Elder Bedke

My little brother Mitchel leaves for Birmingham England tomorrow morning to serve a two year mission for our church.

Kyle and I are so proud of him and know he has just what it takes be a great missionary. The people in England are very lucky!

We are definitely sad we couldn't be there for his farewell and to see him off, and we are definitely sad that he can't be around to meet the baby...but we are so excited for him to begin this chapter of his life!

Good Luck Mitch! We love you!

Surprise! (three months later...)

We had a Dr.'s Appointment this morning. During which, we discovered that our soon to be BOY, was actually a GIRL!!! See, I knew you would be surprised! (but not as surprised as me...now where are all those receipts....)

Surprise!

See, I do exercise...

I have recently become very concerned with the lack of exercise I have been exerting. However, on my seventh trip to the bathroom today at work I decided to count the number of steps. A round trip from my desk to the bathroom door is approximately 130 normal steps. 7 trips = 910 paces. According to a quick google of "how many normal steps are in a mile?" I discovered there are approximately 2000. That's almost a half a mile folks! I know, I'm amazing. I think starring in exercise videos is definitely in my future.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

We are so excited to announce...

...that Baby Christensen #1 is due to arrive on or around June 4, 2009!

Things Change

It was only a little over a year ago that we said goodbye to Provo and hello to Indianapolis. Provo treated us well, it was where we met, dated, fell in love, and started our lives together. In Provo we graduated from [our first phase] college. Provo was comfortable: Kyle basically grew up there, and I lived there for 6 years. We left behind our families, great friends, fun stores, Bajio!, and much, much more. We said goodbye to provo....

...and hello to Indianapolis! Aside from a quick house hunting trip/job intereview, I had never been to Indiana (shoot, I honestly had never even considered living in Indiana!) We lived in Indiana almost exactly one year. And this year was anything but a short detour in our lives. We loved it there! I think just about everyday that if it weren't so stinkin' far away from "home" we would live there the rest of our lives! In Indiana we met many wonderful life-long friends and got to spend lots of time with my Indiana family! We went to a Colts game, the Speedway, Chicago, Kentucky, Ohio, Amish Country, and Nauvoo! In Indiana, Kyle graduated with a Masters degree from Purdue. However, staying in Indiana just wasn't in our cards. Kyle was accepted into dental school at the University of Southern California, so after twelve short months, we said farewell to Indy....

...and hello to Los Angeles! Like Indianapolis, Los Angeles was also a place that I never honestly considered living, but this is where we are, SO I am determined to like it. Don't get me wrong, living in Southern California definitely has it's perks; however, there are a few things that I could really do with out (i.e. traffic, proposition 8, about 9 million people, housing costs, the Lakers, etc.) Los Angeles (acutally S. Pasadena) is where we will live for the next 4 years as Kyle finishes college phase 3! It is where we will start our family (no, that's not an announcement), and it is where we are having so much fun with so many great new friends! So keep watching as I continue to update on the California stage of our lives!

Still in Indiana - (Part 3 - Notre Dame)

Our last Sunday in Indiana, we took a quick trip to South Bend with Brice and Camille to take a look at the Notre Dame campus. It is a beautiful campus; we are sure glad we were able to see it before we moved!

I think Charlie Weis' driver thought we were famous...(or just some more obnoxios photo takers...I'll be honest, I didn't know who he was, Kyle just said "hurry, take a picture!" So I did...)

Still in Indiana - (Part 2 - Indy Zoo)

Still in Indiana (Part 1 - Nauvoo)

As mentioned in my 8/5 post, we went to Nauvoo for the Anderson family reunion. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Blah-g Schmog....

It appears that some of you have noticed the neglect I have been showing our dear blog these past few months.  I have even received a death threat (from an unmentioned individual) to update soon, or else!  

I wish I could say that my lack of blogging stemmed from a lack of exciting things...but that would be far from the truth.  We have actually been going non-stop since, oh July.... and now I have procrastinated for so long, I am feeling a built-up pressure to make my first blog back clever, witty, and interesting.  Well my faithful blog followers, I will do just that...tomorrow...(minus the clever, witty, and interesting parts!)  You see I have this life motto, "don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow."  

So starting tomorrow, I Emily, promise to hereby dig deep into the iphoto archives and update all who care to read about our fun and exciting lives.  

See you then.