As of Late...

So, there's been a lot going on as of late. We moved to a new house & have been absolutely loving it. The space is so nice & the backyard is even better! Fizgig has been really appreciating it, instead of a long walk & elevator ride down to the closest patch of grass.

We fixed up the fence on the side of the house so Fizgig can no longer escape. After may latest Neuro test, I decided to build a swing in the large tree we have in our backyard. I made Sydney pose for some pictures.





Also, our little rat dog has been pretty cute lately.




He's pretty entertaining. I only have 2 more tests till this year is over. It will be a giant relief. I've done really well, but I'm just running out of motivation. Can it really matter that much?

Just Stuff

Here we have yet another awesome craigslist find. We bought this 6' long table and four chairs for $120 from a sweet French guy named Pierre who was moving back to Paris with his wife. It only took us about 1/2 an hour to tie it to ol' Brucey. :) This is my face saying, "What have I done? We definitely don't have room for this one in our apartment." Good thing we knew how to climb over the walls in the storage area of our building in order to unlock a room to keep it in until our move a few days later. :)

Don't judge the unpacked boxes in the background please. One day they will be gone, I promise.

Then, of course, I had to add more pictures of our precious pup. I made Josh take a picture of us all "sleeping." The sleeping positions of Fizgig are to die for. This is how he usually ends up when he spends the night in bed with us.

Just another fabulous snapshot of the floppiest dog in the world.

During Josh's marathon study session with his classmates, Fizgig found a friend (Rich) who's neck he could borrow as a pillow.

This is Josh teaching his young men how to be awesome chefs for one of their activities. Erik and Raul loved it! They're even planning other cooking lessons in the future. :)

Erik decided it would make a great picture to splatter Raul with flour.

Erik (who is only 14 years old and about 6'3" tall) with his finished master piece.

And Raul with his.

The Newest Christiansen

He has arrived! Fizgig. Yes I know. Too cute for words. Therefore...pictures will do what they do best.

Primary Acitvity

I just thought I'd post a few pictures of the fun we had for primary this last Saturday. It was one of our quarterly activities for the year, and was pretty entertaining. Crystal Souter, our second councilor in the primary planned the "Primary Carnival, " and the rest of us just helped get everything organized and set up for it. It turned out to be really great and I know the kids had lots of fun. I, lucky me, get to plan the next one :/, and I'm muchly terrified. Crystal set the bar pretty high, and I hope I can do as well as she did when it's my turn.

Since I can't move these pictures around for some reason, they aren't going to be in order of the way they happened... not like it really matters. :)

This was the "cake walk" done at the end of everything. (They didn't win any cakes, but everyone got a small beach ball that said "Walk With Jesus." We thought they were just fabulous.)

The carnival consisted of games that helped the children learn the teachings of Jesus. The kids would win tickets and at the end they got to buy treats with the tickets they won. This game was about the Widow's Mite. (The kids tried to drop pennies into the water and get them to land on a quarter at the bottom.)

I actually don't remember what this one even was, but this is a picture of Jordan. I've mentioned him to some of you. (He's a little hard to handle. :))

Some lovely women taking time to pose for me. (Crystal, second councilor on the far right)

This was the Wise Man/Foolish Man game. The older kids LOVED this one, and the competition was intense to build the highest tower. I LOVE Yusu's face in the back. :)

These are the other lovely women I work with in the primary. (Adrien, secretary, on the left; Jackie, president, on the right with new baby Addy) I'm so glad they're good at what they do.

Liam here is one of my favorites. He is quite possibly one of the fruitiest children I have ever met. He cracks me up! Here he is twirling his hair and "dancing?"

More of the Wise Man/Foolish Man competition.

Some cuties in the branch. (I'm pretty sure our small branch has more insanely cute children than most wards.)

Poor Josh didn't get to join in on all the fun, but don't you worry. He got to have some fun of his own. He was volunteering at the hospital all day long getting ultrasounds. No baby yet, but we'll keep you posted. ;) It was a long day for him, but he said it was really interesting, so we're both glad it was worth the time.

Please, For Your Enjoyment

I truly wish I could post all of our videos on the blog, but I'm sure you would not find them quite so hilarious as we did. These few however, are some clips of what we did for entertainment during our first day of packing for the new home.


You will notice that in the first clip, although I did not succeed, there are quite substantial finger prints in the foam later on. (It was really hard.)

(After two attempts, I would like to think I helped weaken it.)

Another semi-successful attempt.

Okay... so maybe I will post them all. You really don't have to watch all of them if you don't want to though. This is the final one. We had succeeded in the ultimate goal... to break it down enough that it would fit into our garbage shoot. :)

Craigslist Junkie

Okay. Whether Josh will admit to it or not, I place all blame upon him. How else would I have become so completely engrossed with craigslist? I find myself searching the listings everyday... for things that we don't even need!  Now, as our apartment is slowly running out of room with the recent purchase of a computer desk and our fabulous green sofa, we have found ourselves with not one, but TWO new/old chairs. Combine that with the beginnings of packing boxes for our new home, and we find ourselves with little room for walking. The only way I allow myself to go on is the thought of our new three bedroom home. Oh how I can't wait to fill the dining room and two extra bedrooms with fabulous finds from craigslist. Oh my Josh, what kind of monster have you created?

The two chairs in all their glory. (Rocker on the left)

a house to live in

So, this is the house we're going to rent next year.

It is in the nicest neighborhood & is pretty cute itself!  We are planning on moving in during May.  Just wanted to post some pictures.  Details to follow.  One thing I can say for sure is that we will be getting a puppy!

This blog's title began due to our microscopic apartment in Logan rich after we got married.  Although this house is not big by any means, it no longer falls under "small."  We're so excited!