Video of Emma Talking

Here is a little video of Emma saying "Hi" to all of the grandma and grandpa and all of the aunts and uncles on the Christensen side. Pretty cute...

Our Garden is Growing!

Look how our garden is growing, less than three weeks later! We are excited to have pumpkins and squash this Fall. There are also radish plants coming up!

Emma's Swimming Lessons

Emma has been in swimming lessons the last two weeks. When we woke up this morning she was asking to get her swimsuit on. I think she will miss swimming every day! She learned to blow bubbles, kick, hold onto the edge of the pool, monkey crawl along the edge of the pool, go under for several seconds and hold her breath, this one was had for mommy to watch, jump off the edge of the pool, etc. She had a hard time at first with wanting to do anything in front of her teacher. By the second week she was a pro and loved it. They jumped off short diving board at 8ft into the teachers arms, after going under for a second, and she wanted to do it over and over again. My good friend Jamie and her daughter, Katelyn, Emma good friend, were the ones that had us do it with them. It was fun to do it all together and we were sure glad we did. Emma got her certificate and everything!

It's a Spanish Speaking Feast! Más

I love playing with all of my food and I love seconds. For several months now I have always been very good about saying "more" when I want well, more. For the last couple of weeks whenever I want more I tell my mommy "más" which means more in Spanish. She can still get me to say more in English when she asks but if I want more I say "más!" Mommy does not know where I got it but wants me to learn more Spanish. We have a chameleon, Diego, and daddy wants me to only speak Spanish to him and he wants me to only speak Japanese to our fish, Sushi. He taught me how to say konnichiha (pronounced as konnichiwa) which means hello in Janenise. I go up to Sushi all of the time and wave and say "konnichiwa Sushi." I have got my work cut out for me with learning different languages!

Fun in the Sun

Emma loves to play in the back yard especially in her pool or in the sprinkler!

Our Garden

We planted a garden last week and the plants are already coming up. We planted pumpkins, squash, radishes, and carrots. The Pumpkins and Squash are growing great and we can see the radishes coming up also. We are excited to have our own home grown pumpkins for Halloween this year. We were not sure if anything would grow because the soil in like clay here, but they came up! Let's hope they keep growing good!

4th of July Celebration

For the Forth of July we made yummy kabob's with peepers, onions, steak, and chicken and cooked them on our little grill. They were super yummy. We also made shrimp dip which Luke and Emma just loved! We had a nice meal and went to the fireworks with our friends. We watched the fireworks from a hill near our house and were able to see 10 different shows across the Dallas area. There were only two close enough to actually watch but we could see 10 shows! It was pretty cool. Emma loved watching the fireworks.

Look how golden brown these marshmallows are!

Yummy Smores!

Here is Melissa with the kids. Emma sure loves cuddling with Melissa and haning our with her friends Rachael and Owen.