Aurora's Giggle

So cute!

Oh Stephen...

So my mom really drives Steve crazy sometimes so he likes to give her a hard time. This is what he decided to do to her a few months ago...

Yes, that's her bike in our yard with a free sign on it.
(Don't worry, he locked it to the fence.)

Oh Stephen!

The Boys Outing to San Francisco

So Steve's been really wanting to go to a San Francisco Giants game for a very long time (pretty much since they went to the world series last year) and he finally got the chance to go last week. Sadly, he had to sell his Chevy to get the extra money to go. Steve, Coop, and my dad loaded up the car 6am Tuesday morning and drove down for a Tuesday night game verses the Dodgers. Steve's friend Jordan (a Dodgers fan)  even drove up from Fresno and met them at the game. Their plan was to come back the next day, but they decided to go to a day game the next day as well. So Wednesday they went to another game then drove to Elko, NV. Thursday morning they met up with my dad's brother Bruce who was in town then they headed home and arrived around 5pm. It was a fun 3 days and Cooper loved it! He got to go down a big slide inside the coke bottle at the park, he got to see a BIG baseball glove, and he even got to play his own game of baseball on a mini field. He's dreaming about baseball and asks to go to a "b ball game" at least once a day. :-) It was nice for me to have some one to one girl time with my little Aurora. I also got a lot done around the house and a lot of random projects started and some finished. I even spent a night and a day a my sisters. We watched a chick flick, ate junk, talked and talked, and unpacked the last of her moving boxes! Even though I had fun, I was glad to get my boys back. But I was sad that Cooper was more excited to see Aurora than me. He was hugging and kissing and holding her from the second he got home and the rest of the night. It took him a whole day and lots of hitting me to finally convince himself to acknowledge me and give me a hug and a kiss. It really made me sad. But all is well now. In fact, I just spent the last hour laying with him in his bed giggling and talking. I love my little man and I really love my boys!!! They have so much fun together.

 The Baseball Park

(I love the coast in the background)

 The Buddies at the day game!

With Papa

 waiting in line to bat 

My little baseball player

Here's a video of our little man playing baseball in the mini field at the game. Technically he got three strikes before he hit it, but he had a bad pitcher. :-) He also decided to skip first base for some reason. :-) I love his slide to home! Enjoy!

I'll post a picture of his Giants jersey later.

Christensen Reunion 2011

We spent last weekend at Jolley's Ranch up Hobble Creek Canyon and it was loads of fun! The weather and our campground was perfect. I also loved having my uncle David's girl there from Nebraska. The kids had a huge playground and the river to play in. We loved it! Especially Steve and his geo caching and digging/mudding. :-) Enjoy...

 Emma & Coop using their glow sticks as microphones to sing Twinkle Little Star

 All snuggled up

 Cooper enjoyed sleeping on the ground with mom and dad 

Craft time

 All the kids at the park

 Jyha & Trevor

 Silly Alana

 Emma & Tink

 Playing in the river

 More river fun

 Emma & Coop throwing rocks down the river

 Katelyn & Ashley

 More rocks!

 The tent

Most of the cousins

 Getting ready to go explore the mountains

 Mom...

 "Ew, Mud!" 

 He had fun!

 All the toddlers chillin in their chairs

 What a cute boy!

 Going down the slippin slide

The river crew

Parachute games!

 A geo cache at the falls

 The beautiful scenery

 A mud puddle

 Driving up the river

The jeep got REALLY muddy!

It took Steve 4 hours to clean it. :-)

 This reminds me of Indiana Jones for some reason

 Biking around the camp

 Hiding in the truck

 I see you mom!

Nana & Rora sitting around the fire

The hand print family tree we created
 

I have more pictures I'll post when I get them from my sister.

Cooper's 2 Year Old Photoshoot

My brother-in-law took these pictures and I love them! (They were free too. :-) )