Kyle and Christy's Place: January 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Taylor Learns New Stuff

A few weekends ago, Kyle taught Taylor how to work on the car. She changed the breaks, rotated the tires, and changed to oil.

Good job working on your personal progress.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Merry Christmas

Late on these posts again. Here are some of our pictures from Christmas.

Gabs and Noah opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa Campbell...

The kids wanted to pose for some pictures after they had finished munching some snacks.

Imagine him saying, "Cheese."

Christmas jammies...

Gabbie got into many of her presents this year and opened them before Christmas. Her friend Galadriel the Elf left her a letter on Christmas morning to read. Santa was disappointed in her for opening the presents, but he knew she would make better choices.

Daddy and I got socks for each other this year.

Gabs got a puzzle, which she proceeded to loose a few pieces of on our road trip to VA.

Noah would grab the presents from both sides, try to rip them, and then when it didn't work he would hand it off to Kyle and say, "do it."

Hope you guys all had a wonderful Christmas too!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

I'm Too Big...

...to break it into little pieces.

Real men eat it like this!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Who Turned Three in December?

Our little girl is no longer very little. She is a wonderful girlie. Here are some pictures from her birthday this year. We woke up early on the Saturday of her birthday, opened presents, ate some ice cream cone cupcakes and then headed down to San Antonio for a day at Sea World.

Here are some pictures from the unwrapping of presents...

Then on to Sea World where we got to meet the penguin family,

see Gabbie's favorite characters from Sesame Street,

and try to take a family picture at one of the shows, but someone wanted no part of it.

Gabbie loved seeing the divers and trainers swimming with the dolphins and beluga whale.

She even got to pose with a few of the divers.

And ride the roller coaster with Daddy.

We finished up a very long day with a break at the playground.

Now here are some of the things that we love about our three year old:

she has a very active imagination and is always pretending to be something, most often princesses
creative
she tries to help and be involved in everything
she loves to read and be read to
she plays with her little brother all the time
she is super tenderhearted and loving
she is close to the Spirit and always reminds us when we need to be closer ourselves
her curly hair
her infectious laugh
she always makes you smile, no matter what mood you are in
how sensitive she is to other people's feelings
she is a great big sister
not phased by anything

We love you so much Gabbie Girl!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Santa Claus

The kids got to meet Santa Claus when they were at Grandma and Grandpa Christensen's house. This year neither of the kids were afraid of him. Gabs was a little hesitant at first but then she jumped right in. Noah was ready to go from the first sighting of Santa in the hall.

Is it my turn yet?!? Please, oh please.

Victory!

Even Aunt Taylor had to get in on the fun.

Wait, you mean if I actually talk to him I get a treat? Awesome!

Bye Santa. See you next year.

Grandma Christensen is awesome with having this arranged for every year. Our kids are so blessed to have so many wonderful family traditions.

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.