The Christensen Family

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Little stop in Woodruff

On the way home from AZ we decided to take a small little detour ti a little town of Woodruff. This town means a lot to my heritage. The head stone above is what I think it my great great Grandparents. I think that Sarah is the Mother to my Great Grandma Shumway. But I don't know that for sure.

These two pictures above and below are the front and back of my Great Grandparents graves. On the back it shows all the names of the 18 children that they had. Pretty cool if you ask me! I only saw one other Shumway but I guess I should have looked for more because I know that some children died at birth. Maybe if I ever end up going back I will look into that.

When I was a youth we did a trek that ended in woodruff and this is where we stayed the night and crossed the river. We actually took the handcarts across the river which was pretty cool.

This is the house that my Grandparents raised 18 children in. I know it's hard to tell from the picture but it wasn't a very big house.

This picture above is the beaut in Woodruff. As a kid I had a shirt that had this mountain on it that we got at a Shumway reunion.

My sister Andrea found a horny toad and they all loved looking at it and thought it was so cool!

We decided to go exploring on a hill behind my Parents house where as a kid we would find pottery that the Indians left behind from their pots. As a kid my Grandpa would tell us stories about the Indians and how they would make fire by rubbing 2 rocks together to create a spark and then they would signal to the other camps that we also on a hill near by. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me.

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Christensen Family pictures

A huge thank you to my sister Andrea for taking pictures for all of us! When we don't get together very often it's nice to have a second to take pictures. Pictures I believe are treasures and most people should take more time to capture the memories only pictures can truly capture.

These kids are lucky to have such amazing grandparents!

I just think this picture is perfect! I know that we will treasure this picture forever!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

January fun pictures

So I've been experimenting with my camera, yes I've had it for a year, but I also haven't had much time or energy to do anything about it. So here is to 2015 and figuring out my camera!

Even in Oklahoma you can find some beauty in the winter. Everything has been so dead but I love that there is color in the sky in this picture.

These girls ask me like a million times to hold there sister to slide...

This just about sums Anna up. Always on the move and also smiling. She really is such a happy girl. Lately she has become such a little helper and it's amazing!