A Life So Ordinary » birthday

Wyatt’s Big 33

andrea — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:05:15 +0000

I’ll admit, in terms of birthdays spectacular, this was not.

But it was a nice evening in any event.

I have a lot of blogging to catch up on . . .

andrea — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:05:21 +0000

I have so many stories . . . they’re coming:

1) Prom in my neck of the (back) woods

2) Wyatt’s big 33

3) Baby Sunshine’s summer dresses

4) Summer stars

5) The things they say (O & Cal of course)

6) Someone I really admire (maybe it’s you!)

7) Photography up the WahZooh! (Where is the WahZooh?)

OH MY, I usually don’t let myself get behind in my blogging, but there’s just so much going on these days.

Stories to follow . . .

Happy Birthday Grandma Christensen

andrea — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:14:29 +0000

Wyatt’s grandma turned 100 last week.

I don’t know about you, but I think that’s impressive.

Along with a big birthday party last Saturday, my sister-in-law, Katie, set up for Grandma to attend a Jazz game.

Grandma LOVES the Jazz.

Not only did she get to go, but she sat in Jazz-owner Greg Miller’s seats.

Apparently they had a big to-do about it during half time.

I’m sure grandma was thrilled.

Check it out:

The Reality Of What It Is

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:38:08 +0000

Ok . . . So my site has been down for over a week now. I’m sure your wondering (all three people who read my blog) what the heck happened. My web host’s server crashed. Not only did it crash, but apparently it was the hard drive that CRASHED. At this writing they have made a few less expensive attempts to recover the hard drive and now have sent it to a data-recovery specialist (read: EXPENSIVE). What does that mean? Well, I hope they can recover my site. I, of course have back ups of the design of the site, but the blog entries . . . I’m missing from August 2009 (last time I backed up my site) to now. I’ve redirected for the time being to a wordpress blog. I hope to have my own domain and new design up by the end of the week. And I hope at some point my server company will come to me and say they recovered those four months of blog entries. If not I will have to recreate the most important ones: the birth of Everett, Olivia’s birthday, our anniversary, and perhaps the holidays. The others will just rest in the non-existent memory of a crashed hard drive. R.I.P.

So . . . in the mean time, enjoy this simple site with old stories.

It’s My Birfsday!

andrea — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:24:14 +0000

It’s my first birfsday today. Mommy and Daddy were so excited and wanted to celebrate with some exciting activities.

Granddad Christensen gave me my very first birthday present, a deposit into my college fund. He says it will earn something called compound interest, and when I’m old enough it will be helpful in the things that are important in life.

Then I went horseback riding with my aunties, Leslee & Carrie. It was my first time riding a horse. I rode Auntie Leslee’s horse, SLY. He sure was sweet . . . like an overgrown Great Dane! (And I thought my doggies were big!)

After that we went out to breakfast at One Man Band Diner – my first time eating there! I shared Mommy’s hash browns & Daddy’s French Toast. And I opened some of my presents from Grandma & Grandpa Brock & my aunts & uncles. I got the most darling sweater from Grandma & a fun Whinnie the Pooh crib toy from Grandpa that I can’t wait to try out as soon as I move into our new house and am sleeping in my own crib again! (Mommy can’t wait for that either!)

Then we went shopping for a few things for my first birthday. Mommy & Daddy got me a few gifts, but I wasn’t allowed to see them until it was time to open presents.

Then we came home and made me cupcakes. It was my first time making cupcakes (and mommy’s too). I wanted them to be chocolate, since I LOVE chocolate, and I chose a rainbow chip frosting with sprinkles and flower candies on top. It was lots of fun to help decorate the cupcakes.

But then came the very best part. Mommy and Daddy lit a candle and sang happy birthday to me!! Then they gave me the cupcake (sans candle of course) and let me eat it to my hearts pleasure. Everyone just stood around and oohed and ahhed as I devoured my treat. It was sure yummy. At first I tried to be like mommy and be dainty and neat as I ate, but then I decided it was more fun to be like daddy and just make a big mess!

You can see pictures of my birthday by going to my scrapbook. I hope you like them. It sure was fun!