All by myself :(

So this week my sweet husband is off partying with his Dad and Brother watching a lot of baseball. They started out the trip on Saturday by flying to Minneapolis and watching the Twins play Tampa Bay. Then Sunday, they were off to Orlando where Dad Christensen had a conference and so Llyr and Robert were off to Universal Studios one day and a visit of Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays stadium) the next. Llyr was also able to somehow talk Robert into taking a dip in the ocean, a big fear of Robert's. Today they flew to NYC and will watch the Yankees play Texas Rangers tomorrow and then the Yankees and Red Sox game the next night. They will finish off their trip in Denver watching the Rockies play Miami Marlins.

To say the least, this is a dream trip for the baseball fans, and they are loving every minute of it. In the meantime, I am working, like normal and am by myself in the evenings. This leaves me a little bit of time to update the blog, which I am so poor at updating.

This past weekend I was able to go to a small Mission Reunion because my mission president came in from Brasil. I went with my first companion since neither of our husbands were able to come. We had a blast!

This is me, Sister Oppe, Presidente Oppe, and Sister Hall- I have found that my Portuguese needs a lot of work. I will work on it, maybe I just need to make plans to take my husband with me to Brasil and that will give me good motivation to practice. ;).

As for me, I keep growing big. The quote of the day comes from a co-worker who has been out of town for a few weeks and the first thing she said to me today was, "Wow, you're getting big!". All I could say is, "um, Thank you." As far as I know, Baby Boy Christensen is doing well.

And, that is all.

PIONEER DAY!

This year is the very first that Llyr and I have actually celebrated and remembered, because we had work off. It is a great holiday to 1. Remember our ancestors, and 2. Play a little bit. We were able to go to the driving range and I finally made contact with the golf ball after about 100 swings. (Llyr was so patient with me.) We then went to Big Cottonwood Canyon and hiked to 'Dog Lake', actually it looks like a small pond, just cleaner and no geese were around. It's trailhead is just up Brighton Ski Resort. We had a great and fun day. Happy Pioneer Day to all!!!! So here's a picture of Llyr at the Driving Range. I will post pictures of the hike soon.

(Llyr definately wins the longest drive out of us two.)

BABY!!!

I have not written since the big news. The day after the last post I took the first pregnancy test and, yep, it was positive. So I took about 10 more of them, just to be sure and then I called and made my first doctor's appointment. I saw Dr. Summers on May 16, 2012 and he was able to hear the heartbeat on the first try. Llyr and I went to an ultrasound the very next day. We found out that the due date is December 10th! YAY!

So, just this past Friday, July 13th, we were able to find out the gender of our little blueberry baby. And it's a.........BOY! Llyr stopped watching the ultrasound after finding out the gender. He jumped up and gave me a kiss on the cheek and then started the texting right when I was still on the table and our little baby was being examined. Today I hit 19 weeks. Only 21 more to go! We couldn't be more excited.

Happy Easter!

Okay, so I had a post all ready and then my internet went capoot and so here I am trying to re-cap all of the amazing words that I already said.

Today has been a good Easter Sunday. Llyr and I woke up and went to church. I had the opportunity to speak in church today, which made me nervous, but also gave me the drive to study more of my Savior this week and so I am grateful for that opportunity. My sweet husband was in the back middle so I could look at his face and not be nervous. But on his face he is growing a graduation mustache. Ahh! At least I know he will shave it by the time he starts his new job. But it's starting to look a little more refined than it did before.

We then went to Catherine, my co-worker's house for Easter dinner. We were in charge of the jell-o and I think it turned out alright. It was nice to be with a family and to meet her's. Because she lives in Layton we were able to stop by Llyr's grandfathers grave and see his headstone today in Bountiful. It was a good experience. Llyr's grandpa passed away when he was 7 and so his memories or limited, but very fond. I felt like I was able to get a little closer to the great family that I married into.

We then went on a hike on the trails behind the Draper Temple. It is beautiful out there. We probably saw 8-10 deer and were able to enjoy the beautiful weather. I'm so glad that I have a husband who enjoys and encourages me to do fun things like that. All in all it was a perfect Easter. I am so grateful for my Savior, his life, and his sacrifice.

Finally!!!

So, I realize that I started this blog almost 2 years ago and this is only the 3rd post. I told Llyr that I would be better about the blog when we had kids to show off. It's not as much fun to show off just us. 2011 was a great year. We finished up in Vail, CO and moved to Utah. Llyr is finishing up at BYU and will graduate in just 5 weeks!!!! (Finally...) I am working at the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center with Dr. Burks and Dr. Greis. I love my job and feel so lucky that we were able to find a job in Utah. Llyr hasn't needed to work much and so he has rocked his classes. When he finishes in April, he will start working at Deseret 1st Credit Union doing whatever they need done. He's going to get a lot of experience in Marketing, Human Resources, Accounting, Management, etc... It will be great experience before heading off to get his MBA. We are thinking about going back to Boise for that. I am really excited for that chance to head home and be with family. (Llyr and I are so blessed to have the best family in the world, both sides.)

We have spent a lot of our time skiing these last two years and so I will try to post some of our pictures of that, so we have some of those memories documented. We love to ski together. Llyr is getting really good and I'm doing my best to keep up with him. (Boys are so lucky that athletics just come to them even though I've been skiing 10 years longer than he has.)

My little brother, Tucker, and Llyr's little brother, Robert is going to come next week for their spring break. I am excited to have Tuck and Robert come and spend some time with us. Tucker and Llyr will go skiing. (Robert might get talked into skiing as well, but we'll see.)

(Llyr had hip surgery June 2011 to repair his torn labrum and his hip impingement. He was on crutches for 3 weeks and was mostly compliant. He only told the doctor 1 time that he wasn't going to wear the brace that the doctor designed.) This picture is of us on the top of Independence Pass. It sits at 12,000 + feet in elevation. We loved it in Colorado.

VICTORY!!!!

We have been married now for over 6 weeks and...So far, so good!!!! Being married has been so much fun, still work, but so fun. We have been in Vail since Labor Day and have been able to hike a little, go to a Rockies game, and just explore. Vail, CO is a beautiful place. I think we're falling in love with it. Here are some pictures of the wedding and soon, I'll up-load the pictures of Vail and hopefully get caught up on the blog.

Ok, here we go. We got married almost 4 weeks ago and moved to Vail, CO almost 3 weeks ago. We are both getting used to the marriage thing and the new place thing, but we're definitely surviving and having lots of fun.

The wedding was amazing. We were sealed on Friday August 27th, 2010 by Grandpa Williams. We were very lucky and blessed to have so many of our family and friends with us. That evening was the dinner at Louie's Restaurant. The food was great and so was the company. The next evening was the reception at Mom and Dad Williams' house. It was beautiful. Mom did such a great job at putting everything together. There were so many people in the ward that helped and so many family members. It was perfect. They said that there was a line down the street to get to the house to be able to go through the line. People were so generous.

The next day we left on the honeymoon. We drove to Leavenworth that night. I loved it!!!! It was such a cool little town. We just explored on scooters and then walked around town. The next stop was Seattle. It rained that first day there and we went to dinner that night at Ray's boathouse. We spent over $25 for each plate and had an appetizer and a dessert. (Probably the most I've ever spent on a meal, but it was really good and Llyr ate fish!) We went to Pike's market the next day and on to a Mariners' game that night. It was sunny and beautiful. What a great start to our life.