I Love Folsom

I love Folsom for many reasons, like great school, good friends, a fabulous Ward with the Sacramento Temple next door to our chapel. I've been able to go most Fridays to the temple while the kids are in school. I also love the wildlife, like the wild turkeys that live on the church grounds.

I love walking the bike trails. While Shawn Oddou was still visiting us this summer we went and picked wild blackberries on the trails near us, making 18 pints of jam, a fruit cobble with lots of extra berries.

I have been walking in the mornings with Lizzy and Bekah to school and then going on from there. I love the golden prairies and dark green oak trees we have here, I think it's so beautiful!

The drive from my house to Heather's in Sonora is one of my favorites, we go down Hy-way 49, there are rolling hills of golden grasses, dark oak trees and old fashion mining towns.
I have also been spending time working on memorizing the seminary scriptures this year, I walk around Folsom in the trees with my scriptures on my iphone and have been able to memorize many of them including JSH 1:15-20! I just love being out in nature working on the scriptures, it it helps not having the distractions of my home.

I would love it, if any of you came see our beautiful Folsom!

Happy New School Year

School has started for us back on August 9th, I know, that is still summer, what were they thinking starting so early!

Well I wanted to update you on all our doings.

Rich is working full time and taking a class on Wednesday nights to get his PMP done. He is also helping with Savanah's High school tennis team and has become the "team dad". He also tries to get out on Saturday mornings to play tennis with a group of friends . And he still helps time to time with Tre's scout troop.

I'm being a mom and working on cleaning out my house. I also help every week in Bekah's class and help with the carpool from seminary to the high school. I got daring and decided to cut my hair off.

Savanah is keeping very busy with early morning seminary, being the mia-maid class president for church, soccer (twice a week and games on Saturdays) and is on the FHS womens tennis team (practices M-Th and matches Monday and Wednesday) then throw in some babysitting, football games and church dances and that just about covers it.

Tre is now in 8th grade at Sutter Middle School and has been a good sport in riding the bus to and from school (saving mom a lot of time and gas) He is in Boy Scouts and loves all the camping they do. He still spends a lot of time inventing and watching Mythbusters on TV. Check out "Head Rush" on the science channel it's Mythbusters with cool experiments between show segments.

Lizzy is now in 4th grade with Mr.Gex (sounds like Jay, it's French) She and Bekah now go to Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary School, and the thing I love is that they can walk everyday!

Lizzy is also learning to play the cello in school this year.

Bekah is in 3rd grade this year with Mrs. Sansenbach, Tre also had her in 3rd grade. Bekah is taking piano lessons, which she loves and is good at. And like her big sister is playing soccer, twice a week practices and games on Saturday. Lizzy has been great keeping me company at Bekah's practices and games.

I hope you are enjoy your school year with your kids!

Pine Crest Lake after party

The day after the party we all went up to Pine Crest Lake for the Day. we brought lots of chairs and floatys. Packed a big lunch and headed up.

Its about 25 minutes from Heather's, just up the mountain. It a pretty place to go and always cooler in the summer time.

The kids had a great time playing in the lake even if it was a little cool.

The lunch was yummy!

And it was great just being together.

Still more party pictures

David Christensen, Heather Spangler, Chantel Pendleton and baby Sofie

Chantel Pendleton and Marc Christensen, I think those our Sammy's arms

Samantha Bluth, Ashley Larson and Teagan Spangler, some of the girl cousins

Chantel Pendleton and her son Steven

Ashley Larson with her Uncle Marc Christensen

More party pictures

Ginelle, Mom, Lisa holding Mandy Larson
Some of the cousins, Bekah in back, then left to right: Anna Larson, Ethan Christensen, Teagan Spangler, Mandy Larson.
The banner I made for the party, on Left is a picture of my Mom age 4 on the right she is 14
Her birthday cake

Party Day

We got her good she was so surprised! Heather and Bill did a great job pulling everything together. We had my whole family (but some brother-in-laws) and we have not been all together for at lest 4 years. Heather also invited mom's friends from church so we had a good group. I'm so glad we did it for her. I just wished we all lived closer so we can hang out more.

Mom's Surprise Birthday Party

My Mom, Myrna Ruth McEwen Christensen, turned 70 on 2 August 2010. So we planned a big surprise party for her. Since January all of my family has been planning this event. On Thursday 29 July 2010 I had a house full of family.
We had Ginelle and girls, David and Mary's family, Chantel and kids, and Marc all from Utah, Sammy came from Arizona. And Debbie came with her daughter on the train from Oregon.

Of course Sammy did everyones hair on Thursday night.


we hung out and then I sent everyone off to Heather's while Mom came to my house for a visit Friday afternoon.

On Friday night Rich and I took her out to dinner, then Saturday I took her to get a pedicure, and haircut and lunch out. I showed her the blog we made for her "All Things Myrna" which she loved, she cried when I told her we were making it into a book that was being shipped to her. She was so excited.