We got up early on Saturday morning, picked up Grandma and then Brooke and got to the Ogden temple in plenty of time to meet Grandma C., Kay and Chris, Kerry, Keith and Diane, Ben Middleton, Karen and Kirsten. We had many surprises as we were greeted by Ione Allen in the foyer ( as a temple worker) from the 20th ward in Brigham. We had a quiet visit and joyous and after getting dressed in temple clothes, we were greeted by Virginia Britenbeker, from my Hills of Home group, President Sherratt( our first Stake President when we moved to Brigham) and his wife, and Teresa Dustin, a friend from our first ward in Brigham. We were happy to see so many great memories of Brigham and then to do family names that Chris had researched. Chris was pretty emotional as she saw the fruiation of all her work. We had to stop at Farr Ice Cream for ice cream at 10 a.m. in the morning for Brooke...always did that when she did baptisms! Then on to Brigham to get ready for the reunion. We had everyone there but Chad ( in Iraq), Timothy and Kristi ( moving day), Ty, Nat, Kira ( in Indiana), McKay in Oregon, and the two missionaries ( Bryce and Matt). Hopefully we will have pictures posted soon but I left my camera in my temple bag...whaa. We had lunch and then Christensen ancestor program where each family spotlighted an ancestor that we had in common. The highlight was Kerry who spotlight the 5 K's. He had the younger generation come up and place paper plates with names, dates, and places with the right person. We never realized that Kim was the only Eagle Scout in the bunch. It was a lot of fun and there were tons of pictures taken, lots of food consumed, and lots of visiting. Then we had a family council and all agreed that the Saturday after Christmas would be the Christensen party at Kay's and that every Memorial Day would be celebrated with family and Grandma until she can't do it anymore. Sometimes it will be the week after like it was this year. We then headed over to the cemetary and saw those we love and miss. Grandma Fife was especially happy to visit my dad's grave since she doesn't get up very often. We cleaned up everything and made it home by 7 p.m. (left at 6:30 a.m.) It was a fun and happy day to be with family. The hard thing to me was realizing that all those years I sat as a youth and young married wife at reunions and yawn as older members talked about the old days, that I was now that older member while the young kids were yawning. Your dad and Kay sang Bring Back My Rib to the delight of everyone ( Grandpa C. used to sing it alot). Brooke videoed some of it.
Your dad had a busy day today as he released Bishop Chandler and put in Mike Downey from Wolf Hollow as the new Single's bishop. Dallin started his job going to Sandy and installing blinds. He especially likes all the free drinks he gets from the hotel. Dallin also got the good news that he has his scholarship when he gets back. Kim discovered the Queen bee was rejected and he is losing bees just like last year. He was very depressed at the discovery. Tyler and Natalie have moved but are still working on buying the place...what a hard time they have had and they have appreciated having Kira to help with the kids. Zach Lewis comes home on Tuesday. Those missionaries are rolling home! Love you all!
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I was also surprised to learn that dad was the only Eagle of the bunch. I'm glad we have the opposite trend going in our family (I'm the only one NOT to receive the award). I kept Eli up an hour past his bedtime last night to take him to an Eagle court of Honor for a YM in our ward. The Stake President and I both lamented our inability to achieve the rank... it's always a little lonely half-way through court of honors when all the men go up to the Eagles nest. While Eli didn't really get what was happening (he just though Kevin got a lot of presents) I'm hoping that exposing him to scouting early and often might have some impact on him in the long run.
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