A visit from the Tooth Fairy

Brecken has officially reached a childhood milestone.....1st lost tooth!

Of course, the before picture....


Proudly showing off the prize! He wiggled it with his tongue for two straight days and it finally just popped off super easy. Layne didn't even have to bring out the needle-nose plyers......


Since this picture was taken, he has told us of two more loose teeth. I'm sure he'll have quite the smile in the next couple of weeks.

Halloween time!

Happy Halloween! We had a day filled with green pancakes, 'Ice-Age 3', pumpkin painting, pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating, playing with friends, games, and yummy food! I think it can be said that our kiddos will sleep well tonight!
Hope all of you had a great day too!

First day of Kindergarten!

Just a few short years ago my little boy looked like this....



And now that little boy has hit a milestone in his life. He went to school for the first time on Monday! This is a picture of him all ready to go... Batman packpack loaded with supplies; lunch packed with his request- ham sandwich, carrots and chocolate milk; and new school clothes. He has been so excited for all of these things!


I have had all of the feelings that a first-time school parent has. Anticipation for what is ahead but also melancholy that childhood seems to go by so fast. I am excited for this new phase in his life...I just hope that he always remembers that he can still need his mom sometimes.

Summer fun...

The month of July for the Campbell Fam was jam-packed and full of adventure! I have a lot to catch up and post about but I thought I would just start by sharing recent happenings around here. The kids had been enjoying the hot summer weather and then just the past few days have brought 60 degree weather and rain!


Rainy day activities.......throwing rocks in the water run-off pool by our house

And....riding bikes through puddles and getting soaked!




Hot summer day activities.....blowing bubbles of course!

Swimming with friends!

Playing at the reservoir!

Complete Makeover!

Alainey got her first-ever haircut this week! We walked all the way across the street to my friend Callie's house, who by the way is a superb stylist, and Alainey got the royal treatment. Callie had this cute bob cut in mind and it only took her a few minutes to do. I love it! And Alainey loves it too, except I think she feels like she can have a bit more sass with this new do. Who knows...maybe a cute new do warrants a little sass....or maybe she is just hitting the "2" stage early..





And to complete the makeover......


Well of course, makeup! Just slip into mommy's bathroom when she least expects it and when she thinks you're sleeping and apply a tube of lipstick. And maybe a little black eyeliner to the face as well. Just like mom, right?


(This is how I found Alainey, after noticing that she was no longer asleep on my bed and my bathroom door was shut and it was a little too quiet....not her usual jabbering)

(My first impulse after finding her was to wipe her clean....so glad I decided to grab my camera first...how can I get frustrated at this face...?)

Birthday Girl!

Our sweet little Haylee celebrated her 4th birthday on Tuesday! She had been counting down the days since March so she was a happy girl when her birthday day finally arrived. Haylee wants to thank her grandparents for sending fun birthday packages....she loved opening them! Here is a chronicle of her fun day......



Birthday breakfast request......SAUSAGE, SAUSAGE, SAUSAGE, and maybe some pancakes to go along with it! Although I didn't have the sausage on her plate when I snapped the picture..silly me.


Decorating the cupcakes for her party. She meticulously put pink and green sprinkles on each cupcake!

The party crowd enjoying the cupcakes! All the kids swam and played on the slip n slide also but it was a little too crazy to stop and grab the camera!


Opening gifts....fast and furiously!


Haylee's cherry chip cake with pink frosting...her request!


New bike! This was her big birthday request! Now she can ride bikes with her brother. Haylee has been so excited for her bike, she wakes up every morning and the first thing she wants to do is ride her bike!


Here is our little 4 year old! Cute as a button!


Just wanted to share this cute little toddler picture of Haylee. Notice how she is pulling the same face in her 4 year old picture!

We love you so much Haylee! You bring spunk, happiness, laughter, and love into our lives.

Cute Watches!

I wanted to post some pictures of these super cute watch bands that my little sister makes. She has started selling quite a few of them in southern Utah but I haven't seen many of these up here in Idaho yet. I love the beads she picks, and she puts it with a funky, cute watch face. Each band sells for $15.00, and the watch face is $10.00, which is a smokin deal compared to department store prices. Each band has clips on the ends so you can interchange any band. I just think this is such a cute idea so I wanted to share it with all of you! My mom and dad are visiting us for a few days and my mom brought some watch bands with her so let me know if you would like to come see them! Here are a few pics from a (very) amateur photographer!


My Mothers Day Watch!




A Few Pictures of Bands she has already done