Utah Trip!

So we went to Utah for the weekend for my sister-in-law's new baby blessing and it was a very eventful weekend full of the hogle zoo, a new haircut, and family fun on both sides! Congrats Davis's, we love you guys!

And so it begins!

Ry started Law School last week at UNLV and is definitely enjoying it. I also started my last two classes at UNLV so I can still graduate in December so the Christensen's are in student mode! We are having fun in Vegas and excited for this next chapter of our lives!

My 10 Year Reunion!

Okay so I totally can't believe it's been 10 years since I graduated high school! I do not feel that old! I flew to Seattle (yea all the way from Kansas! ) for the weekend and it was SOO much fun to catch up with all my friends. The committee did a great job with the activities, Friday was bar-night with a band, Saturday there was a familty barbeque, and Saturday night was the main event with a really nice catered dinner at the Red Lion Hotel in Downtown Seattle. A special shot out to Ry for taking Talmage duty for the weekend so I could go. Here are some of the pics:)

Adam-Ondi-Ahman

So being that we are only an hour away we went to Independence, Missouri and Adam-Ondi-Ahman. It was so pretty and amazing to think about what has and will happen there. The drive there was beautiful!

The 16-month-old munchkin

We of course are having a total blast with Talmage, he is hilarious and such a boy! Loves carrying around his football, throwing everything he can find down the stairs (including ry's laptop...don't worry I caught it), and putting everything in the bathroom in the toilet (I will no longer leave my sports bras on the floor). He definitely keeps me on my toes, I consider watching him a workout! He is quite the social one, says "hi" and "bye-bye" to everyone we see. Sure love the little guy, here are some recent pics....

I live in Kansas. Wait, what?

So, since we were in Cali for such a long period of 3 months we figured it was time to move. JK, jk. Sales weren't going so great with all the foreclosures so we took our team to Kansas City, Kansas. Yep. We will be living in the sweet little city of Overland Park for the rest of the summer. I surprisingly love it here! It is really nice, not all cornfields by any means and people are really. The sales are going AMAZING so I am back on the doors everyday now and loving it. This is what we love most about our jobs is being able to see all different parts of the country. When else would we have the change to live in D.C., Jersey, Minneapolis, Los Angelos, San Diego, and now Kansas? ...okay that doesn't have the same ring but i swear it's really cool here:) Hopefully we don't get caught in any tornados....

Surprise Visitors!

So my parents and Ali surprised us on our doorstep and came to visit us in Cali for a few days, it was so much fun. We went to the beach, Disneyland, and played! Thanks guys, we love you

Talmage Update

Talmage is 15 months now and I just wrote down all the words he says and it is around 75. I won't list them all but some of my favorites: cracker, no-way, dude, button, waffle, oatmeal, cooking, pillow, blanket, spoon, water, smoothie, outside, moon, high chair, trees, please, plants, wow etc. etc. I will just be talking and he will say words i said so now i have to be a little more careful about what I say! He also is becoming more helpful, after I change his diaper he goes and puts it in the trash! Also Mckenzie (his aunt/babysitter) taught him to sign "love you" and blow kisses, which is quite endearing. He still signs lots of stuff too but I haven't been teaching him new signs because he is finding the words now. He is becoming a little sneaky though, every time i go to put him in his room to go to sleep for the night he asks for 1st- food 2nd- milk 3rd-snack, even though he just had all three. I can't believe he already understands the concept of stalling bedtime! It blows me away. How do kids know this stuff!? Oh, and he HATES getting his teeth brushed...if anyone has any tips i could really use some help! I have so much fun with him and am excited every day to see what he does next. P.S. we can no longer go to restaurants, church, or any sort of gathering where your child needs to sit still and not mess with everything...I will be happy when we can do that again

Carrie's doing a Marathon! (I hope)

So since I'm fully recovered from the birth of my 9 lb 12 oz baby :)  I am finely going to do a marathon!  I have always wanted to do one and I have been having a blast just doing the training.  I seriously love it and get so excited to do my runs!  I am doing the San Diego Half Marathon on August 16th and the Seattle Marathon on November 29th.  I am training with a couple friends so if any of you out there are runners we would love for you to join us!  Hopefully it all goes well and I can actually do it! I will try to update on how it's going... 

The Theme Parks of So-Cal

Sea World, California Adventure, and Disneyland! 


So for Father's Day I took Ry to Disneyland. Talmage had a fever from getting an immunization a couple days before so he was extra mellow (which is why we couldn't get any smiles) but he was still really good and we think he still had fun, Ry and I definitely did!

www.jesseerasmus.com

Our friend Jesse took some awesome pictures of Talmage and I would highly recommend him! He has a really cool style. Thanks Jesse, we love them! 

Carlsbad!

Since we are only about 40 minutes from Carlsbad we decided to take a visit.  We weren't planning on getting into the water until Talmage made a full sprint for it!  He started out fully clothed and by the end was down to a diaper! I guess we know for next time to bring his swimsuit!