the binki in his mouth. I will say I panicked and seriously reconsidered as they started. It was not pleasant for this mamma!!...

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Summer, Day 63
Adventures ➤ August 22, 2014

Summer, Day 63

Wednesday was the first day I ventured out with my new little lovely. I took him to him to Fotofly to have his newborn pictures taken. Remember when I did that with Andrew? Afterward I took...

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Summer, Day 58 (Nate’s First Day of Life)
Nathaniel ➤ August 21, 2014

Summer, Day 58 (Nate’s First Day of Life)

After catching about five hours of sleep, it was time to get up. It was weird having him born on Friday, August 1st because mostly it felt like he was born on Thursday. Anyhoo, Grandma...

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Summer, Day 57 & 58 – Welcoming Nathaniel Grey Christensen
Adventures ➤ August 21, 2014

Summer, Day 57 & 58 – Welcoming Nathaniel Grey Christensen

When morning came bright and early (I didn’t get back to bed until about 6 am, never really fell asleep, and got up with the family at 7), I rolled over and told Wyatt the...

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Summer, Day 51
Adventures ➤ July 26, 2014

Summer, Day 51

The morning started with a Dr. appt. -Still only dialated to a one, with not a lot of indication that anything will be happening any time soon. I didn’t worry about it – I never...

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On Child Birth
Adventures ➤ July 23, 2014

On Child Birth

I feel like in some ways this pregnancy has been shrouded in a haze of too much going on. Every once in a while I think . . . I need to pay better attention....

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About Me

About Me

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.

Stories from the Archive

Art Projects ➤ July 14, 2011

Forever Young

Aww . . . romance. See my early fascination with lanterns?

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Adventures ➤ September 21, 2011

Three Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Two Days

In no particular order The birth of a daughter, Olivia The birth of a son, Calvin The birth of a son, Everett The birth of a son, Andrew Bachelors Degree in Marketing from BYU Bachelors...

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Art Projects ➤ January 3, 2010

Homemade Gifts 2009: Everett’s Sock Monkey

This year I tackled quite a few home-made gifts. Every couple years I do a lot of home-made stuff, and then I remember not to do it again! While the projects are fun, it’s hard...

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Adventures ➤ July 1, 2014

Summer, Day 27

The house was clean, errands were run (that is such a rare thing!!!) so I spent the morning painting. Then we went to the pool for the afternoon. Then I went up to Aunt Linda’s...

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