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Week in Review — April 3-9: Spring Break
Adventures ➤ April 10, 2023

Week in Review — April 3-9: Spring Break

When we got home from Europe I told Wyatt – “I don’t want to go anywhere for spring break.” Then one day he called me. “Flights are on a great sale to Fiji.” I’ve always...

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Everett’s Baptism
Everett ➤ January 7, 2018

Everett’s Baptism

The most special event of all of 2017 was watching Everett get baptized. It’s a monumental occasion to see my children making sacred covenants. We tried to make it a special day for him! So...

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4th of July
Adventures ➤ July 5, 2017

4th of July

We spent the 4th of July weekend at the Cabin! Wynn and Heidi came up and played (YAY!). We had a yummy barbecue. We played at the lake. Wynn and Everett got a billion fish!...

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Friends at Christmas
Adventures ➤ March 4, 2017

Friends at Christmas

One of the best things we do at Christmas time is spend time with friends. We go to parties. We invite friends over. We make gingerbread houses. We laugh. So happy to have such great friends in...

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4th of July Weekend
Adventures ➤ July 4, 2016

4th of July Weekend

4th of July weekend was a bit mixed up. We went to the Rodeo on Friday night, and then because our friend Kirtland was getting baptized bright and early Saturday morning, we didn’t spend Saturday...

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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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A Letter to the Lovelies While We’re In Hawaii
Adventures ➤ May 8, 2016

A Letter to the Lovelies While We’re In Hawaii

Dear Little Lovelies,Aloha! That is how you say “Hello” in Hawaii. Hawaii is a set of islands in the middle of the pacific ocean. Here there is a unique and beautiful culture. We are staying...

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Happy New Year!
Adventures ➤ December 31, 2015

Happy New Year!

The Enghs came over for games and treats. We played “Pie Face” which the kids thought was HI-LARIOUS!

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The Whole Christmas Season, 2015
Adventures ➤ December 24, 2015

The Whole Christmas Season, 2015

Our Christmas season was a bit more subdued this year. The parties were minimal, the quiet evenings long. There was just the right mix of traditions and festivities and quiet reflection. It may have been...

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4th of July Weekend and The Oakley Rodeo
Adventures ➤ July 4, 2015

4th of July Weekend and The Oakley Rodeo

Let’s be honest, 4th of July weekend did not turn out how I envisioned it. The 4th of July was on Saturday this year, and we planned to go to the cabin on Wednesday night/Thursday...

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Labor Day Weekend 2013
Adventures ➤ September 11, 2013

Labor Day Weekend 2013

Labor Day weekend was a blast. Friday’s are early out days so we took advantage of the afternoon by going to the pool for one last summer huzzah. Of course, I didn’t take my camera....

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Christmas Is the Season
Adventures ➤ January 9, 2013

Christmas Is the Season

*This post was actually written ten days ago, but it has taken me this long to get around to editing and adding the pictures. I always struggle to keep up on the blog about the...

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Year 6
Adventures ➤ July 6, 2011

Year 6

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Weekend In Review
Adventures ➤ November 15, 2009

Weekend In Review

We made cookies with our friend Braydon. Awesome. We took rides on the four wheeler. We discovered our phone camera and used it to take lots of random fun pictures when we were out playing...

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Evening at Silver Lake With the Engh's
Adventures ➤ September 30, 2008

Evening at Silver Lake With the Engh's

This was taken just moment before Cal fell and split his lip At the picnic table Autumn Glory The light was really low – too low for an in-focus shot. I should have had my...

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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

Adventures ➤ November 5, 2013

So PUH-LEASE, Don’t Tell Me

One of the comments I get every once in a while from well-meaning people that just drives me UP THE WALL is the comment – “Oh, enjoy it.” As in – enjoy your time with...

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Calvin ➤ May 26, 2012

Calvin is growing up

and having preschool programs. It was a great year at his preschool, and I really think he enjoyed it. Hurray for Calvin!

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Adventures ➤ June 14, 2012

Nice

  Last week we went to the splash park. The kids were all so excited to go, but somehow the thrill wore off for Everett as soon as we got out of the car. He...

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Olivia ➤ May 21, 2017

New Beginnings

With the new year came New Beginnings. But the mind boggling thing was that this year Olivia was invited to it! I cannot tell you how shocking it is to me that my Sunshine is...

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