Happy Birthday Ty

I can't let May pass me by without posting about Ty's birthday too! His special day is on the 23rd and we were heading out of town that day. But we still were able to celebrate that night. We went up to Prescott area with our good friends the Bybee's and Kirsten and Brian for Memorial Weekend. After we got settled in we went to this Indian place for dinner and got "bombed". That's our code for getting that kind of food. I had a serious problem with even smelling that and could barely walk into places like that for years. But I have turned over a new leaf and it is a new love of mine!

Anyway...so we ate yummy food and brought presents for Ty there to open. It was fun and the kids always have a ball together. I love Ty's face is so many of these pictures...he was so happy and excited! He got some toys that he's been wanting and he got a new Tony Hawk outfit from Kir. He absolutely loves anything to do with Tony Hawk and we think it's kind of cute! We still have yet to have a party with his friends and we're still trying to figure that out as we speak. But we are so grateful for Ty and love him to bits. Can't believe he is 7...Happy Birthday!

My son the Artist

Tyler brought these home with him last week when school got out. I was totally amazed and had no idea that he loved to do art SO MUCH! I told him we could go and get him some art supplies with his birthday money and he was ecstatic! My personal favorite is the colorful fat cat! Good job Ty!

Princess Party

I am so behind on my blogging it's not even funny! I have so many things I could post it's crazy! It's fair to say that May has been quite a busy month in our house. I'm going to try and get caught up so keep checking back! Ashlynn had her first bday party with her friends. She has always had a party with Tyler due to their birthdays being 4 days apart. It was always easier to combine them. This year we thought it was time to separate them and let them have their own fun!

All her friends came over dressed up as a princess...we painted nails...made tiara's...played pin the crown on the princess...they were having a ball! Thanks to my SIL Kirsten for helping me throw it all together...my mom came by for a bit to help paint nails too! It was so fun seeing all these little girls playing together...what a day!

Happy Birthday Ashlynn!!!

Look at my baby girl....today she turns 4 years old! I can't believe it! This morning I was telling her what happened the day she was born. I can still remember her in this pretty white dress on her blessing day. I can still remember the crazy crazy crazy pain I felt pushing her out of me with no drugs! Now she is all grown up and ready for the world...she thinks she is...ya right! We love this little peanut so much and we are so grateful she is a part of our family. We thought Campbell men weren't able to produce girls until she came into our lives. Since then we've had one more Campbell girl come...little Mia that we've yet to meet. But I say woohoo for these girls to balance out all the boys!

Today we are having a "Princess Party" and I can't even tell you how excited Ashlynn is! All her friends are coming over dressed up as a princess. We have the house all decorated...we are painting nails, making tiara's, playing pin the crown on the princess...it's going to be a fun afternoon! We love you baby girl...Happy Birthday princess!

Ditch Day

A couple weeks ago we had a little bit of an odd day that turned out fun. The night before Ty got some little bug. He had the scoots and was puking...it was really strange. When he finished he climbed up on the couch and fell right asleep. I decided to keep him home the next day to let him rest. I had to run some errands that morning, Dave was home because he didn't have patients. I took Ashlynn and left for a couple hours. Dave calls me later and tells me that Ty and him were out fishing and went on a bike ride. What??? Apparently Ty was totally fine and happy as ever. Dave really wanted to go do something as a family because we hardly ever have the time to. So the next thing I knew we were packing up drinks and snacks and going to the Zoo. It was warm that day but we still had fun. They have some splash pads there so we took the kids suits and let them play for a while. We decided to turn a sick day into a ditch day...it was fun!

Gymnastics

Kylee got a guest pass to her gymnastics class and invited Ashlynn to come with. What a fun place! Ashlynn was literally having the time of her life in there! I'm hoping we can sign her up for some classes soon and just let her go wild. Thanks Kylee!

I love today

Little hands can do so much,

Hold and hug and tug and touch,

Toss a ball, Play peekaboo,

Blow a kiss or tie a shoe...

Catch a firefly,

let it go,

Turn a page and change and grow,

Reach for stars in moonlit skies,

Build new dreams and wave goodbyes...

So many things small hands can do

When they've been held by a mom like you.

We love you, Mom

Love Tyler and Ashlynn

Happy Mother's Day to all you fabulous mommy's!!

Easter Sunday

So I'm about a month behind on posting about Easter...oops! We had a wonderful Easter Sunday and spent the entire day with family. My nephew was blessed that morning...we met at my sister's house before and had a scrumptious breakfast! It was a gorgeous day for a baby blessing. Then we came home and found that the Easter Bunny had left some things for the kids while we were at church. They were all so excited! Right before dinner the kids searched for eggs in the back yard. We had a yummy ham dinner with both sides of our family here at the house and it all turned out really well! It was a beautiful day!