The Campbell Family

Friday, September 18, 2009

Yosemite 1 (Half Dome)

So my sister in-law thought it would be a great idea to hike up to the top of Half Dome. I don't know what I was thinking but after 8 mile of stair climbing just to get to the base and then facing death to get to the top, I have to say this was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I actually can't wait to do it again.

Here is a picture of Half Dome from the almost base. Yes I say almost because this is the worst part of the hike yet. We still had climb more stairs and do a lot of little switch backs just to get half way up.

I just had to have a picture by this sign. Why do we not read and obey them?? I am with my brother in-law, Lance, sister in-law, Michele, (the one with the great idea) and Nephew, Wyatt.

Here is the picture of Half Dome from our camp. I still can't believe I hiked to the top.

Now here is the "half way" spot looking at the cables that you hold on to for dear life to climb to the top of Half Dome. Yes I really did do it and yes I can't wait to do it again. Thanks Michele.

Brian and Tiffany came for a quick visit and we thought it only appropriate that while we had all the cousins in one place we should take advantage of it and grab some pictures. Here are the 3 triplet boys. All born within two days of each other. Bryce on the left, then AJ, then Axel. They are turning two already and it is hard to believe.

Oh aren't they cute!!

Here is the famous cousin line up.

The one and only shot with all of their faces showing. Back Row: Jorden, Brynnly, Aiden;
Front Row: Bryce, Axel, Michael, Gunnar, Chace, Elliot, and AJ. What a cute bunch of Cousins!!

Lake Tulloch

Our last trip of the summer was with my family to Lake Tulloch. This has become a highlight trip for our family. My parents rented a house on the lake and we all stayed there except my brother and his family. They said something about having a baby about that time so they passed on the trip. I guess we will let it slide then. My cousin Michele and her family stayed with us too, which was totally fun to meet them and play. We swam, ate, tubed, skied, wakeboarded, knee boarded, had water fights, played diaper ball, (don't ask), jumped off rocks and the deck of the house, put up a rope swing off the house and found a rope swing out on the lake. We were so busy and had so much fun we can't wait till next time.

Yosemite 2

While at Lake Tulloch we took a day trip over to Yosemite. We wanted to show my family how beautiful it was.

JJ climbing all the way through the toppled over Sequoia

The Whole Clan

Lake Tulloch

Jorden demonstrating his new skill on the knee board. As you can see he has learned how to hold on to the "big kid rope"

Michael the knee boarding king.

Yes, even I went in the water this year. Check out that rooster tail. I am amazing.

Gunnar waving to the crowd. He just got his cast off the day before we went so he had to take it easy and only use the knee board with the rope connected. (We promised the doctor we would "take it easy")

Look Mom no hands!!!

Lake Tulloch

We played alot while there so I thought I would show you some fun pictures. You know for posterities sake!!! My sister's Jenny and Kim.

I am not sure who this woman is but I had to post the picture. What mother couldn't love this face?

My sister Stefany letting everyone know she means business. Don't mess with this one.

Axel wanting to be a part of the water gun fight. Isn't he the cutest?

And yes even serious dad got in on the fun!!

Lake Tulloch

Here is the whole lot of us minus Isaac and Axel (they were sleeping) and JJ (he was taking the picture).

Here is JJ showing off his stuff. Yes he did land it as he most usually does. I thought this was a cool shot though.

Jorden, Gunnar, Michael, and Aiden loving the tube rides. Michael and Gunnar wanted it faster, Aiden and Jorden wanted to go slower. But they all had fun.

Scott taking the boys for a ride.

Michael finally did it. He learned to wakeboard. We are so proud of him. He was bound and determined to do it and mom and dad gave him just enough pushing that he loves it.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Happy Birthday Gunnar

Looking back, here is Gunnar at one day old. He was so cute. Okay he looked like a monkey, but he was a cute monkey.

Here he is at almost 2. This was taken right before we moved to Ohio. He is always this happy. Nothing has changed.

Here he is in Kindergarten. Isn't he the cutest thing?

And here he is today. Yes he has a broken arm, it is amazing what playing dodgeball with a big exercise ball can do to you. He also has bandages all over the other arm due to a nasty fall he took going down hill on his scooter. But look at him he is still smiling. Gunnar happy 7th birthday. I love you.

The Bunch

The last week of June, the Kalke's drove out to the west and stayed with us for a week. We had so much fun, going to the Wild Animal Park, the Zoo, the beach and swimming. It was so fun having them. Unfortunately this is the only picture I have. So go see the Kalke's blog for more pictures. From left to right: Kaleb, Michael, Mayson, Asher, Jorden, Gunnar, Axel, and Rhyan. 8 kids is a lot of kids.

The WAP

This is my cousin from Sweden, Jenny, and her friend Katarina. Jenny is the blonde on the right. They came out here to see how we live and what did we do we took them to our favorite spot the Wild Animal Park.

Here are Axel, AJ and Elli waiting patiently for the tour bus to arrive. They are so adorable.

This is my mom, Jenny, and me. Don't we all look good!!

Aw yes, my little big man Jorden looking as adorable as ever.

Axel cruising in the stroller with his brothers, Gunnar and Michael.

Gunnar's Birthday Party

We had to move at the end of June so we decided to have Gunnar's birthday party in June so he could invite all his friends from school. From left to right is, Francisco, Gunnar, Carson, Luke and Michael. The only person missing was John. And we did miss him. But the boys had a great time. We had it at Chuck e cheese and might I say it was by far the best place for a party ever. We didn't have to do anything and our house was still clean when it was all over. Why do I have parties at my house again?? Gunnar had a lot of fun though and loved having all his friends there.

Like Grandma; like grandson

Okay so I couldn't resist posting this picture. He is licking off the syrup from his plate. How cute is that. My mom can sometimes be caught licking her plate too. So I had to grab this picture for posterities sake of course.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Catch up

Wow it has really been a while since I updated this blog. I thought I would catch you up on our life. Sorry there aren't too many pictures but I just haven't been taking any. So here goes. As I stated in my last posting, we have been neck deep into baseball. Having 3 boys and a husband all playing baseball has really consumed our lives. We are at some field every day until way past bedtime. As crazy as it has been, it has been fun watching everyone play and seeing how much they have improved over the season. We were also given notice by our landlords that we have to be out of our house next month, so we have been frantically looking for something to buy or rent. Thanks to extra credit Michael is going to move on to 4th grade. We are very excited about that. He is a smart child just very lazy and doesn't like to do his work. Life just never slows down. So now we are anxiously awaiting school to get over, baseball to end, and a miracle to happen. Then life can slow down again right? Yeah right then soccer starts, woohoo!!!!

JJ and I had the great opportunity to go with our Stake on their pioneer trek. We were a "Ma and Pa" to 10 wonderful youth in the stake. At times it was really hard but they were all troopers and we made it to "Zion". I loved it so much I can't wait to do it again.