Kyle and Christy's Place: Thanksgiving Point

Friday, September 19, 2008

Thanksgiving Point

We love Thanksgiving Point. It has become a haven for us to go and get away from the world. We have been to the Gardens a few times, the Dinosaur Museum, and the Animal Farm. Our favorite place is the waterfall. Gabbie loves to sit and watch all the different falls. There is definitely a feeling of peace here and it makes us feel closer to our Heavenly Father. It also makes us to be grateful for the beautiful earth He has given us.

The view standing across from the falls is amazing. We like to just sit, watch, and ponder on the events going on in our lives.

A beautiful view looking down from the top of one of our favorite gardens that is created to look like an ancient Greek city.

(Our favorite garden, courtesy of thanksgivingpoint.com)
Gabs and Daddy posing for some pictures...

Gabbie watching the water foam before it goes under the bridge to the fall...

Looking down at three of the falls...

Another favorite part of Thanksgiving Point is the animal farm. There are a ton of animals that you get to go visit with. They are used to being fed by people so they come right up to the bars and try to get some food from you. This little animal (I can't remember what it was but I think it was a lamb) wanted us to give it some food but we didn't have any. Gabbie sure did enjoy it coming so close though.

The cool thing about the animals is that you get a ticket for a horse or carriage ride with each person that purchases a ticket. Gabbie took Daddy's ticket and went for her first horse ride. She did not think it was too much fun at first. She was scared and instead of sitting up straight, she sprawled out across the horse to make herself feel safer.

The only time she really smiled was when she was on the opposite side of Mom and a bunch of ladies kept telling saying that she was soo cute. Anytime someone says that, she gets super excited and smiles at them as if to say "Yeah I know I'm cute!"

We love Thanksgiving Point. Because we are members, anyone that goes with us gets in for half off so let me know if you want to go with us the next time we go.

2 comments:

Rochelle said...: That first picture makes me miss all of the Ryan Shupe and Peter Breinholt concerts we used to go to right there in front of the waterfall! Oh the memories.

I'm so glad you found a place to call your home away from home. Those are the best. The lambs there are the ones that scarred Graham for life... we love that animal farm.; September 20, 2008 at 7:56:00 AM CDT
Kate said...: the gardens look beautiful! i've never been to them before, but seeing those pictures makes me want to go! i'm glad you had a great time!; September 22, 2008 at 11:41:00 AM CDT

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Meet the Christensen Family!

Kyle and Christy met in August of 2005, officially started dating on the 5th of July 2006, and got engaged to be married on November 16, 2006.

They were married in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple in American Fork, Utah on the 17th of February, 2007. In June of 2009 we moved to Houston, Texas.

Gabriella was born on December 4. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce when she was born and was 20.5 inches long at that time. Since then, she has grown a whole lot and consistently measures in the 100th percentile among children of her age in categories of both weight and height. She loves anything to do with Mickey Mouse. She also loves reading anything she can get her hands on and pretending to be a princess.

Noah was born on July 10. He weighed 8 pounds .08 ounces when he was born and was also 20.5 inches tall. He has a very patient personality and really loves his big sister despite her struggles with no longer being the only child. He also is the teaser of the family.

Lizzie was born on December 17. She weighed in at 5 pounds 12 ounces and was 18 inches long. When she was first born we thought she was going to be our quiet child. Boy were we wrong. She is demanding and will scream at you to let you know she needs some attention. At this point, she is a complete Momma's girl.

In August 2007, Christy started her 2nd year as a 2nd Grade Teacher. She Graduated on April 27, 2007 from BYU with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. At the end of the 2007-2008 school year Christy retired from teaching and became a stay at home mom.

In April of 2009 Kyle graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in English Education with a Psychology minor. While in his studies at BYU he has had an emphasis in Critical Rhetorical Theory specifically dealing with issues of Class, Gender, and Race in the Literary, Political and Pedagogical realms. Kyle no longer teaches. He has moved on to the Human Resources field. The company he works for now has great benefits and advancement opportunities. We can't wait to see what the future will bring with this new position.

Taylor has graduated high school and no longer lives with us. She will forever have a place in our home though and will always be a part of our family. Good luck to her as she heads off to BYU-I to study Recreational Therapy.