The Life of Christian

Here are a few (and a few more!) photos of Christian over the course of his life.  I can't tell you what a blessing he is to our family.  I hope that you enjoy these pictures and can get a small glimpse of what the life of Christian has been like.

As you can see, we've loved him since the day he was born!

The newly-made big brother helps out with his dear baby brother.

Doesn't he look SO happy?!?

Uh-oh! He shouldn't be playing with that book. :)

But doesn't he look so innocent! :)

He had the funniest smile!

He can also make the funniest faces!

We were at Backbone state park in Iowa and Papa was telling us about owls. 

Christian got scared as he was going to bed and started asking questions like:

Do owls have swords?

Do owls have hands?

Can they open doors?

What do they eat?

We still remember that night every time we look at this picture!

This is another of our favorite photos of Christian.

Christian was having a lot of fun playing in the dirt - as you can see! :)

Poor Christian went fishing with Papa the day after he got a

 haircut and got sunburned on the top of his head!

Christian is our "little warrior man"

He used to play knights or cowboys every day.  His favorite cowboy is Roy Rogers but he used to call him "Rogers - Rogers" before he could pronounce his whole name!

A summertime dinner - WATERMELON!

Christian was no Spartan! - He was definitely a talker!

At the pumpkin patch.

Christian used to have long, bright red hair!

CHARGE!

Papa caught a northern pike that was almost as long as Christian was tall!

Summer fun in the pool!

Cutie!

Our little patriot!

The boys were making really big bubbles and I suppose that, by the looks on their faces, they must have blown an exceptionally large one!

We went to a Twins game and I guess that this is how Christian felt about it ! :)

The big boys went duck hunting and when they came back, Christian got to hold the bird!

As you can see, my brothers do some strange things! :)

The statue of...culinary?

OK, that's not a real shark! :)

Two of his favorite things - baseball and guns!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Christian.

We were trying to get a picture of all 5 of us kids

lined up on the slide - this is the end result! :)

Jail ...

... birds! :)

Nelson's Ice Cream!

We were at Galveston (TX) and Christian was feeding the seagulls. 

He was really enjoying his time by the looks of it!

Best Buddies!

Camper life - that was their movie night position!

Big red and little red!

A rainy day in TX.

A morning of weeding the garden in MN after returning from TX. 

Boys and four-wheelers, the perfect combination - by the way,

I like four wheelers too!

Bunny Ears! :)

Camo kids.

He has the sweetest smile!

Another rainy day in TX! :)

The official self-installed lifeguards at Galveston! :)

Christian and Rosie.

Aren't they good lookin' soldiers !?!

My brother's personal encounter with a very "fierce" lion!

The weeding crew.

They act like twins - always doing everything together!