What have we been up to lately

Well we have been crazy busy lately!! Derrick has had a lot of projects and tests lately so he has been a little bit of a recluse, but we are so proud of him. Then last weekend he was in Utah for his grandfather's Funeral. His Grandfather will be greatly missed he was such a sweet man.


Avarie and I have have just played around the house and potty training, but while Derrick was gone we did not want to sit around the apartment alone so we drove to Houston and we stayed with my cousin Kristing, her Husband Daniel, and their sweet little one Aurora. Below are some pictures of the two newest Christensen great grand children. They are about 6 weeks apart I believe. We had so much fun while we were there. Thanks Kristin and Daniel and It was so fun to see little Aurora for the first time. They really helped us not be so lonely with out Derrick there.

Hogg Mansion

Ok so while Avarie Reid and I were in Houston we went to this Mansion with Kristin and Daniel that has these amazing gardens. Nothing was flowereing except the Magnolia trees and they weren't in full bloom yet. The gardens were amazing! I cannot even imagine the up keep it would take.

Kristin, Avarie and I by one of the fountains

The house from as close as I could get and still get most of the home in the picture. It was huge. Funny note: The owners were the Hogg family 2 brothers and a sister built the home. Shortly after it was built one of the brothers got married and the other died , so their siste Ima Hogg was the sole resident (yes her name was Ima hogg) mean huh? but funny.

Butterfly shaped garden

Avarie liked this statue

These two are Magnolia blossom. They are these huge trees that have these large blosssoms. The blossoms would fill a large mixing bowl. They are gorgeous and smell wonderfull. The blossom above is not fully opened but the one below is fully open

3 Months Old and Potty Training

We have hit 3 months with Reid! He is still growing like a weed. He is laughing and smiling. It is so cute if we start singing twinkle twinkle little star he starts giggling. He jabbers and make tons of noises and is such a sweety. In the morning you only know he is awake because he is in there his room babbling to himself. He is such a sweet little blessing in our lives.

Avarie is growing also. She has been potty training which is a little interesting but we are getting the hang of things and doing better. She is not not having pee accidents for the most part, but the other one we are still struggling with. Any suggestions out there to help with #2 issues? Avarie is loving her brother and loves to help change his diaper and give him a bath. She is such a good big sister and a helpful sweet girl.

Below and above are some picture of Avarie and Reid.

Visit from the Tuft family

Here are some picture from when Derrick's sister Tori and her family came to visit last Friday thru Wednesday.

Avarie watching the hippos at the San Antonio Zoo.

Avarie and Kaylee watching the hippos and the fish that are in the tank with them.

Hippos waiting for their food to be dropped into their mouths.

Kaylee and Avarie feeding the fish.

Reid being his cute sweet self being held by his uncle Jason.

Avarie and Kaylee at Sea World.

Kaylee Avarie and Ashlynn Playing in the sand at Sea World.

Ashlynn Kissing Reid. Reid loved meeting his cousins for the first time. He was smiling at them a lot and had fun with other kids to make faces at him and talk to him.

Easter 2010

Sorry it has taken me so long to get these pictures from easter up. We have had family here and have been having way to much fun with them.

Here are some pictures from our walk on easter. Avarie and Reid both love going for a walk so we try to get one in as much as possible. Derrick was in charge if the camera easter morning and he only got video and no still pics so I dont have an pictures of that morning sorry.

Here was Derrick and Avaries Easter Breakfast pancakes.

2 Months old

Here are some pictures of Reid at 2 months old. He has been smiling tons and will smile at anyone that will talk to him. He is such a sweet boy! At his 2 month appointment he was 11 lbs 2.4 oz and was 24.4 inches long. He is growing like a weed!

easter egg hunt

Here are some pictures of Avarie at her easter egg hunt last saturday. She had so much fun. She was so excited to put eggs in her basket. Although she wouldn't smile when I had the camera out.