I decided that it was time for a change. So..... I cut all my curly locks off!!THANKS RUTH! I LOVE IT!!!! I wish I had a before picture, so you could see the difference! I absolutely LOVE IT! this picture was taken at work so it's not very cute, but it will do. I didn't have time to color it but next wednesday we are going to put color in it!

I had a friend show this to me at work and thought it was cute.

So it's been a while since I posted anything.(at least I post more often then shar, JUNE?? I think) December has sure gone by fast.... I will just give you a few Highlights. On December 6th we had our Annual Rhodes Christmas party. I can't believe how big that side of my family is getting. I can't keep track everyone. It was fun to see all the cousins and see their families. Santa came to the party and gave put gifts and my Cute 5 going on 25 Niece saw Santa and gave him a Hug and then walked over to her mom and whispered "mom Santa looks like Papa Steve" :) (papa Steve is her other grandpa) she is too cute! so Shar had to explain that "papa Steve is just helping Santa because he is so busy!

Justin had Finals the 2nd week in December he survived them all and is getting ready to start his Last Semester of his Mechanical Engineering Bachelors Degree. I was so excited for it too be his last semester FOREVER, but he has other ideas. I am grateful he is so motivated.

Over the weekend of the 20th Cody and Rachelle came home for a Family Christmas party. We love when they come to visit. (I don't like the drama that seems to surround Cody though) We always have a good time with them. Too bad they are going to leave us :( Not so much Cody but I'm really bummed that Rachelle has to go too! :)

On to Christmas. Can't believe it's already come and gone. Christmas Eve was spent Me at work in the Morning and Justin and they boys home playing the PlayStation. Then we went to Grandma Jan's for a while, then to My parents house for our Christmas Eve Traditions . The boys loved their Christmas Jammies. Daxten got Mickey Mouse and Kyler Got Cars Jammies. I also Made blankets for my boys and Shar's kids they they opened on Christmas Eve.


Christmas Morning We woke the kids up at 7am. We had a full house while the boys opened Presents my parents, Justins parents, and Cody and Rachelle all came over bright and early to watch the boys. Kyler was so excited he opened all his presents and most of Daxtens, because Daxten Opened his 1st gift from Santa it was a remote control 4-wheeler and he decided that he didn't care much about anything else. :)

We had A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON!! The Absolute Best part actually didn't happen until yesterday when my brother Shawn came home from his MISSION!! It was so exciting to have him come home. He left before Jager and Daxten were born so they met for the 1st time at the airport. Daxten went right to Shawn and gave him loves, Jager had to be woke up from a nap and was not in a good enough mood to give Shawn loves right off, but by the End of the night last night both boys were playing with Uncle Shawn like he had been around all along! The very cutest part of him coming home was when he was walking towards us and Brooklyn spotted him she dropped her sign she had made for him and ran as fast as she could and gave Uncle Shawn the biggest Hug I think she has ever given anyone! Kyler was glad to see Shawn but none of us was as Happy as Brooklyn and my MOM! WELCOME HOME SHAWN!!!

I have also posted just Random pictures below some are of Christmas and Others are just Random.




Christmas day at Grammies!

Christmas Morning. Kyler with his Remote Control 4Wheeler.

Christmas Eve: Grandpa William getting Pj Loves from Daxten and Jager

Daxten and Jager on Christmas Eve wrapped up in their Blankets I made for them.

Daxten Makes this face and we think it is so FUNNY! This is a total personality picture!

This was from November when we too the kids to Disney on Ice.

Disney on Ice: Notice how all my boys are in red?? Not planned just happened but don't they look adorable! behind then is Shar, Josh, and Jager. Brookie is behind Justin you can't see her.

I found this on my Computer and decided to post it. Kyler would spend all day everyday doing this if we let him. He is dying because the snow is too deep for us to get his wheeler out. but he still asks everyday.....

catching up.....

What a Crazy Month of November and already it has ended!! A few Highlights from November. On the 13th "papa Tim" had a birthday! On Saturday we took our kids along with Shar and Josh and their kids down to Disney on ice. Me and the Kids enjoyed it, I'm not so sure that the dads enjoyed it but they were good sports about it.

WE (when I say we I mean Justin) GOT A JOB!!!! what a relief..........I don't have to move away from HOME!! He was so excited when ATK offered him a job and they are going to count his internship as experience so he gets to start out at a higher pay :) He gets benefits right away which means I don't have to work my extra graveyard shift to get enough hours to cover insurance. YAY!!!!!! You wouldn't believe the smile Justin wore on his face for a few days after they offered him the job! I'm so proud of all his hard work and ambition. Speaking of ambition Justin has decided that he "Loves" school so much he is going to continue right on to his masters. The real ambition behind continuing school is that if he doesn't we will have to start paying on student loans, and he wants to get a new truck instead. So... A new Truck and More school is what he has chosen! What a silly man I think, but he has worked hard so he can have his new truck I guess.
DID YOU SEE TWILIGHT???? I LOVED IT! Karli, Jan, and I went and seen it on the Friday night after it came out. We bought our tickets a few weeks before and we went an hour early and still had to wait in line behind a bunch of people but we had good seats still. Although the book is much much better, I think they did a pretty good job with the movie. I was a little disappointed by some minor things and after I watched it I wanted to go back and read the 1st book again but I haven't.

Thanksgiving was Great. I had to work in the morning Which wasn't too bad, I did miss Dinner at grandma Jeans but the boys and Justin went out for a visit. Then They met me at moms when I got off and we visited there for a while then went to Grandma Jans and Visited with Cody and Rachelle. My kids absolutely adore Cody and Rachelle and Kyler waited all week for them to come.
BLACK FRIDAY..... any one else as Crazy as me?? I absolutely LOVE going shopping on BLACK FRIDAY. maybe it's the rush or maybe it's spending lots of money Who really knows but I do like to go. I dragged Justin along this year and I'm pretty sure this will be the 1 and only year he participates with me. He said next year he will just work overtime and we will pay full price for everything :) We were in Logan by 430AM and home by 9am. It was one of the shortest Black Friday shopping trips I have ever had, but I figured I wouldn't push my luck with Justin because he is so pleasant when he is tired and even more pleasant when he is Shopping. :0)

In Other news I need to congratulate "Uncle Cody" he got accepted into Dental school! We are so EXCITED for him and Rachelle but kinda bummed that they have to move away I will really miss them but it's hopefully only a few years then they can move back home......... (Hows the Spelling Cody, Hopefully I spelled things funny just for your amusement).

I hope everyone Had a Great Thanksgiving, and Is getting ready for Christmas.

Not much has gone on in the Christensen Zoo this week. Grandma Jan had a birthday. Justin Registered for his LAST Semester of school (unless he decides to do a masters) that's quite a mile stone for us. My stress can ease a bit. ATK offered Justin a Job INTERVIEW, I'm hoping it goes good. GOOD LUCK BABE! His other interview on Thursday went good he thinks. They will let him know something this week. My ultimate wish would be for Justin to get both job offers then we can decide which would be a better job for him and give him the best experience possible & I would like to have the choice if we move or not. ( I probably would choose to stay home) but to have the choice would make moving easier I think. Although If we do move for this job he interviewed for I have herd that there is a GREAT hamburger place there. ;) (thanks april). I have slowly come to terms with reality that I may have to move, but the more I think about it the more I am Ok with the possibility I guess will see how good I really feel when it happens.

well my stress about Justin applying for jobs out of state has been for good reason..... He called me from school Thursday and said that next Friday he has an interview with a company out in California (they are coming to campus to do interviews) ..... I know I know it's just an Interview.......... but still! Maybe it's a good thing, maybe if they offer him a job he can use it to do some bargaining with ATK. Who knows. Some things I'm ok with not knowing what the future will hold, but this is my Family, this is MY LIFE... and not knowing for sure where I will be 7 months .....that's very unsettling. SO I'm trying my very best to have a good attitude and just prepare the best I can for the UNKNOWN. I looked up the city that this company is in and the 1st website said EPODUNK! well that sounds about like where we are living now maybe this place wouldn't be so bad..... UMMMM then I got to looking and No public school in that specific town (must really be PODUNK) but there is some in the county so I started looking into housing and the cost of living.. a 3 bed 2 bath......$400,000............WHAT!!!! and it's not even new homes!! so after that I stopped looking and thought it's just an INTERVIEW. I did think about it and I guess nobody knows REALLY what the future will hold because life can change in an instant, but still I can't even plan for anything because EVERYTHING is uncertain... Maybe I better wait til he starts considering job offers before I start researching places my family could be moving to..... I need to find something to be obsessive about to keep my mind off of the unknown and to make me feel like i am somewhat in control , cause right now everything seems to be uncontrollable and I like to have a bit of control.
On another note, we got some carpet laid last Saturday in our living room and it was used but some people Jan knows were just going to throw it out and it was in much better shape then the carpet I had and only 2yrs old, and I LOVE IT!!! I wasn't so sure about the color but I painted my walls and then after the carpet was in the whole room I really liked it. :) So to me it's New carpet and I only had to pay to get it laid, what a great deal we got! I'm sure Craig will love to come lay carpet for us anytime becuase while he was laying our carpet our new neighbor across the street that I have no idea who she is.. Was out in the front yard kissing her sleep over friend which was also a girl... lets just say I'm glad my boys aren't old enough to notice things like that becuase that is one conversation i'm not sure i'm prepared to have. Although I am having to have that conversation with my very CURIOUS husband.... GOTTA LOVE MEN!! :)

I hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN! we did! I will hopefully have pictures posted soon!

Busy weekend

The tradition continues.... For as long as I can remember we have gone out to lunch and shopping for Grandma's, shar's and my Birthdays. This last Friday we went shopping unfortunately Grandma is already in St.George so she didn't come with us but we called her and sang Happy Birthday to her. I've always heard people talk about retail therapy but I don't get to go shopping much especially with out 2 little boys, and let me tell you that Retail Therapy is REAL! I spent moms money (birthday money), found some killer deals, and by the End of the day I felt like a whole new woman! The bad economy is great for shoppers! Happy Birthday to Shar and Grandma Alice!!!

Friday evening was interesting. when I got home from shopping Kyler wanted to ride his 4-wheeler so I agreed but only until dinner was ready. When I sent Justin out to get him Kyler would slow down just long enough for dad to think he was going to stop then hit the gas a swerve around him Laughing as he flew by his dad. I sat in the kitchen and laughed hysterically. After a little while I thought I'll show him so I went out walked in front of Kyler expecting him to stop cause he usually does for me..... and guess what i was made a fool of by my 4yr old. he drove right by me turning in circles and going around the tramp so I couldn't' get him either. I got just close enough I thought I would be able to grab the brake and stop him. I got a hold of the brake but he didn't stop and it cut my finger. (OUCH!) I gave up after that and figured he could just starve!! IT was pretty funny though. we just had some new neighbors move in across the street and of course they were all out side and if I was those neighbors I would have been laughing my ass off at us! so FINALLY Kyler came in and walked up to me laughing put his had over his mouth and said " I was funny mom" It was hard to be mad cause it was funny. but what a noddy boy.. My hand are more then full With him. :)


GO UTES!!!
I can't remember the last time me and Justin got to spend the day just us 2 hanging out together.... but we got to on Saturday. We dropped the kids off at moms and headed down to a UTES game. Justin loves Collage Football and the only other thing that would have made his day even better was if we would have went to a game at Memorial Stadium instead or Rice-Eccles. the game was a blast! Utes kicked butt and my throat was so dry after from screaming. :) After the game we went to Toys R us and did a little Christmas shopping........ can you believe Christmas shopping!!! but with me working every weekend and Justin going to school all week this was about the only day we had together to shop. Then dinner at Olive Garden YUM YUM!! before we headed home we drove to Troy and Cami's (Justin's aunt and Uncle) too see their new baby boy RYKER. He is soo cute! It almost made me want to have another baby. :)
What a fun day we had just us 2 . I'm sure my mom was so grateful when we got home last night. 12hours with my kids will ware anyone out, but for a few of the last hours she had shars kids too. What a good mom we have!