Recently....

(just a tad of) what we've been doing...

Walk-A-Thon (Kaylea did 15 full laps!)

Jax wanted to walk with Daylan & his friend

Homework, Projects, Carpool
 & Volunteering in Kids' Classes

Brian's famous...

We sold our car...I already miss it.

Beamer found a red sucker that had to be cut out...

Saggy, Soggy Diapers & Tim making Sunday morning breakfast

Jax discovered the joy of pens

The kids playing Soccer every day for hours in the Backyard

(practice for their Sat. games)

Cousin Time!

Puzzles...a lot of them.

Spencer & his Boyz Hip Hop Competitions...at this particular one they won 1st in their division.

Life is busy....but good.

Guess Who BYU?

Let's play a game....

Which 2 kids in this picure have grown up & now been accepted into BYU?!

Easter~2006

The kids' Aunt Ashlyn & Cousin Melissa both received acceptance letters this week & will be attending BYU this fall. 

Next game:

What about in this picture?

Me & Sara-Bear (Jax's twin)
~1992~ (don't mind my scary hair)

My littlest sissy Sara was also accepted in!

*We are so proud of all 3 of them & all their hard work that got them to this point.

❤True Love❤

Beamer & Kaylea giving Valentines kisses.

Kaylea's 1st Love=Beamer

{look closely & Beamer is giving her kisses too...}

Spencer's {last} Pinewood Derby

~This adorably cute Webelo Scout is our very own Spencer. He along with his Dad made his rad Pinewood Derby car. (with a little help from Mom too) He named it the "Green Arrow" since that became the shape and the color...an original Campbell design. Tim did a little online research to find out what makes the cars go extra fast & where to have the "weight" of the car.

*Spencer ended up winning 4th Place in ALL!*  ..out of 25 boys & their cars. And not to forget his award for the Strangest Shape. 

(which I guess is a compliment for a boy.)

Here HE is WINNING one of his races:

Look closely at the sly motion of his arms in the "YES-I did it"-Position.

We did a Nascar Racing Theme. 
~Our Cub Master & Committee Chair are the creative minds behind it all. I'm just one of the worker bees as Bear Leader. I wish I would've got more pictures of the decor...like the tables I decorated to look like a road -Black tablecloths with yellow crate paper as the street lines.
~We even had our News Reporter "Ruby Red" aka Lisa, a row of Radio Commentators, Security guards, a Camera Man documenting it all & projecting it on the Big Screen! The beginning ceremonies were awesome with the boys running in to the Music, flashing lights and even Paparazzi!
It was a fun time!

Cute As A Button

Look at his button nose...
Does it get any more adorable?

A video of our little guy.

To Laugh or To Cry...

Jaxson & Beamer=Partners In Crime

*I think Jax did the unrolling 

& Beamer did the tearing & spreading.*

This could partly be why I'm so behind on blogging.

January=Medical Emergency Month

*{Post for Journaling Purposes}

this picture makes me wanna cry:

The unwelcome hospital tradition began Christmas week of 2002. Kaylea was hospitalized with RSV at only 3 months old & came home just in time for Christmas Eve. The best Christmas present ever was to just be out of the Hospital & together with my family. I didn't care about anything else but the safety and well being of them. Christmas morning she still struggled to breathe but she was healing and would be okay.

It seems like every year since then, our family gets sick the week of Christmas & instead of last minute getting ready lists, I am just praying that all will be better Christmas day.

Last year just days before Christmas again, I had the phone in my hand about to call 911 about 2am as Kaylea's lips turned more and more blue. She has the tendency to get croup in a matter of seconds-usually in the middle of the night & it becomes scary really fast. Tim took her straight to the Hospital & she was immediately taken back & given a steroid shot in her bum. Like magic she was okay & breathing close to normal again. Again we were all well and together Christmas day. Christmas miracles are real.

This year just like clockwork, after a long night of croup on December 22nd I took Kaylea into the doctor on the 23rd. She was given an oral steroid allowing her to be okay once again for Christmas Eve & Day.

Then begins January....

Ever since last year I have begun to hate this month & now call it 

Medical Emergency Month. 

Last year just 4 days into the new year was the Check's car accident-all were okay yet there was lots of bruising, whiplash & Ava needing stitches. Brother in law Scott was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning...And of course Ron's ladder accident-causing broken foot/infection almost needing leg amputation. This resulted in weeks of hospital stay & numerous surgeries. This consumed our lives almost every day for the rest of the month...  + some.

January this year just days into the 2011 new year, cousin Miley who's just older than Jax, had 2 frightening febrial seizures.-one of the scariest things you can see happen to your child! She was later sent to Cardon's Childrens Hospital so she could get higher care. After 105 fevers that wouldn't go down she was given a spinal tap to check for menegitis. She was cleared of that but was diagnosed with pneumonia/RSV requiring a couple day hospital stay. My Dad was hospitalized twice. After days of immense back pain, he got to the point where he couldn't move at all. My mom called 911 & the paramedics needed to give him an I.V. of morphine before they could even transport him to the hospital. It took over half an hour just to get a vein to cooperate. (must be where I get it from) Finally after that was in place, it took 5 paramedics to get him out of bed, down the stairs & into the ambulance. Weeks later he is still recovering and hoping to get some answers to this long term issue. He is dealing with other health issues as well & will have surgery in the coming weeks.
Then of course Daylan's hot dog choking incident at Emmie's party...scary, & drama that I wish we didn't have to throw into the Check's day.  Then next was Jax when he got a terrible fever bug. He had 4 long days and 4 long nights of high fevers & a gunky cough we tried to keep clear so it wouldn't turn into pneumonia....which it actually did! Kaylea got it too but not as bad. I get paranoid especially when she gets fevers since she is my febrial seizure child. Tim's Mom has had more heart-angina attacks these past few weeks which are semi routine now but still scary.

All I can say is HELLO FEBRUARY....We Welcome You!

...Please be a bit nicer than January has been.

Motherhood=Dirty Windows

Having a 20 month old (& a dog) means having dirty windows....'nuff said.

Have I mentioned my house is for sale?

Windows included; Cute kid is not.
Dog?.... possibly.


*Link up to Jamie @

Mayor Spence

Spencer was chosen to be Mayor out of a large group of 5th Grade Middle School Kids as they took a Field Trip to a place called Biz-Town. Each 5th grader gets a "job" in the made-up town of Biz Town. They get paychecks, pay taxes & have duties they must perform that full day according to their individual jobs. There's even news reporters, a big screen & tv's across the town. Mayor Spencer was interviewed a number of times on "TV" & also had to give a few speeches and answer impromptu questions at Town Hall meetings. I want to be like him some day when I grow up.

A Dad of one of the boys from our ward went as a chaperone & reported back to us that Mayor Spencer did a great job. Now that would have been fun to see! We never went on Field Trips like this back in my day but I think it's a GREAT IDEA that the kids get to see what grown ups really do to keep America running each day. Spencer said it was fun but a lot more work than he thought it would be. ☺

Steph on Ellen's Show

My sister Stephanie is loving California life a little too much...

She keeps finding herself on T.V. 

The most recent was the Ellen Degeneres show 

where she actually scored like $400 in audience gifts!!

 Sa...weeet!

She's in the front on the right.

Suns Belly☺

-We were recently invited to the Suns Game by our friends the Gardners to sit by them in their awesome seats. (I wish we would've got a picture of them too.)The Suns played the Portland Trailblazers that night. Jill & I might have done more people-watching than basket-watching. John McCain sat a number of rows ahead of us on the court in his suit, next to his wife, with her big hair, that didn't move..and was asked over & over to get his picture taken. 




~My talented sister Sara whipped up this Basketball on my BIG ORANGE belly before we left. And for the record that Belly was the Suns good luck charm and the baby Campbell Suns-Belly helped them pull off a WIN right before it was about to go to overtime!

The funniest part was that we showed up for the game an hour & 1/2 early on accident. It was hilarious. Maybe you had to be there. So we roamed around the local restaurants to find some good chocolate desserts♨=Mission Accomplished. The game started by 8:30 & didn't get over till 11pm getting us home our kids about midnight.⌚ Thanks to my parents for watching our kiddos-especially my feverish Jax.

{Oh & before the game we went to grab dinner- only to find my sister Brittany there with her new beau. I decided to play a trick on her. She is really fun to trick. I had Jill go up to her (whom she did not know) & tell her she had just hit their truck in the parking lot. They quickly ran out of the restaurant & out to see their "truck." We spied through the window like little kids as they came back. We waved through the blinds at my sister & her date as they laughed in embarrassment. Ha-I'm so funny.}

-It was a Fun-Filled, Orange Belly Kind-Of Night. 

Motherhood Is Calling Mondays..

1st of all I don't like Mondays. 

Not Rainy days but "Mondays always get me down."

2nd of all though, I do like my friend Jamie.

She is a Wonderful Mommy & a great writer.

So link up to her Motherhood is Calling Mondays & Enjoy.

She'll make you laugh. She's even funnier in person.

Then on Mondays do a Mommy post. -A Motherhood thought, moment, story etc..

3rd- Ok here goes MY Motherhood Monday moment:

~Sometimes there are those moments where time freezes in my head & I take a mental picture of my children in their sweetness. Yesterday I just happened to have my camera 2 ft away, grabbed it & captured this without them noticing.

Notice the peelings on the floor, the knatted hair & slippers on backwards....LOVE it!

My 5 year old Daylan had just been having an Afternoon-I'm Tired-Meltdown when the thought came to me: "Have him peel carrots." Within seconds he was happy, helping & feeling very useful & needed. I loved that Jaxson just stared in amazement at how remarkable his big brother was.

You know every once in while I have a moment where I see my kids doing something great and I think: "Hey maybe I might just be getting this Mom thing down." HA! -BUT then of course to keep me humble-I turn around & the dog has just pooped on the floor & seconds later 2 kids run downstairs saying:  "He yelled at me..."  and "She pinched me..." 

Oh well.. the peeling carrot moments are the ones I must have in my mind's memory card -Not those other ones.

~Emmie's Birthday~

~Remembering ❤Emmie❤ on her special day.~
*In 2 years when we do this, there will be the new Temple right there in the picture; In the background of us & foreground of the sunset. I think Emmie helped pick a good house to live in knowing that her family would be just over the fence from such a Heavenly dwelling.
Meant to be if you ask me.

Warning: Hot Dogs=Danger!

Did you know that 100 kids die in the U.S every year from choking?

*I thought that my Daylan was about to be one of those statistics last night. We were celebrating the Birthday of our sweet Emmie who passed away this last year. The kids were anxious to hurry & eat so they could run back out & play with cousins. As we began eating dinner I hear this choking noise. I run over to a panicking Daylan. He throws up a couple times & yet still is struggling to breathe. He was getting some oxygen but not much. I tried doing the Heimlich Maneuver a few times with no luck. Daylan was jumping up & down and trying to do whatever he could.


*Everything moved in slow motion and after a minute or two or three, (felt like an hour) I began to panic. Uncle Jason stepped in & had no luck with the Heimlich Maneuver either. I thought: "This can not be happening!" Daylan turned more pale by the second and his lips more blue. I yelled out "Someone just Call 911-this isn't working!"


*Right then Jason stuck his finger down Day's throat and out popped this ridiculous sized piece of hot dog-the exact circumference of his esophagus. (They just happened to be extra large hot dogs!) I think maybe the Heimlich really had helped get it up high enough to grab out. I hugged Daylan tight and had to go sit down since I was shaking with fright. {I woke up in the night thinking of the look on Daylan's face when it was happening and couldn't get back to sleep...so scary!}

**I will never look at a hot dog the same again.**

*Here CBS' Early Show tells of how a 4 yr old boy who choked to death on a hot dog!

When I saw this design of a hot dog I thought it was a great idea!

You know that's why Life Savers were created right?...
So kids could have hard candies & if they choked they would still have air with the hole in the middle.

*Here is a Conversation among Moms about the hot dog safety dilemma where people argue whether or not hot dog makers should be forced to reconfigure their hot dogs. I believe it's America and they shouldn't be that regulated, BUT all I know is that if there were hot dogs cut more safely like this, there would be a bazillion moms that would buy them.

Including=

~Happy Birthday Angel Emmie~

~WE LOVE & Miss YOU~

Provo Tabernacle Burns

An aerial before picture:

*photo courtesy planeinsanerc.com

Story from back in mid December:

*photo courtesy John Curtis

{The 100 year old historic Provo Tabernacle was on fire. It burned and burned without much success in saving it. I remember going there a few times growing up with my Grandparents for Stake Conference & other concerts and things. I have cousins, friends & family have very memorable & tender memories of events that took place there like this one from my cousin Kristin. You can see towards the bottom of her post the beautiful sketch she drew as she watched the firemen still trying to put it out. It is a remarkable, historic, nostalgic & special building to a lot of people. It is a building our pioneer ancestors sacrificed so much for. Arson was ruled out, although the center of the building was completely gutted. As far as I know the church does not know if it will be restored or not.} There was nothing that could be salvaged from the fire EXCEPT THIS was found. Take a look at the amazing photo below of a recovered painting: ~A bitter sweet Christmas Miracle~ FIREMEN LOOKING AT THE SAVIOR PAINTING ---SAVIOR PORTION SAVED IN PAINTING OF WHEN "HE COMES AGAIN".... "For most viewing the interior it was a total loss…and then yesterday a fireman removed one of the many pieces of art work in the building…it is the building’s only survivor…a picture of Jesus Christ. The fire had seared the picture all around the frame and most of the picture…except the figure of our Lord and Redeemer….He somehow survived." *Video footage from News Station*

ELP "Flamingo Society"

Ok so I still really don't know what this award quite means but Kaylea was inducted into the supposedly elite "Flamingo Society" in ELP. {She joins her brother who got this award last January.}

For part of the award ceremony the new inductees had to stand on one foot like a flamingo as they pledged to do their best in all they do...or something like that.

Congrats to our Kaylea-Booga! She continues to make us proud.