Porter's 2

Porter's a Big Boy now.

I've got you were I want you!

Porter LOVES dogs.

Uncle JJ and Aunt Aleena along with the girls gave Porter a Slinky Dog. He fell in love with it at first sight.
That gift ROCKS.

What boy doesn't like trains. Thanks to Grandma and Big Papa, Porter now has one of his own. I cant tell, but Porter might be excited about this gift.

What a ham!

Squirrel Scouts

Squirrel Scouts was started by the very creative minds of Erica and Natalie Campbell.
And McKenzie, Lydia and Sarah were asked to join in August of 2008 when we camped in Clark Fort.

Inseparable Cousins and Best Friends

Thanks to the wonderful, devoted Aunt Aleena, (Squirrel Scout Mom) she brought some crafts for all the scouts to work on throughout the trip.
Grandma too, loved painting with the Scouts.

The bird houses turned out beautifully!

Yes, even if your in the sun, I need a picture.

Erica touched my heart. She drew me and her with her saying, "Thank you for being such a nice Aunt. It made me cry.

The weather is definitely layer weather. One minute you are hot and the next your not. And if your thinking its a personal problem.....its NOT. It may be personal in 20 years.

Aleena brought ribbons for all the girls to make headbands. This was my favorite craft.

Of course Porter wanted to make one too. And the only way my boy will ever wear one on is head is to have it be Blue Camo and sporting it like RAMBO!

**Born to be Wild**

Campbell Camp-out

On the way to Sunset Beach, we saw that we were coming into the City of Campbell.


Hey look we should have stayed there....said the kids in our car.

Next Right, Scott's Valley Dr

The girls were saying, where's my name???

Hello Campers...... THE CAMPBELL'S ARE HERE!!!!

Here is our camp site.

Just behind us are miles and miles of strawberry fields.
The weather was great. Temp at the highest was 61; unlike Lodi at 107.

Fathers little helper. I know Scott is anxious to have Porter grow up to help more with setting up.

We are going to all crash tonight; its been a long day at the beach....if you didn't gather that from my face! I was being such a super duper mom, applying sunscreen to all the kids that I forgot my self.

The kids woke up raring to go. They wanted a snack before we could get breakfast on the table. Camping will do that to you, you know.

Foil dinners are essential when you camp.

There were two camp sites and we were in one and JJ and family and John and Alice were in the other. So grandpa and grandma's camp site was base. You cant tear the cousins apart when they are together.

All along the fence line of the strawberry fields are the camp grounds. John and Alice happened to have the camp site that someone had cut the fence and made a path leading right to the strawberries.

No joke, next year I am not bringing any food, we will be eating strawberries. I am astonished that none of my children had the runs!

Like the sign.....obviously was put in before the cutting of the fence and making that very appreciated pathway.

oh...did I mention that we ATE STRAWBERRIES!

Beach Time

We ate your lunch safely without the added sand on the benches before the walk over the dunes.

Two Love Birds

Relaxing moments caught with the camera

Look every close, you may not be able to see Porter; he is dressed in camo clothing.

The last day was spend solely with Grandpa and Grandma. Here they all are crowded around grandma, as she resights the poems by memory from the book, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

We are so happy to be at Sunset Beach. Its our last meal and we are all sad to have the 5 days come to an end. I can honestly say that because there were showers there.

Why have the S'mores, when you can just have the whole Hersey Bar?

What a sweet moment captured on camera.

One on one time with Grandpa.

Independence Day

It's the Campbell, Adamska, and Lichty 4th of July Party!

We had such great weather for the 4th. Gammie and Papa brought out the pool and bubbles for the kids. Gammie made some rock'n salsa fora snack while we watched the munchkins play.

My dad is just a kid at heart.

This chalk drawing that my dad drew with McKenzie triggers childhood memories with him.
Drawing with my Dad was always the best! He has such an imagination, a great love for art.

To bad that talent skipped me and went to Whitney.

Just love'n life with my Uncle Ben. This picture makes me smile every time I look at it

Wherever there is perfect summer weather, there is Bocce Ball

"BOCCE Ball Champion"

It was so funny to watch Sarah playing. She was winning so much that she would throw the ball and not even look and still win. We were amazed.

I made some Sweet and Salty Butterscotch Candled Popcorn.

It hit the spot before watching the big Fourth of July show here in Lodi.

Anyone who knows my dad, he always has fireworks. I know that there is a secret stash hidden safely somewhere, where its will be impossible for my mother to find.