#6

Jorden turned 6. I can't believe he is that old already!! He is really growing up and turning into a big boy.

Here are the two birthday boys with their new pillow pets. Yes Jorden did order the lady bug one. I thought it was adorable.

#3

AJ and Axel, along with their cousin Bryce, turned 3! Bryce doesn't live here so we celebrated with just Axel and AJ. Aunt Kimmie planned the football party and we all had a great time.

Here is our homemade football pinata. Did you know that if you try to find a football pinata after opening day there are none to be found?

Our little Charger girl.

Thanks Aunt Kimmie for the awesome cake!

First day of School

This year we had 3 boys going to school. Michael in 5th, Gunnar in 3rd, and Jorden in Kindergarten. It was one exciting day.

Michael the big man on campus this year.

Gunnar just chillin before his friends showed up.

And Jorden the man of the hour. He was so excited to go to Kindergarten he has been asking me when it starts for the last 3 weeks.

Rock jumping

Axel on the monstrous cliff

Michael

Jorden

Gunnar

Cliff jumping was one of the highlights. Her we have from left to right, Scott, Kim, Gunnar, Grandpa, Michael and JJ, with Arnie and AJ in the water.

Marler Family Reunion 2010

We had such a great time at Lake Powell here is the group minus the Jackson's, and the Volk's. The Jackson's left before the picture and the Volk's couldn't make it. But we all had so much fun. We skied, wake boarded, tubed, jumped cliffs, ate, swam, played in the water, built sand castles, played minute to win it, and some sign game (Arnie was the best at this one), volleyball, kayaked, and slept. It was great.

Here is some of the group just chillin while the kids are playing.

AJ and Axel the inseparable duo.

Scott, Stefany and Axel, showing off their fancy tricks.

Family volleyball game. Even the little guys played.

Marler Family Reunion 2010

This year at Lake Powell all of my boys got up on wakeboards. Here is JJ doing a flip.

Here is Michael catching some air. He really has improved since last year. It was so fun to watch him go in and out of the wakes and try to jump them.

Gunnar didn't want to be shown up by Jorden so he gave his all and had a very successful time of it.

Here is Jorden our youngest wakeboarder yet. We were so proud of his will power. He just wouldn't give up until he mastered it.

Axel even had to have a turn, here is JJ holding him on the wakeboard. Every time JJ went outside the wake Axel would say, "Please don't fall Daddy." How cute is that. And you know what he never fell. Daddy was amazing and Axel looked great out there.

Addyson's Blessing Day

On July 18th, 2010, JJ and my 13th anniversary, we blessed our little Addyson Rebecca. She was so good and quiet, in fact she slept through the whole thing. She was perfect. I just love having a girl.

Here is a picture of her whole dress. My mom and mother-in-law purchased this dress for her and I absolutely love it. I wish she had more occasions to wear it. Hopefully she will like it enough to keep for her daughter. Also the blanket she is on was made by her great-grandma Dollie Hawkins.

And here is our attempt at a family picture. Axel fell asleep and Addyson woke up and only wanted to eat so there was no cooperation from her.

Happy 8th Birthday Gunnar

Gunnar turned 8 this year. He was so excited!

Here he is with dad on his baptism day. He couldn't wait to be baptized. We are so proud of him.

4th of July

For the 4th we decided that even though it was Sunday we were still going to go and see the fireworks. I honestly love the spirit that you feel when you are with thousands of people that you don't know but are coming together for the same purpose. I love this country that I was bless to be born in and am forever grateful for the men and women that continue to fight for my freedoms every day. Here is Uncle Arnie with his captive audience. I am not sure what story he is telling them this time.

These are all but two of my parents grandkids. I love when we get them all together.

Here is my family with one week old Addyson. Even she was decked out too but it was too cold to show off her outfit.

This is my grandparents, now great-grandparents to 16.

Her is my mom keeping Addy warm.

Its a Girl!

New addition to the family:
Addyson Rebecca Campbell
June 25. 7 lbs 5 ounces 18 inches long
I can now be referred to as Addy's Daddy! My boys all dote over her, I feel sorry for the unfortunate young man who will attempt to date her in 16 years with these older brothers to protect her (Hopefully some of my boys will put some meat on their bones by then). Becky did great and pushed her out a la natural without any drugs. I am so proud of her because she did awesome. Her advice to anyone thinking about not having an epidural is "Take the drugs!" Mom and baby doing great. So here she is:

A new blog

Okay so due to a call to action from our Stake Presidency here in our area, and then the fact that I can't keep my mouth shut in front of my dad (Who happens to be in the Stake Presidency). I received a new calling, aka assignment, in our stake. Long story short, I am helping to add positive information about the church onto the internet. Because I already blog they thought I would be great at it. YEAH RIGHT!! But I am supposed to take the topic of the Book of Mormon and from a mom's perspective, journal about it. So I thought I would link it up onto my blog now so maybe you might check it out and tell me what you think about it. There are also other links to other sites that our stake is involved in. So if you are interested go to escondidomormons.com and then click on the Book of Mormon link, or click on the link to the right on my blog. I think it is pretty cool though. I originally got started with another blog site, but I am not ready to post that one yet. It has become more of my own personal journal. But maybe soon I will share that too.

The boys

I just had to add in a picture of my four boys. Aren't they adorable. This was post hair cuts for the older boys and pre-hair cut for Axel. they are so cute!!

And these two pictures are my sons just being themselves. What more can I say?!!

What I have been doing lately

So I realize it has been a month since I have blogged, so I wanted to share a few of the things I have been doing. On top of running my kids from school to sports practices and games and cooking up this little baby girl, I spend at the very least 1 and 1/2 days a week doing laundry. Yep, it really takes that long. My children seem to throw everything into the laundry even if it is clean.

I also spend a lot of time in the kitchen. If I am not doing the dishes, putting dishes away or just cleaning up from some meal, I am cooking another one only to start all over again.

And lastly I have been bow making. After all I do have my first and only girl on the way and I am loving it. This is a butterfly. I had so much fun picking out the ribbon and making it. Can you even believe it, me making hair accessories!!! Axel is my model as I don't have another little girl to try them on. And he actually loves it. Isn't that the cutest face he is making!!

Preschool Graduation

Here is Jorden at preschool graduation. He went to the San Pasqual High School Child Development Preschool. Basically it is the child development class at the high school. Each student is assigned a child and they play with and teach that student for the semester. Jorden loved going to school he can't wait for kindergarten to start in August.

Here is the big moment of receiving his certificate. Oh what a proud day!!!!