Mike B. Christensen: Life

Life is busy, and writing on my blog hasn't been a priority. Not that I will have that many disappointed readers, but I know I enjoy looking at other people's blogs and seeing how people are doing. So in an effort to do a quick update on our lives, here we go:

The last few posts I put up were related to Vocal Point, so I'll start there. The final results of The Sing-Off were that Vocal Point placed 5th, Afro Blue 4th, Urban Method 3rd, Dartmouth Airs 2nd, and Pentatonix took 1st. Of course, I knew that from about week 4 of the show when they sang "Video Killed the Radio Star" that they would win. They are incredible and I'm very excited to see where they go. What an amazing experience The Sing-Off was. And it was fun to go back to LA to perform once more for a Christmas episode as we sang "Let It Snow" with Nick Lachey! It was really neat to meet other groups from previous seasons and interact and perform with them! We had auditions for Vocal Point towards the end of fall semester 2011 and 4 of us were replaced: Me, Keith, Tyler, and Ben. It is sad to not be in the group anymore, but the new guys will carry on the legacy of Vocal Point and they will do more amazing things in the future!

So the semester was crazy and with all the sing off stuff, but I finished my finals and Christmas came! Amanda and I headed up to Alaska with my family and spent the holidays there! It was a blast! Everyone made it except for my little brother Jarom serving a mission in Tacoma, WA. All of my little nieces and nephews are so cute and it was fun to play with them all the whole time. We finally took a 3 day ski trip to Alyeska Ski Resort and that was one of the highlights! Skiing with my family at Alyeska is one of my fondest memories growing up! Amanda and I had our 3rd year anniversary on the 27th of December. Crazy to think we have already been married for 3 years! We celebrating by seeing a movie in IMAX (M:I4), going out to eat, and escaped to the Copper Whale Inn in downtown Anchorage, a really cozy and fun place to stay! Another highlight of the holidays!

Speaking of my beautiful wife, I don't know if I have blogged yet that WE ARE EXPECTING! She is so far along that it's not really news anymore. The due date is April 16th! So less than 2 months and a beautiful baby GIRL will join our family. It has been really exciting to get ready and kind of crazy that we are going to be parents soon! Amanda is doing really well! We feel blessed that she has been pretty healthy overall and so is the baby. Amanda even had a tap show a few weeks ago with her tap dance team! She is amazing like that. Amanda is teaching at an elementary school in Spanish Fork called Reese Elementary. She enjoys her job and teaching kids and she is really good at it!

I'm in my last semester of BYU and I will graduate in April. School is almost over for me and I'm ready to be done, as I've been here in Provo since fall 2004 (minus 2 years of a mission) so a total of 6 years. I am also working about 20 hours a week up at the Provo temple helping to maintain the facility as an internship. Along with work and all the homework and business of school, I've spent considerable time job hunting, applying, and interviewing. As soon as summer hits, we will most likely move away from Provo to wherever I get a job offer.

So there are a lot of changes a comin' our way! Baby in April, graduation in April, getting a new job and moving! These are really exciting times and I can't wait for it all to happen!

A post isn't a post without any pictures, so here are a few to enjoy from Christmas break :)

Kami and I having fun with Photo Booth