4th Post of the Day - A Random Update

This is my last blog post of the day and then I'm all up to date!

HIP HIP HURRAY!

I get stressed when I'm behind on my blogging.

I blame my bad blogging lately on the fact that the girls both had strep and I had another big bow activity I was in charge of for the Young Woman at church.

Anyway, we recently went to the Botanical Gardens because

it's gorgeous, the weather has been great and we love going there!

While we were there we had a picnic.

Lexi was so excited.

I attempted to get a good picture of Sean and the girls for the picture frame

I bought him for his birthday.

And we just enjoyed being outside.


Look at this smile!

Melts my heart every time.

And look at all those teeth!!!

Since Sean's parents came in the beginning of April,

Avery has got two regular teeth and all 4 molars.

She only has 4 more teeth to go and then we are done with teething... for a while at least.


And speaking of Avery, look who has real big girl pig tails!!!

I'm on cloud 9.

And speaking of hair, I recently trimmed my bangs by myself.

I was scared to do it but too cheap to go get it done professionally.

I also cut about 1 1/2 inches off of the back of Lexi's hair.

Sorry, no pictures.

But I do have a picture of Lexi's new favorite hair do.

Braids "like Rapunzel"...

Is everyone saying, "awe" right about now?

I know. They are adorable!

And here's a random picture of Lexi playing tea party with one of her Lions.

The weather has been AMAZING!!!

Right now I love living in Albuquerque!

We've been going to the park a ton.

I will take the girls at night so Sean can study, we go on the weekends as a family, and

I am walking to some parks in the day (a couple of miles is good for me).

This little one NEVER crawls anymore!

She's a little walker.

She first started really walking a lot the day after her birthday

and is just getting better each day. In fact, she even ran way from Sean yesterday!

And not only does she walk and run, she climbs! And loves it.

Avery is a little hand full. But we sure love her!

All this sunshine is great and possibly makes you jealous until...

OUCH!

I was outside with the girls the other day at noon

(when the sun is the strongest)

and got a little fried!

I almost always have sunblock with me but didn't that day

and didn't plan on being out very long.

Luckily the girls were in the shade.

I'm gonna have some sweet tan lines.

But now that the pool is open I can work on those. Haha.

To end on a more fun note here is a picture of a cake I made for my lesson last Sunday.

The lesson was about marriage.

I was pretty pleased with myself.

I am not a baker.

But maybe I should be?

What We've Been Up To - Sickness and Spring

Two weekends ago we bought a membership to our local Zoo/Aquarium/Botanical Gardens.

So any time this next year Lexi and I and any adult guess can go "free" of charge.

And since we actually bought it we have almost gone enough to have it already paid for.

Here are some pictures from the zoo...

Lexi wanted a picture with this elephant. Whatever. She's two.

Next, is a picture of me and the girls on the train.

We decided to ride the train around the zoo.

Let me just say, don't ride the train for the view.

You just ride behind all the exhibits.

But Lexi just enjoyed riding the train.

Sean and Lexi posing with some lions.

For Lexi's first birthday we took her to the Idaho Falls Zoo and bought her a lion.
Little did we know, that that lion would become her post prized item.
We are trying to encourage her to love other lions.
So we bought her this guy at the zoo gift shop.

Trip to the Aquarium #1...


Trip to the Aquarium #2...
This time with Emily and Folken.
Avery and Folken rode in our double stroller and pointed at all the fish.
So adorable!



We also went to the Bio Park. We hadn't been there since we went to the River of Lights.
It is so cool in the day!
Here are the babies in front of the castle...



There is a section we're you walk around and everything is huge!
I think it's supposed to make you feel like a bug?



Lexi riding an ant.

And a picture of all the Christensen chicas!

(I think my girls look a lot a like in this picture. Maybe it's the blonde hair and squinty eyes?)

Lexi walking through a giant carrot...

If you hadn't guess by the pictures, spring as sprung here in Albuquerque!

There are blossoms on the trees and flowers!

I'm so in love with this sunny 70 degree weather.

We went and walked around the temple grounds yesterday and Lexi smelt all the flowers...

I have loved taking the girls on walks everyday.

They love it too, despite what Lexi's face looks like in this picture...

Spring = Sunshine

Sunshine = Sunglasses

I just can't get enough of this adorable little face!

Avery just keeps getting cuter!

Spring + Sunshine = Warm Weather

Warm Weather = Swimming!

Yes, I know there is actually no water in the pool in this picture.

Spring hasn't been all fun here though.

Two Sundays ago, Lexi started throwing up in the middle of the night.

She threw up ALL Sunday and had a really high fever.

We were starting to get REALLY worried that she'd have to go to the hospital for dehydration.

She couldn't even keep liquids down.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, she went back and forth

between having diarrhea and throwing up.

Sunday and Monday, it seemed that Lexi had NO life left in her. She didn't talk much.

She didn't move much. It was SO unlike her.

But slowly she got more energy.

And as of last Thursday she has been able hold down her food.

Having a sing child is the WORST thing ever!

And that's why we were so upset when Avery threw up TWICE this past Saturday.

Luckily, she didn't have a fever and she was SO cheery. She didn't even seem sick.

So whatever she had seemed to pass quickly.

Happily we have two happy, healthy, beautiful little girls!

Here are some pictures Sean took of me and the girls before church yesterday...

Avery makes the cutest scrunched nose face.

I just love her in this next picture...

And in case you were wondering what crafts I've been up to lately...

More Barbie Bride's Maids' dresses...

I'm also getting ready to teach the young women at church how to make bows.

I will be doing a post about that soon with LOTS of tutorials.

Snow, Recording Breaking Cold and No Water

Last Monday night it started snowing. It wasn't much though, a few inches. Then Tuesday morning, I took Lexi out to play in it before Avery woke up. She loved it! We only stayed outside for 25 minutes, but that was enough...

Not only did it get cold, it got REALLY cold. Like in the negatives. Record breaking for ABQ. People here aren't prepared for that kind of cold. Pipes froze and broke everywhere - our stake center, at some of our friends' house and even in our complex (we lead us to enduring 28 HOURS without running water). School was canceled because buses couldn't start and the campuses were flooded. The freeway was closed and the governor declared a state of emergency because our state was running out of natural gas AKA the heating! Thankfully, we stayed warm and the storm is over!

Spring is Almost Here!

It's offical next week Spring begins! And Lexi and I are READY! The snow is melting and the sun is shining and that means Lexi and I are going outside again. I took her to Porter park today and she was so giddy. This girl was meant to live in a warm climate where she can be outside.

So Stupid and So Cool

So the weather has turned a lot colder. It's below freezing in the mornings and usually in the 40's during the day. Anyway, the stupid thing is that our complex is still watering the grass in the mornings! HELLO! It's freezing outside! So that means we get big sheets of ice all over our sidewalks and this happens to our grass and trees...

Conference Weekend

We had a good relaxing weekend. It started Friday afternoon. We took Lexi on a walk.

Don't you just love the hat?!

Here she is playing in the drainage ditch by our apartment.

Reading to herself her new Halloween book. Did ya notice the ponytail?

Friday's highlight was when Sean found our long lost remote inside our ancient couch.


We've created a tradition of getting donuts before the Saturday morning session. Lexi enjoyed participating in the eating of the donuts.

In between the Saturday session I took Lexi on a walk.

Studying Saturday afternoon.

My righteous husband going to the Priesthood session.

During the Priesthood session, I got together with some friends. Here is Lexi and her friend Rachael playing together in a book shelf. (Rachael is just a few weeks younger than Lexi)


Here is a video of the girls dancing together.


Lexi watching the Sunday morning session in her PJs.

And because she has a short attention span, here is Lexi coloring during the Sunday morning session. I really just wanted to take a picture of her pigtails.

Lexi was giving her baby kisses but wouldn't for a picture.


Our great weekend ended this morning with the first snow of the season.