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!

Reality

well now that Graduation is in the near future we have to start thinking about what we are going to do and where we are going to be in the future. Which if you know how much I love change you know this is not a good topic for me. But it is reality and so the inevitable begins. While I hope that ATk will offer Justin a job after he is done with his internship it is not guaranteed so we have to plan as if they don't and think about other jobs. I have always just denied reality and thought as though we would be living here all our lives and raising our kids here, but despite my denial the possibility of NOT living here is slowly setting in........ Justin has officially applied to many jobs outside of Utah. I'm not sure what to think about it. It would be good to have to rely on each other and rely on myself. I would really miss having my Mom and Jan so close, I depend on them ALOT! I don't know how I would react or how I would handle myself if we do ever move, but the thought and the reality of it are now on my mind. I suppose I shouldn't worry too much until he gets a job offer or ATK tells him NO JOB. The 3 biggest things that worry me about moving are (1) MY KIDS how would they react not having grandparents and cousins so close, how will it affect their futures. (2) FAMILY what will I do with out Mom and Jan, would we be able to come home for holidays, and What small family memories won't we be apart of. (3) my job. Not very often do we find jobs that we enjoy or have co-workers that become our friends. I love my job, I love most of my co-workers, and I like working. If we move I won't work because I won't have Mom and Jan to Babysit.
Well Enough worrying...... I guess.... Hope all is well with everyone.

So...... I tried nad tried to get a countdown on here and it always said the gadget was broken!! so I tried a few more things (i'm not computer smart at all) and I Finally got it posted but not like I wanted...... Oh well!! so now I can say 208 days til Graduation!!!

On another note don't you just LOVE the rain, not so much the cold but the rain I just love. It makes me want to put some comfy sweats on, make home made chicken noodle soup, cuddle in a blanket and watch a movie (even if it is a disney one so my kids will watch it too). Then the smell I like to open my windows and smell the rain. It's such a refreshing smell. A good way to think about such a gloomy looking day! Hope you all are enjoying the rain too!

Graduation

Myspace Countdowns, Graduation Countdowns at WishAFriend.com

After my last post I guess I better write a nice one :) since that awful day the boys have been pretty good. I must have fed them the wrong breakfast that day!!
The other day Me and the boys made a quick trip Autozone to get some parts ordered for dad. They had to be ordereed by 1:00 and we arrived in the parking lot at 12:50. nothing like cutting it close. So after Autozone I decided to take Kyler to Vessco's so he could check out all the 4-wheelers. as soon as he walked through the doors he put his hands on his hips and said "MOM" in the most amazed voice then 1 finger to his lips and said "we can buy all of them" :) he walked around slowly and checked each one out then went back to where he started and had to sit on every single one of them. My 4 year old has a serious obsession with 4-wheelers. If you know Justin very well and his family it's not too suprising why Kyler is so obsessed. You should see him on his 4wheeler. It makes me a nervous wreck to watch him, but it makes dad proud to see Kyler doing Tricks and riding as fast as he can around the yard. If I can figure out how to get video from my camera to the computer I will post Video then you all can see why It makes me nervous to watch him! (i got some downloaded) I'm just waiting for the day when I have to take him to the ER with a broken bone and my ER nurses will shake their heads and think " Kyler again.........." :)
Hopefully this makes some sense but it's 2:30 am and I am exhausted. But I have to stay awake for another 45mins cause i'm at work right now and I don't get to leave til 3:00am. GRAVEYARD :( there is a whole other post about what a baby I am about graveyards! but not today maybe on my next graveyard :) I just had to share my story about Kyler and his love to see and ride 4wheelers.


Here are some videos.