Los Christensens

warm winters

2012-01-18T21:50:00.002-06:00

i really feel for those folks who actually have winter. this time of year for us should be called sheer perfection. i bet "those folks" feel the same way about us come august. anyhow, we like to take advantage of perfect backyard weather!

wills holding finley "safely" on a ride.

popsicle time!

homies and unicycles

2012-01-09T21:31:00.003-06:00

we finished new year's day with a bbq. sunny and wills were thrilled to have friends come and hang with them!

wills n diego

sunny n henna

rito n dada

and last but not least, evidence that daddy is the king of the unicycle! go dada!

happy new year!!

2012-01-07T23:13:00.004-06:00

the christensens started out 2012 right with a morning hike on the greenbelt.

sunny is a great leader!

daddy helped the kids draw pictures of our surroundings.

cutie pies.

wills became quite attached to his walking stick.

the timer shot. don't you love what sunny does when you ask her to "pose" for a picture?

the merriest part of christmas...

2012-01-04T08:52:00.006-06:00

...is being with family.

snuggles with mammaw are the best!

story time with nana rules!

making funny faces with aunt rachel is pretty classic, this is the "tough" face. love it!

lovin' aunt leela.

the bros, dada and uncle bebo.

jingle bells!

2012-01-03T08:44:00.003-06:00

the weekend after hanukkah, it was time for an humble christmas!

to start, here are sunny, wills and cousin camron with the biggest hit of the season, icicles.

more hanukkah action!

2012-01-02T10:56:00.002-06:00

the big hanukkah/christmas gift this year was a playscape for the backyard! it was lovingly assembled by daddy, gan gan and uncle johnny. their hard work paid off, it is a hit!

the kids weren't excited at all about their hanukkah presents.

don't all jews have the "battle plank" section of the hanukkah celebration? well, all the cool ones do!

the boys doing the blessing over the wine.

happy hanukkah!

2011-12-21T08:10:00.004-06:00

oh man, we had quite a celebration for hanukkah this year! friends, family, blessings and traditions... it was magical! i will post more pics later, but this is by far my fave! gotta love the kid table, they are munchin' on the potato latkes. it seems that mr. wills is also enjoying some "see"food!

ballet girl

2011-12-19T18:59:00.003-06:00

i got to visit sunny's wonderful ballet class again. food for the soul i tell ya! look at the awesomeness:

THEN last weekend sunny, gammy and i had a girl date to the nutcracker. it was magical, i love to spend time with my two favorite ladies.

just what ya' needed!

2011-12-03T09:09:00.002-06:00

is today the kinda day that is just screaming for a couple of dance solos from sunny and wills? thought so.

sunny selected slowish music for her beautiful ballet moves.

and wills wanted to jam for his... ummm... interpretive moves.

Thanksgiving Decor

2011-12-01T15:38:00.002-06:00

i was feeling a bit crafty before turkey day. luckily, sunny and wills were down for some turkey making!

aavp fans

2011-11-17T09:30:00.003-06:00

here is another video i meant to post a while back (no, wills does NOT have another black eye, this is just old!).

our friends are also rock stars in the awesome band, akina adderley and the vintage playboys. they did a performance that was live streamed on the internet (love technology!) so we got to have a private aavp dance party!

san angelo trip... again!

2011-11-14T12:34:00.002-06:00

i'm a bit behind in my blogging, allow me to back track a little bit. we finished off october back in san angelo to surprise gan gan for his birthday. ross and heidi came too and it was a fabulous visit. we were all happy to celebrate with gan gan and keep gammy company as she continues to recover a recent surgery.

here's sunny attcking gan gan in a surprise hello.

gammy ordered the best cake from the best bakery in town, yum!

brent, ross and heidi went ranchin' with gan gan. here's ross in action.

heidi gave wills and sunny mani/pedis. wills picked a halloween themed pallet. i don't think the boy has ever held so still in his life!

sunny and wills made time to get all of their business calls in on the way home.

trick or treat!!!

2011-11-02T14:11:00.003-05:00

halloween was a huge success! we started out meeting up with our good friend brynna and her momma and daddy.

then we walked over to wills's buddy diego's house to meet up with a few other families. (fyi, since brynna was a cat, she suggested that her mom, corie, be a ball of yarn... just in case you were wondering)

here they are in action.

wills and diego ended up in the stroller, they just couldn't keep up with sunny and brynna!

the ride home was the perfect opportunity to explore the fabulous world of candy.

the perfect picture of a candy overdose!

what a great night!!!

happy halloween!

2011-10-31T09:12:00.003-05:00

we are taking sunny and wills on their first ever trick-or-treaking adventure tonight! i will definitely post some wrap up from our night, but until then, here are some pics and footage from our prep, getting ready for the big day with our good friend runa.

love our family

2011-10-24T08:06:00.002-05:00

the fabulous and wonderful barbara and steve came to visit and we SO enjoyed their visit. it feels so good to be with family!

we love you!

(ps- barbara, those fruit bars are good, i mean GOOD! thanks!)

dress up

2011-10-13T20:18:00.001-05:00

interviews

2011-10-06T21:17:00.002-05:00

sunny's interview includes a beautiful display of movement... and no... i have no idea what wills was doing in the background.

sunny is taking wills's interview very seriously.

that black eye is lookin' pretty cool now, dontcha think?

li'l ranchers

2011-10-04T21:27:00.002-05:00

we love exploring the ranch and hangin' with the moo-cows. sunny and wills have the coolest ranchers to look up to... gan gan and uncle richie know what's up!

gammy pics

2011-10-02T15:55:00.003-05:00

sunny, wills and i took a trip to see gammy and gan gan and left daddy at home to do some work (and have some fun). this was my first solo trip with the kids and i am feeling pretty darn good about it, except for one little thing (you'll see).

travel tip from bean: go to your library and check out a ton of kid cd's that you wouldn't normally agree to listen to in the car. this was CLUTCH!

these are some of the pics that gammy took while we were there:

ahh, look at wills. those are the days when he only had one facial injury.

during an intense game of fairy hide and seek

woo hoo! ranch trip! riding in the back of a pick up!!

swingin sunny

yep, that's a shiner folks. jumpin on the bed is not as safe as it's cracked up to be!

owie kazowie!

2011-09-19T21:37:00.002-05:00

we received a phone call from wills's school friday morning that our little pumpkin had a little spill, well, a big spill... right on his face. when we arrived to pick him up, the first thing he said to us was, "i fall down but i'm tough". so true.

here's the story in his own words:

nothing helps a boo boo like a popsicle, don't you think?

oh, and rest assured, he is already getting better and better (the knee too).

the best things in life are free

2011-09-14T21:45:00.002-05:00

i love being reminded how fun it is to run and jump on a couch. seriously. if it has been a while since you have run as fast as you can, and then jumped on your couch (possibly with a spin move), today is the day.

Take it from sunny and wills.

ps- sunny is wearing 3, count them THREE nightgowns. the girl can appreciate layering :)

bubbles, pop tha

2011-09-07T21:28:00.001-05:00

our new hit single.

innerspace adventure

2011-09-05T19:57:00.002-05:00

uncle ross and heidi came to town unexpectedly this weekend and we loved every second! we got to go out for tex mex, have an ice cream date at the park and best of all, explore a cave! we think ross and heidi should come every weekend! we love y'all!

we will rock you

2011-08-29T21:53:00.000-05:00

sunny's 4th bday party

2011-08-23T11:38:00.004-05:00

last weekend, we celebrated sunny's birthday with a bunch of friends. one of the highlights was the pinata!

sunny and wills gave the pinata a goodbye hug before she was hoisted up the rope.

the action was priceless. i gotta say, i am amazed no one was injured in the process!

in the end, daddy got the goodies out :)

gimme tha loot gimme tha loot!!

colorado birthday extravaganza

2011-08-18T12:35:00.003-05:00

we had a wonderful birthday celebration for sunny up in the rocky mountains. it started with an awesome steam train ride that gammy planned for the whole family. it was so cool!

after the train ride, we went to a park for pizza, cake and presents! by the way, gammy hit a home run and got the most beautiful fairy cake ever!

wills was so happy for his big sis, i think he's goin' in for the moochie.

sunny LOVED all of her presents. she even shared a magic wand with wills. she had to explain protocol to him, of course.

colorado playtime

2011-08-17T13:47:00.003-05:00

i'm still truckin' through the colorado footage. i can't stop posting!

cruisin' to the gondola

the guys deep in their creative process.

sunny panning for treasures (ps- momma freakin' LOVED this activity too!).

play time with daddy... notice the reference to "rain", something y'all texans probably need to look up in order to understand!

best buds. makes my heart shine :)

4 years old!!

2011-08-16T12:51:00.002-05:00

it is crazy that it has already been four wonderful years since my sweet sunny rose was born. the world is a better place with this ray of sunshine in it! i love you sweet sunny!

happy hikers

2011-08-15T12:50:00.003-05:00

i don't know who loved hiking more, our little kangaroos, sunny and wills, or us! it was a little hard to maneuver on the trails while these little buddies insisted on holding hands! who can deny them though???

another favorite activity was when we became field scientists and drew (extremely accurate) pictures of the flowers we saw on the trail. The best part was getting to name the flowers whatever we wanted. some example of our creative names were "spiky rose" and purple-bonnet".

gondola gondola gondola

2011-08-12T08:23:00.003-05:00

we LOVED riding the gondola in breckenridge. what a great way to see the beautiful sights in the mountains! it got to the point that every time we approached the gondola, wills would scream, "who loves the gondola??"... and would continue to scream it until we all raised our hands and yelled "meeee" in unison. i think we may have a future camp counselor on our hands! here is footage from our maiden voyage up the mountain.

i love my parents.

the pilot and co-pilot

takin' it all in

the first hike

2011-08-10T21:42:00.003-05:00

as i mentioned before, the plane ride and journey to Breckenridge went off without a hitch. BUT, what i didn't say was that after we arrived, our overly excited, overstimulated, non-napped kiddos had a rough time of it throughout the afternoon. here's an example of what happened:

and here are some scenes from before the crash.

gettin' there

2011-08-09T12:39:00.003-05:00

the kids did great on the plane both ways. maybe it was the early flights, maybe it was the excitement of being on the plane, or maybe it was the ipods loaded with their favorite tv shows and the emergency lollipops!

man-o-man, vacation is the best!

2011-08-08T18:50:00.004-05:00

where to begin??? the basics: us, gammy and gan gan, uncle ross and heidi, colorado, awesomeness. prepare yourself for a posting frenzy!

shall we start with snow in august?

we do other things too...

2011-07-27T21:19:00.002-05:00

but yes, a majority of our time is dancing, singing and being in a band.

it's fun.

park time

2011-07-25T14:23:00.003-05:00

summer smiles

2011-07-24T22:24:00.002-05:00

i love these little pumpkins.

wills takes a turn

2011-07-22T11:54:00.002-05:00

sunny isn't the only dancer in the family. wills has got some pretty sweet moves as well, check it out...

who runs the world?

2011-07-11T21:59:00.002-05:00

the other day, sunny, wills and i sat and watched the AWESOME beyonce video to "who runs the world (girls)" and then decided to turn on the music without the video to try out some of the queen b's moves. sunny outdid herself, and wills, well wills had some other issues he was dealing with.

happy birthday 'merika

2011-07-07T21:23:00.003-05:00

this land is your land indeed!! i love the 4th of july... a lot. this year we had a big fat 4th of july bbq, complete with 2 kiddie pools, BOTH sides of the grill bumpin' and (thank you very much shana berenzweig) cake balls. it was freakin' great.

sunny and reli, insprired by our fore fathers i'm sure, creating patriotic art.

the chronicle cover girl was at our party!!!

the legendary cake balls... YUM!

sunny came correct with the pool cleaning, this kid is multi-talented!

sunny, wills and brynna didn't have any fun at all.

the new cool spot for the hipsters (literally).

the bro and the sis

2011-07-02T12:43:00.002-05:00

we are reaching a peak of the brother/sister love/hate relationship. when it's bad, momma starts to question her very own mental health, the word frustration develops a whole new definition, and the house volume tests those double pane windows of ours.

BUT when it's good, it is oh so good. heart shining good.

a gift

2011-06-27T21:29:00.002-05:00

what better to share with your young, impressionable children than barbra streisand? look at the budding love, ahhhh yeah!

father's day

2011-06-27T14:10:00.003-05:00

brent is an incredible dad, so we wanted to give him a great father's day. we all made him beautiful father's day cards.

and what more could a jewish girl do to prove her love to her man than to cook an entire package of bacon for him on father's day?? nope, i can't think of anything either.

throw a fried egg on there and you pretty much have the perfect breakfast.

we love daddy!

best friends

2011-06-24T14:02:00.003-05:00

faye has been spending time with wills twice a week all year while i was out visiting teachers all over central texas. wills LOVES faye. sunny loves her too, so much that she would complain all the way to school when we would leave wills and faye at home. wills and sunny both got some faye time after school was out and lucky for them, amir came along to hang out too. they got to do that again last week, and i think you can tell by the smiles on their faces how they felt to be with their good friends.

lucky for us amir is NOT going to law school in baltimore, but instead is keeping it real, and keepin' it texan at the university of houston. we can't wait for their houston adventure to end so they can be back in austin where they belong, because let's be honest, mama and dada have a love affair goin' on with faye and amir too.

encore

2011-06-22T22:38:00.000-05:00

an original, by sunny rose

2011-06-21T22:35:00.002-05:00

sunny created her very own beautiful song, and wills, well wills added that special somethin' to the scene.

friends and family

2011-06-16T12:40:00.004-05:00

summer time is rolling along. we are soaking it up with loved ones and plenty of water time (because it is freakin' HOT!).

gammy and gan gan came to visit, which always makes for a ton of smiles.

pool time at the freedman's turned into pizza party!

here's wills, who doesn't look like he is having a good time at all.

sweet gus

audrey and sunny are LOVING each other, so cute!

first day of school for wills!!

2011-06-13T12:18:00.003-05:00

momma had an emotional morning sending my sweet william off on his first day of school. i kept thinking about precious memories all morning of the little baby that he used to be. now he is such a big boy! he did great at drop off, immediately diving into the sand box. momma, on the other hand, bravely made it to the car before she burst into tears. whew, what a day. here are the pumpkins before we left the house.

the encore

2011-06-05T09:12:00.001-05:00

told ya there was more :)

these kids are FUNKY!

2011-06-02T09:27:00.003-05:00

i am afraid i just couldn't narrow down the videos from this particular afternoon... i love them all. AND i am also afraid that i will be posting more videos from this particular afternoon later. i'm tellin' ya, they were in a zone!

our ballerina

2011-05-31T12:51:00.003-05:00

sunny had her last dance class of the school year last week and parents were invited to watch. i can't think of a better way to spend a morning!

such a beautiful ballerina!!!

add it to the list

2011-05-25T22:08:00.003-05:00

there is an endless list of things that make sunny and wills happy. here is a couple of examples:

dancing with "fairy wings" (made out of night gowns) and a cape. oh, and add to that, it makes wills SOOO happy when sunny is willing to hold hands with him. he becomes king of the world!

at the top of the list, there would be gan gan (larry lobster and all)

like father, like son

2011-05-23T22:22:00.001-05:00

these guys know how to rock.

bounce house heaven

2011-05-22T21:33:00.003-05:00

ok, bounce houses may be one of the best modern inventions for los ninos. this is ESPECIALLY true when you go to one with one of your great friends, brynna, and there are only two other kids in the entire place!!

Give 'em heck!

2011-05-21T13:37:00.003-05:00

Today, Sunny, Wills, and I (daddy) all went to the Capitol building. You know, that building where those really smart people do great things in order to make our state better. Well, oops, they forgot to fund education. We were there to remind our elected officials that education does matter and that the people want it. This was the kids' first trip inside our beautiful Capitol. By the way, iffin you get yerself a chance...check out http://savetxschools.org/ and http://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/ Just plain non-partisan support for our kids and their right to quality education. Hell, any education.

you talkin' to me punk??!??

2011-05-17T17:39:00.001-05:00

here are the toughest kids around.

deep thoughts with sunny rose

2011-05-13T13:21:00.001-05:00

christensen talent show

2011-05-08T22:05:00.001-05:00

starring sunny rose and wills lamar!

humble adventures

2011-05-04T21:53:00.003-05:00

we got to hang out with mammaw, always good times.

nanna and bebo's house is like a wonderland to the kids, here they are playing make believe with daddy.

sunny got her toes painted for the first time, and momma made the sacrifice of getting a mani pedi at the same time so she could appreciate the experience :) notice how the lady gave sunny a flower on each of her toes, needless to say, it was a hit!

amber was a beautiful bride and her dad was beaming!

the ladies at amber's wedding..

and the fellas

h-town

2011-05-01T21:44:00.002-05:00

well folks, we just returned from our THIRD road trip in april. are we tired? yes. did we play the most fun/infuriating/random/desperate game of "i spy" ever played from bastrop to austin? yes. was it worth it to spend time with our wonderful family? absolutely. there will be more to follow (of course), but here is the musical introduction to the humble wrap up… ( filmed on location at mammaw and papa ed's house)

san angelo: part 2

2011-04-28T22:11:00.002-05:00

here are a few group pics, i love this family!

and for those of you who were concerned, BATTLEPLANKS LIVES!!!!!!!!!
the evidence:

san angelo: part 1

2011-04-26T22:10:00.002-05:00

we had an incredible trip out to beautiful west texas to visit with gammy and gan gan. the trip was made complete with the addition of uncle ross and heidi. we all had a fabulous time! check out the most varied-activitied trip ever!

the boys did some ranchin' (don't worry folks, the cows hardly felt a thing and were rewarded for their good attitude with a ton of cake, for real, at least that's what they call the cow food).

the kids had a ton of fun playin' train with the train king himself, uncle ross.

hot day in texas? no worries, set up a sprinkler in the backyard and we are set!

wills, just being wills.

we had a lovely passover seder. it was so wonderful to share in traditions with our friends and family. i had even prepped sunny and wills on the night's events and they joined in on the chorus for dayenu! i was so proud!

we even got to celebrate uncle ross's birthday!

sunny the princess at the park.

ya want eggs with that??

2011-04-22T09:18:00.000-05:00

a final camping post, i promise!

2011-04-19T18:40:00.002-05:00

folks, i know this is getting excessive here, but i couldn't help it with all of the great footage from the trip!!

the daddies carrying the little ones away from mermaid island

i think berry looks pretty good preggers with three little ones... maybe they shouldn't stop at two :)

we had craft time and sunny made a spectacular puppet. good work sunny buns!

notice how sunny and wills will stop at nothing to impress eepers.

our posse, what a crew!

and i leave you with a last moment of zen...

(ps- feel better soon amir! love from sunny and wills)

camping

2011-04-16T14:36:00.002-05:00

my beautiful family in a beautiful texas river, a match made in heaven.

wills + runa = love

sunny giving her babies an afternoon snack. she is such a good mommy!

a picnic on the shores of mermaid island.

no road trip in west texas is complete without a stop in the dq. yum!

pretty much speechless on this one. kids say the darndest things!

canoe dreams

2011-04-12T14:15:00.002-05:00

we had never been out to south llano river state park, but we knew there would be water there. when we are headed towards water, we start to have canoe dreams. so we (and by we i mean brent) packed up the canoe, and got goin'!

then we drag that thing down to the river.

and there was one short and glorious trip made by the boys

for the rest of our time there, the canoe was used in a different way than we had envisioned.

it was worth all of the packing for sure!

new rock n roll video, made on location

2011-04-11T18:20:00.002-05:00

we went camping last weekend (there will definitely be more posts and wrap up from our great weekend with west texas and the ingrams). while we were there, sunny and wills paid tribute to their new favorite band, peelander z. we got to see this band during SXSW and have been checking out thier videos on line since (and you can too, http://www.peelander-z.com/). here is their cover version of our fave song, "so many mike".

shiny happy people

2011-04-05T21:41:00.004-05:00

more from wills's party. oh, and a little follow up, today our TWO year old has finally (we hope) recovered from his birthday sickness 2011. go wills!

nothin' but smiles at the kids table

party scenes

sunny and brynna lovin' life at the bounce house

uncle ross and heidi

ginny and whit

amir and faye

gan gan (let me say, this guy needs to learn how to relax and enjoy a party!)

a party to remember

2011-04-04T12:36:00.002-05:00

we had a big plan for wills's birthday party... but as we have so often been reminded, things don't always go as planned when you are a parent. wills woke up with a fever the morning of his big day so we had to let our friends know that they should be weary of coming into the germ-ville for a party. lucky for wills, the day was incredibly fun and special with the help of some incredible family members and brave friends. we still had a rockin' good time and it was a day to remember. there will be more photos to come, but for now, here is the the birthday boy getting that special serenade.

happy birthday to wills!

2011-04-01T12:53:00.003-05:00

what is happening??? how can this boy be two already?? i just can't believe that two years ago today we got to meet our precious and special little baby boy, and now he's all grown up!! this baby is a kid!

we decided to have a special morning adventure with sunny and shana to the park. it was a gorgeous day, perfect for the birthday boy.

wills even had a birthday milestone, he made it UP the slide!! i don't know what it is about going the wrong way up the slide, but it's every kid's dream!

happy birthday wills, we love you so so much!

dance class!

2011-04-01T08:09:00.002-05:00

i got to watch sunny's dance class again, pure cute bliss! on this particular day they were doing an interpretation of "the very hungary caterpillar" by eric carl.

warm up

the caterpillar in the cocoon

being butterflies

seasons changing

2011-03-27T21:46:00.003-05:00

spring break, and sunny stayed home from school for the week, which meant she FINALLY got to go with faye and wills to the ever mythical weekly trip to story time at the library (in addition to a ride in faye's car. the coolest!). she was thrilled, and got to pick out her very own library books.

the ultimate sign that summer is upon us, the inaugural play session with the water hose.

music in the air

2011-03-19T12:15:00.004-05:00

sxsw (south by southwest) is happening in austin, and though we aren't out in the action, music is definitely in the air in our fair city. sunny, wills and i are really into the new adele album and one of our favorite songs came on the radio. a dance party ensued.

spring gardening

2011-03-18T13:24:00.003-05:00

Spring has sprung in the atx and it is the perfect time for some plantin'! You may get the impression that daddy did most of the work, but let's not forget the importance of throwing dirt on the driveway, playing, doing cheers, and most importantly, manning the camera. I think you will see that sunny, wills and momma really put their blood, sweat, and tears into this project.

daddy's birthday cupcakes

2011-03-15T10:03:00.002-05:00

daddy got to go on a little birthday adventure by himself. while he was gone, the three of us worked together to make a birthday treat!

step one: make the cupcakes

step two: make the icing

step three: eat those bad boys!

we love to celebrate daddy!

we heart mammaw and papa ed

2011-03-13T20:39:00.004-05:00

it's always the best when we get to see mammaw and papa ed. when they came to visit last time, they got to see sunny and wills experience pizza for the first time (this milestone is especially important to their daddy). sunny and wills have always been down on trying out pizza from actual delicious pizza joints here in atx, so we tried a different approach, home made pizza by the chefs known as sunny bunny and bubby wills.

it was a success.

poor papa ed could not get a nap in. wills insisted on waking him up in a variety of loud and creative ways. at one point, papa ed lucked out since wills tried the sleeping beauty approach to waking people up and gave him a big 'ole smacker!

mammaw and papa ed got some snuggle time with the kiddos as they got to experience the glory of the wonder pets (great show, oscar worthy performances here).

to gammy, on her birthday...

2011-03-06T08:44:00.001-06:00

you are loved, a lot. happy birthday to you!

sunset love

2011-03-02T12:41:00.001-06:00

we love it when daddy gets home from work.

adventures in babysitting

2011-02-28T17:45:00.003-06:00

aunt shana came over last saturday and spent some time with the kiddos so bc and i could go out for a bit... she documented her experience:

those are some happy kids!

i have included one last tid bit from shana's day. this one's gotta be dedicated to daddy!

february

2011-02-24T21:43:00.002-06:00

this is a random bit of videos of our sweet little pumpkins. i don't think there is any explanation necessary for any of them, but all of them beg the question: how is it possible to be as fabulous as wills lamar and sunny rose?? i have yet to figure it out.

sunshiny days

2011-02-16T11:55:00.005-06:00

we are so glad to be back with a good ole texas winter, with warm sunny days and no more of that 16 degree nonsense. before i show you what we've been up to, i will let wills set the mood with a serenade.

we love to take the bike trailer out and make a trip to the park.

and once we get to the park, it's swingin' and slidin' time!

notice how wills refuses to take his bike helmet off at the park, safety first! good times!!

snow day!

2011-02-09T14:24:00.002-06:00

los christensens, representin' in the snow.

wills doing his favorite snow day activity: eating the snow.

daddy went on a slow (and cautious) adventure in the car over to our neighborhood park. doesn't it look so pretty?

warmin' up those tootsies after big playtime in the snow.

warm and cozy!

mr and mrs gil's driveway is a cool place to hang

little angel!

we now interrupt this arctic blast with...

2011-02-02T22:41:00.002-06:00

a dance break, courtesy of the christensen kids. stay warm!

this n that

2011-01-31T13:10:00.003-06:00

sunny and daddy reading up on future texas adventures.

sunny checking out wills at the pretend grocery store.

wills went on an adventure with faye, complete with his trusty cape.

"may i help you?"

twins

and some random sillyness for your day!

wills takes the spotlight

2011-01-19T13:47:00.002-06:00

those of you who have been keeping up with the ever exciting "los christensens" blog know that there has been many a solo sunny performance in front of the kitchen door. well, wills is about to make his debut! check it out!!

and here is a conversation with our big boy...

did anyone order cuteness with a dash of silly?

2011-01-10T21:53:00.002-06:00

here are some random things for y'all to enjoy:

our dear friend faye bravely took both of the christensen kids on an outing to the austin science and nature center. the kids had a blast, of course, and faye took this classic pic.

my heart melts when these two hug.

... and on to sillytown

we had to move everything out to the garage to get our new carpet put in, and created a bounce house in the process. notice how wills is catching air in this pic.

an humble christmas, 2010

2011-01-10T21:22:00.003-06:00

sorry for the lapse in posts my dear loved ones, the christensen house was turned upside-down before the holidays and we are just about back to normal again! here are some pics from our VERY merry christmas spent with our wonderful family in humble.

we loved staying with bebo and nana! this is our "regular pose", you should see the the picture when we were supposed to do a "silly pose"!

here's sunny in the beautiful hand made sweater created by nana, gorgeous!

the role of santa was played by none other than momoo, wills and sunny's great grand mother! she did an incredible job!

wills chillin during christmas time at mammaw's

christmas mayhem at mammaw and papa ed's! such great fun!

dance dance dance!

2010-12-18T13:57:00.003-06:00

saying that sunny was extremely excited to have daddy visit her dance class would be an understatement.

daddy loved watching his big girl do all of her incredible moves.

she even had a solo!

then, when she is at home, she passes on her skills to baby bro, what a great big sister!

happy hanukkah! love, purpleness

2010-12-17T12:13:00.002-06:00

in preparation of our festival of lights, momma fried latkes for AN HOUR AND A HALF. no kidding, that's a lot o latkes!

thank you texas for giving us beautiful days in december so the kids can have a blast outside (that's our friend josie with sunny and wills).

everybody gettin' their hanukkah grub on!

eepers and runa yummin it up!

the little ladies!

and just in case you were wondering, purpleness is the name sunny gave her new doll, given to her by uncle ross. now why didn't i think of that first.... sonia purpleness christensen has quite a nice ring to it!

you want skills? we got your skills right heeeya!

2010-12-02T21:55:00.002-06:00

daddy and johnny b constructed an awesome half pipe to recharge their inner skater dudes. dada's definitely gettin' his groove back!

and not to be outdone, i present to you... sunny rose, skater dudette (with a special appearance from the crazy biker, i mean triker, known as wills).

the sunny and wills show

2010-12-01T21:13:00.000-06:00

the many faces of sunny and mommy

2010-11-22T12:58:00.005-06:00

sunny and i decided to have a little bit of fun with the camera the other day:

surprised face

mean face

silly face

scared face

happy face

dancing sunny

2010-11-18T21:39:00.002-06:00

i have committed a HUGE foul, so apologies in advance to all of you grandparents out there. i sat in on sunny's dance class the other day and quickly found out that i had no juice in my camera battery!!! the horror! this is all of the footage i was able to get. i can tell you two things: 1- i will return and make it up to all of you, and 2- that class was the cutest thing ever, like eye burning cute.

the last post from the trip (i think)

2010-11-13T13:29:00.003-06:00

after wills went to sleep we got to have some sunset time with our big girl.

ian tried (quite successfully i may add) to duplicate the "wills camera smile".

i love this guy.

i am no shana berenzweig, but this was my art-pic of the trip, not so shabby eh?

fun fun fun

2010-11-11T14:01:00.002-06:00

wills achieved his peak moment of the trip on saturday afternoon. he discovered that he could play and sit in the mud...heaven. sunny decided to skip the digging and do a little fishing. yummy meal she planned for us, huh?

sunny and runa could not have been cuter playing peekaboo. as soon as we discovered the girls, they were ready for another round!

merrily merrily merrily merrily...

2010-11-09T15:25:00.002-06:00

the maiden voyage of the trip

commentary by momma

commentary by wills

gettin there

2010-11-08T12:44:00.002-06:00

serious packing people, hours of packing for a three day trip!

there was some peek-a-boo action in the car on the way,

and a sweet nap (that of course did not last long enough).

we even stopped at a dq in burnet for an afternoon treat. i don't think wills opened his mouth enough for the ice cream to get in.

incredible

2010-11-07T21:01:00.003-06:00

we have been on lots of camping trips, but none have been more challenging, or more awesome. not even close. wow.

more to come...

happy halloween!

2010-10-31T21:42:00.003-05:00

poor wills was sick the week leading up to halloween, but he still got to dress up at home with his handy dandy cape (every kid should just have one kickin' around, thanks gammy!).

there are the two costumed cuties.

sunny made a fantastic rainbow,(thanks again gammy!) and got her face painted at the school halloween party!

carving pumpkins= adults into it, kids not so much

brent's masterpiece in action

mammaw and papa ed weekend

2010-10-27T21:19:00.003-05:00

we were so happy that mammaw and papa ed came to visit! we started the weekend with daddy's incredible corn style pancakes.

we went to the austin zoo and had a fantastic time. of course we took a train ride.

papa ed got to read to the little dumplings

Then, after mammaw and papa ed left to go back to humble, we ended up going to a great benifit at the nutty brown cafe. we did it all, from arm painting to jammin out to hard rock kiddo music, to munchin on some corny dogs, wooooweee!

what a weekend!

park time

2010-10-12T15:49:00.002-05:00

gammy and gan gan came to town last weekend and we all had a great time at the park.

sunny made sure that gan gan got his upper body work out by allowing him to push her one billion times on the swing.

and wills made some yummy treats with the rocks while somebody relaxed (not namin' any names here!).