I am AWESOME!! Survey :: Chris Clark

My name is Christine Poulson Clark, but most people call me Chris, Mom, or Grami.  I was born in Salt Lake City, I’m 61 years young, and my parents were Jack & JoAnn Poulson.  I met Neal in seminary class at Viewmont High School in Bountiful Utah where I grew up.  We married in 1971 and now have seven children & 18 grandchildren. 

I would describe myself as generally quiet, calm, too serious, want to please others, and love to be busy.

I haven’t graduated from college but I have a 4.0 GPA due to the one computer class I took.  My other memorable college experience was being the guinea pig in Neal’s science class at Weber College when they demonstrated the Van de Graaff generator.  I was chosen to put my hands on it because I had long curly hair which performed very well for the class by standing out in all directions.

I am currently serving a mission with Neal in Flagstaff where we live, helping people with employment and education.  It has helped me feel even more grateful for the great blessings I have.

My favorite food in winter is pie/cheesecake (any kind) and ice cream is my favorite summer food (lots of mix-ins); favorite book is Les Misérables; favorite movie (I tend to sleep through movies) might be Anne of Green Gables; favorite song is Longer by Dan Fogleberg, but favorite music is anything played on the piano by Neal, Natalie, Kaylie, or Mindie.  I love hiking & singing around campfires.  My pet peeve is litter bugs.

My favorite place I’ve visited is so hard to say.  Neal has taken me all over the world on some amazing adventures.  I loved New Zealand (the north) and would like to visit the South Island.  Adventures include visiting amazing cities in Europe; parasailing, snorkeling, & swimming with stingrays in the Caribbean; ropes course and zip line in the jungle; hiking on a glacier & fishing in Alaska; watching a space shuttle launch; and viewing a total solar eclipse. (Wow! Don’t you wish you were me!)

My occupation for the past 39 years has been mom.  My dream job & what I want to be when I grow up is a landscape designer.  I enjoy gardening, family history stories, hiking with grandkids and Neal, and sewing baby blessing dresses for my granddaughters.  My talent is being able to fold my tongue in half backwards. Can you?

I’m afraid of bears (camped one night in Yellowstone) & fires (my house burned down, age 17, Christmas night).

I remember when panty hose were invented!  When I was in high school, girls had to wear dresses to school and we held up our “nylons” with girdles.  Panty hose seemed like a nice alternative, but my skinny body didn’t fit well with them and I remember walking through the halls in high school, stopping at every restroom to pull up my droopy stockings.  Then they came out with a new brand called “Little Prunes”.  They were all wrinkled up and Grandma Donna bought the first pair that I saw.  She opened them up in front of us and giggled her head off as she held them out for us to see.  She is always good for a laugh!