Summer Time, Summer Time

Last weekend we went to the Lake with Kate, Blake, Mason, Logan, & Carson! It was so much fun to be pulled behind the boat in a huge tube! Even the kids loved it!


Aunt Kate & Kanyon

A little girl with a funny-looking sunburn: If you look close, you can practically see Jake's finger marks across her forehead. You can definitely tell which places on her face got missed when he was applying the sunscreen. We'll learn from our mistakes...

Kanyon and I are doing "Mommy & Me" swim classes with our neighbor Deborah and her son Bryant. They have been fun...but she isn't going to be an Olympic swimmer at the end of this class. Kanyon likes to be in the water, just not UNDER it. We are learning to float on our back, blow bubbles, and chase toys!! Fun fun fun!

Something else that was fun was Katie's 28th Birthday dinner that we had at our house. However, the only pics that I took were of Kanyon. Sorry Kate!! We had a great dinner with cheesecake for dessert. As you will see in the pictures below, Kanyon loved it. I am not sure if she loved eating it or playing with it more. She was having so much fun we just let her go with it. If you don't like messy kids, don't scroll down.

A Happy Beginning to July.

We had a fun 4th of July weekend. The only bad thing is that I didn't take ONE picture!! I know, TERRIBLE! We had a lot of fun up at Schofield Lake: boating, fishing, riding 4-wheelers, watching fireworks in the rain...all that fun stuff. Kanyon had so much fun!

Recently, my friend Marilyn invited us to go swimming. She has a son named Summit that is close to Kanyons age. They have alot of fun playing together. Kanyon loves to splash in the water. Her and I have recently started to take "Mommy & Me" swimming lessons.

Dad & Kanyon

As you read on the blog post before this one, we are finishing our basement. At the same time, we have hired the same contractor to paint the inside of our entire house (minus bedrooms). This is my color scheme. The 3 colors pictured here are just for accent walls: Chocolate in the front room, Green for the kitchen, and Blue in the TV room. The rest of the walls are going to be a darkish tan. I am excited for all our summer-home-improvement-projects.

The Christensen Vault:

Where did June go??

I really don't know where the month of June went!! I think the rain has stopped and summer is finally here. We have been keeping busy. We are in the process of finishing our basement. Jake's dream of having a "vault" is coming true. He has talked about making one for a long time. His safe door finally was installed this weekend! Its has taken longer than we expected, but now that the safe is in, I think its going to go quick from here. I am been busy with my Spa products and making and selling super cool beaded watch bands. Go to http://www.funkyandchunky.blogspot.com/ to see. Here are some fun pictures that I've been meaning to show you all for a while now. Enjoy!

Kanyon is so much fun. She is getting big. She is walking around everywhere and destroying everything she can get her hands on. I have a feeling she is going to be very independent and stong willed...with a raging cute personality!
Some things about Kanyon:
She still loves her green blanket (I NEED to break that habit)
She has given up bottles
She would rather push her stroller around than be pushed in it
She likes to push ANYTHING around: the garbage can, boxes, the laundry basket, etc.
She is tough as nails: will fall off the couch, the bed, the stairs, and act like she meant to do it
Her favorite food right now: Bananas
Her NOT so favorite food: Tomatoes : must run in the family since neither Jake or I like them.
She likes to play with EVERYBODY: she is the happiest when she is around other kids.



My Dad & Claudia came out to visit. We had some fun going to Chuck E Cheese, Arches National Park, Park City, and just hanging around town.

Kanyon loves her Uncle Dave. I thought this was a sweet pictures of the two taking a nap.

Sweet & Innocent Kanyon (Don't let her fool you!)

Kanyon loves to be outside. We usually start the day off by going for a walk, then if she gets cranky throughout the day we'll head outside to play. She likes to pull weeds: actually, she likes to pull anything out of the ground, not just weeds :)

She loves her Lion toy she got for her birthday. We can't seem to ever get her to stop playing with it! Even when its bedtime!

We hope you all are enjoying your summer.

Happy First Birthday!

The Birthday Girl!


Its hard to believe that she went from this:

to this:....in just 365 days.

Nana gave her a fun lion toy!

She had alot of fun helping Dad put it together. The first of many toys that will be needing assembly, I am sure.

She loves to push it into the wall, or in this case, the vacuum cleaner. When the lion hits something he makes music and she loves that!

Here was her first birthday cake!

And here is Kanyon trying to figure out why we are all singing to her. And, she can't wait to dig in to her first cupcake!

Kanyon, Logan, & Granny:

She had no problem ripping the wrapping paper once she got the hang of it:

And Aunt Kate got her some shoes...Finally!!

I really didn't take as many pictures as I should have...I'll let that be a lesson to me for next year. But, it turned out to be a great first birthday party for Kanyon. Thank you to all her friends and family that came to share this fun day! xxoo

Swing Swing Swing

Yes, Kanyon has no fear and liked the swings at the park today.