10 January 2016
Dear everybody,
First off...Happy birthday to Luke and to Kevin, this past week! Hopefully next year you two will get to spend your birthdays together!
I had a strange experience at work last week. As I sat working in my cubicle, with my back to the rest of the room, I heard two sounds simultaneously, people gasping, and what sounded like someone chambering a round in a shotgun. So for about 2 seconds, I thought there was a hostile situation in my office. When I got turned around and could see that it was just a guy from the next office over, with a red, plastice nerf dart kind of toy gun, I knew we were okay. He was laughing, and the three other ladies in our area, were kind of nervously giggling, like they wanted to go along with the "joke." I'm afraid that I didn't think it was funny, and my angry self said, "Wade, if I had been carrying, you might be in trouble right now!", and I told him that I didn't think it was funny. He then got all serious and said, "I hope you would have more sense than that." To which I replied, "I thought you would have more sense than to do what you did." I was pretty angry, so I dashed off an email to a guy in administration, to let him know what had happened, and what I had said. I didn't hear another word about it; but as I was leaving that day, Wade told me that he was taking the gun home. I was still too angry to talk, and just gave him a thumbs up. The next morning, I went to his office and apologized for getting so angry, but did let him know that it had been about the longest two seconds of my life. He apologized too, and said that he was going to be taking all his toys home, and that he has "bigger responsibilities." I looked around and saw that he did have quite a collection of toys. Then two days later, he sends out a hospital wide email, telling everyone that we will be required to take "workplace violence and active shooter training," in the next few weeks. I can only imagine that arranging these classes is part of his penance (voluntary or otherwise), for what happened.
In the mornings, about 6:00, I turn up the space heater in the livingroom, sit in the red chair, and read my scriptures. Then when I am finished, I turn the space heater back down to it's lowest setting, and get ready for work. Well, Friday, I must have forgotten to turn it down, and it kept running until about 10:30. Dad was out of town, I was at work, and thank goodness, Gran was in the kitchen at the sink. She said she saw a "big orange ball of fire" behind the red chair. She came into the livingroom, and pulled the heater cord out of the wall socket. The cord was ruined, and there were a few scorch marks on the cord just above it, but that was all. I can only imagine what would have happened if she had been in another room, or even out of the house, like she had been the day before, when Jake had taken her to a doctor appointment. I'm very grateful, very embarrassed, and will try to never do somethink like that again!
January 7th would have been Gran's and Granddad's 66th anniversary! I think some days she misses him more than others...she often talks to his picture, and she gets such a kick out of picking out presents he would give her, if he was here. :)
I don't think I told you kids, and maybe Ben and Lynsey already know, but in our Christmas card from the Larsons, Donna told us that Bruce had passed away, just recently. He was in the bishopric in Elmwood Lane Ward, when we first moved there. Dad often said that he reminded him of Grandpa Christensen.
Well, that's all I can think of for now...and it's long enough anyway. In Relief Society today, one lady shared, "And it came to pass...it didn't come to stay!" So whatever we are going through...it won't last forever! I love you all so much! Mom/Johanna/Nana
Hi Everyone,
First off...Happy birthday to Luke and to Kevin, this past week! Hopefully next year you two will get to spend your birthdays together!
Sam, I meant to tell you earlier how much I enjoyed all the pictures you sent. Especially the pictures from Five Guys! And then your picture Dix! It was so fun!! And, Nat, the signs you have on the wall of the girls' play room...are those the Articles of Faith? Where did you get them?
I did the ten day, no sugar diet, beginning on January 1st and ending on January 8th...yes, you're right...that's only 8 days. And a couple of times I ate beef jerky, only to realize later that there is about a teaspoon of sugar in each stick. But really, it was a good experience, and I found that I didn't feel "snacky" all the time...I even had to remind myself to eat. I have read that carbs, especially sugars, just make you want more, whether you're actually hungry or not. I'm glad I did it, and now am thinking of having a sugar free day each week...I'll keep you posted!I had a strange experience at work last week. As I sat working in my cubicle, with my back to the rest of the room, I heard two sounds simultaneously, people gasping, and what sounded like someone chambering a round in a shotgun. So for about 2 seconds, I thought there was a hostile situation in my office. When I got turned around and could see that it was just a guy from the next office over, with a red, plastice nerf dart kind of toy gun, I knew we were okay. He was laughing, and the three other ladies in our area, were kind of nervously giggling, like they wanted to go along with the "joke." I'm afraid that I didn't think it was funny, and my angry self said, "Wade, if I had been carrying, you might be in trouble right now!", and I told him that I didn't think it was funny. He then got all serious and said, "I hope you would have more sense than that." To which I replied, "I thought you would have more sense than to do what you did." I was pretty angry, so I dashed off an email to a guy in administration, to let him know what had happened, and what I had said. I didn't hear another word about it; but as I was leaving that day, Wade told me that he was taking the gun home. I was still too angry to talk, and just gave him a thumbs up. The next morning, I went to his office and apologized for getting so angry, but did let him know that it had been about the longest two seconds of my life. He apologized too, and said that he was going to be taking all his toys home, and that he has "bigger responsibilities." I looked around and saw that he did have quite a collection of toys. Then two days later, he sends out a hospital wide email, telling everyone that we will be required to take "workplace violence and active shooter training," in the next few weeks. I can only imagine that arranging these classes is part of his penance (voluntary or otherwise), for what happened.
In the mornings, about 6:00, I turn up the space heater in the livingroom, sit in the red chair, and read my scriptures. Then when I am finished, I turn the space heater back down to it's lowest setting, and get ready for work. Well, Friday, I must have forgotten to turn it down, and it kept running until about 10:30. Dad was out of town, I was at work, and thank goodness, Gran was in the kitchen at the sink. She said she saw a "big orange ball of fire" behind the red chair. She came into the livingroom, and pulled the heater cord out of the wall socket. The cord was ruined, and there were a few scorch marks on the cord just above it, but that was all. I can only imagine what would have happened if she had been in another room, or even out of the house, like she had been the day before, when Jake had taken her to a doctor appointment. I'm very grateful, very embarrassed, and will try to never do somethink like that again!
January 7th would have been Gran's and Granddad's 66th anniversary! I think some days she misses him more than others...she often talks to his picture, and she gets such a kick out of picking out presents he would give her, if he was here. :)
I don't think I told you kids, and maybe Ben and Lynsey already know, but in our Christmas card from the Larsons, Donna told us that Bruce had passed away, just recently. He was in the bishopric in Elmwood Lane Ward, when we first moved there. Dad often said that he reminded him of Grandpa Christensen.
Well, that's all I can think of for now...and it's long enough anyway. In Relief Society today, one lady shared, "And it came to pass...it didn't come to stay!" So whatever we are going through...it won't last forever! I love you all so much! Mom/Johanna/Nana
Hi Everyone,
I hope you all are well. This is just a quick message to find out if the first or second weekend in June this year would be a time that we all could get together like we did in Utah last year. I've spoken with our good friends the Bezzants about using their house up in Bailey and we just need to let them know when. The house isn't available over Memorial Day. I know it's farther for some to come to Denver, but hopefully the fact that we won't have to pay for a house big enough for all of us will make that easier. The house is big enough for all of us, but would start to get crowded if we extended the invite past our immediate family. So let's keep it within this email list. 
We'll be out in the woods, and somewhat isolated so it will be best to bring all food and supplies we need. It's not a very long drive back to the closest grocery store in Conifer if we needed something though.
We can get into more details later. Let me know what you all think,
Love,
Ben and Lynsey
Weekend of June 4th and 5th is best for us.
Thx!
Sam
That sounds awesome! I am currently saving up my leave in order to be able to make a smooth transition to a civilian job this summer. We're anticipating that I'll start my terminal leave( leave that goes all the way to my separation date) in the middle of June. It is more likely that we'll be able to participate if the get together is in that time frame. We'll understand if the plans continue for the beginning of June since our live are going to be quite chaotic this summer. Love you all.
-Kevin
Sounds like a great trip! My kids and I will plan to be there. Zach is starting a new job in Boise in March!!! So, we don't know if he'll be able to take vacation yet. If so, he's definitely coming!
We found out yesterday that Zach passed all of his tests for the Ada County hiring process! We're so excited! He starts working there at the beginning of March. The kids and I will move to Boise as soon as our house sells. We created a Zillow listing of our house yesterday. We're hoping it sells quickly so we can all move together!
We love all of you!
Dixie
Dixie
Very exciting! Congrats!!
Sam
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