Our Trip to St. George

We took a short trip to St. George over Memorial Day to visit Ben's parents, since we haven't been down to visit them for 2 years. We had so much fun hanging out with Ben's parents, Joel and Kally, Val and Kory, Karmen and Brian, and Keith and Tran and all of their families. It was great to relax, and Ben even got to go play a little golf.
We went down Friday afternoon and because of all the traffic it took us somthing like 2 hours just to get to Provo. So we stopped in Beaver to get gas and some dinner at the DQ. Our car worked like a dream all the way down to St. George. The next day we got up and started the car to go to Val's house and as soon as we shifted into reverse or drive, the car would die. NICE!!! So the men talked about and looked at it and put some transmission fluid in there and then it worked. The next day, Sunday - same thing happened. We then realized that if we let it warm up for about 15-20 min. it drive pretty good. To make a long story short - we got home okay, but the car still needs a while to warm up.
While we were there we rediscovered Ty's love for babies. Since Julie was the only baby there all of Ty's affection were directed towards her. He wanted to hold her all the time. At Val's house he was sitting with her on his lap, and had probably held her for about 5 minutes, when she started getting a little wiggly. So I took her from Ty. Ty started crying his little heart out and when I asked if he wanted to hold her again, he nodded with little tears streaming down his cute, pouty face. What a cute boy I got.

Ben the Pharmacist!!!

He studied for like 8 years.....he graduated....he took two ridiculous tests :)......he passed......HE IS A PHARMACIST!!! YAY!!! TIME TO CELEBRATE! Congratulations Ben! You deserve it, with all you hard work, endless studying and incredibly good grades :). Good job! You're awesome.

And now we can finally throw all the boxes out that are full of notes and papers from 4 years of Pharmacy School. YAY!!! That'll be my celebration.

The Zoo

So much stuff has been going on that I almost forgot to do a post about our trip to the Zoo. We had year membership that ended May 31st, so we had to go one last time.

One of the first exhibits that you at the zoo is the elephants. Ty LOVES elephants. If it wasn't because Laney and I got impatient after 10 minutes, he would still be standing there.

They were really close to the fence too and just eating away. It was pretty cool to see them so close.

The rhinos were right next to the elephants and they have these little windows you can look through and see them. Both rhinos were standing right next to the windows. Good day to go to the zoo i guess.

Of course, we had to see how long Laney and Ty's arms are. I swear their arms should be longer, 'cause they are little monkeys!!

When Ben comes with us, he always refuses to try to see how long his arms are.....He knows he's actually a gorilla.

Two bear cubs (big cubs) were fighting.

Ty would climb out of his stroller when we got to a new animal. It was a little scary at times...

Laney and Ty posing (kind of) in front of the zebras.

The mama giraffe and the daddy giraffe smooching....kind of...

Laney is so happy 'cause she loves the giraffes and they were out that day. When she went with her Pre-school class they weren't and teachers wouldn't let the kids go inside the giraffe house to see them....which made Laney cry.

Happy Tyler-boy watching the giraffes.

Laney and Ty hanging on one of the exhibits railing things. I told you they are monkeys!!!

I had to put this picture on 'cause I thought this sloth was so cool. We were standing there looking at it, and suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw something falling right next to Laney's face. So I looked down and I looked up, and there was a bird that pooped right above Laney and almost landed on her little noggin. Man, was I glad she was standing 1/2 inch further back than where the poop landed.

The kids posing on the tigers. We had to hurry and take the picture 'cause there was a crowd behind us waiting to get their pictures taken. Popular place i guess.

Laney sliding on the big snake slide.

And Ty pretending he's a turtle. Ty the Turtle.

Tyler

Ty was tagged by Lilly.
1. Ty was born on March 28th, 2006 at 9:52pm. He weighed 8lbs and 13oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. His full name is Tyler Carsten Campbell.

2. Ty loves his big sister Laney. He does everything she does and lately says everything she says. The other night Laney was saying the prayer and about halfway through, Ty started repeating everything she said.

3. He LOVES being outside. Ty'll just wander outside in the backyard and sit and mess with water, dirt, sand and other things he finds.

4. Ty loves water. I have so many pictures of him all wet because he'll just find water and start playing in it. Needless to say, when we bought a hose recently, the boy was ecstatic. I can also always count on him doing the dishes that are sitting in the sink. The whole counter, the floor and himself might be drenched afterwards....but the dishes are done. (he loves vacuuming too...what a good boy!!!)

5. He is such a loving, considerate little feller. One morning I was still quite tired and layed down on the couch. Ty immediately came up to me and started pulling a blanket on me. He often does that. Or when I lay with him in his bed, he'll share his blanket with me. He always gives me the biggest, tightest squeezes around my neck and lots and lots of kisses. One morning, he was sleeping in our bed, and he woke up. I was kind of awake too but didn't open my eyes. Ty started stroking my face and planted a kiss on my lips. He was so cute that I had to open my eyes and when I did I saw a big ol' smile and then Ty said, "hi". It was so cute. Totally made up for him waking up and crying during the night.

6. Ty is a little comedian. He's always trying to be funny and does things just to make us laugh. One of his favorites is to call me "llama". He thinks that's hilarious. He's always smiling and laughing.

7. He's a wild one. I don't think he ever sat quietly in the grocery cart. He's always climbing around. Even when I used to put the seat belt on him, he would just wiggle right out of it. Now he climbs in and out of the cart the whole time we're at the store. The other day when we were at the store, Ty was sitting in the seat in the cart and I turned to the side for about 1 minute to look at something. When I turned back, Ty was standing on the floor next to me. I was really confused for a minute. Always climbing on everything. He's my little monkey boy.

8. "He's a viking. He has to be with that middle name." That's what my dad calls him, and Ty's middle name is my dad's first name...:) He's really tough. When he was little we used to tell Laney she should be careful when she was teasing him because soon he would be able to beat her up. Well, he has been able to for a while now. When we go to the playground we'll hang him on the monkey bars and he just hang there for a long time. When he has to go in for shots he doesn't start crying for a while and he looks more like he's annoyed with the nurse than because he's in pain. He has his iron levels checked every 6 months, and he never cries when the nurse pokes his finger. He's a toughie.

9. Ty's going to save us money....we'll never have to pay for drama classes or singing classes. He's a little drama king. When he doesn't get his way, he throws himself on the floor and lays there as long as he is. And he is constantly singing - soprano. I don't remember Laney singing so much when she was little. You can always hear his little squicky soprano voice when he's playing, concentrating, reading. He's always singing along when I sing to the kids....just watching me intently and singing his own little tune.

10. Ty has his tongue sticking out of his mouth most of the time....just a little bit. He has done that since he was born. (Look at the first and last picture.)

Be Sure to Put Some Flowers in Your Hair....

I love the view out my bedroom window. When I walk into my bedroom this is the view that I see. This beautiful tree with gorgeous pink flowers on it. I love it.
So i decided that I needed a close-up picture of the flowers. I took out the screen and took the picture, while Laney and Ty were wondering what the heck I was doing. And then I couldn't get the screen back in....
We had to pick a flower and put in Laney's hair...and then of course a little photo shoot.
We got some really cute pictures, except our model had gum. So in half the pictures, the little lady has gum sticking out of her mouth....

Mowgli...

Ty loves Mowgli!! He has 2 books in Danish and he has to bring them to bed every night and then he lies in bed and reads them before going to sleep. If we forget, he sits in bed and yells "nowni" until we get his books.

Sleepy....

I had a problem, so I decided to fix it. But it's not working as well as I wanted. Ty used to take a nap for about an hour every afternoon. Then he started to get really angry every time I tried to put him down for his nap....yelling, screaming. And he started to not go to bed until 9-10 at night. I need my 2 or so hours at night where the kids are sleeping and it's just me. Nobody climbing on me, fighting, crying, screaming. So I decided that Ty didn't need his nap anymore and then he could go to bed at his normal time...8 pm. But he gets so tired that he falls asleep around 5pm on some nights and other nights he is just so tired he can barely keep his little eyes open. So needless to say we are still working on it.
If you are wondering why there's a dish towel on my living room floor, it's because my dish towels do not stay in the drawer for more than a couple of minutes. They are used as blankets for Lammies and babies, Nephite costumes, super hero capes among other things. It's not unusual that the dish towels cannot be found in the kitchen and you have to wipe your hands on the towel in the bathroom. However, if you can't find one in the kitchen, just look in the living room or in one of the kids' rooms...

Ben's Graduation

Ben and his classmates listening intently to the graduation speakers. Ben's waiting for his turn to get his diploma and walk across the stage.
Yay, Ben's up next.....



Ben gets "hooded".Giving the kids smooches after the ceremony.

Ben and his really good buddy, Joshua Wiley.
Ben's "hood".
One of Ben's old teachers took this picture after the ceremony. When we got home we realized it was a bit out of focus. Bummer....
...So we took this picture outside in our yard with the self-timer.

Guldkorn

I always loved when my mom told me about things that I said or did when I was little. So I try to write down funny things that Laney and Ty say and do. These are a couple of things that Laney said in the last couple of days.

The other day it started hailing outside and Laney saw it and came running up to me and said, “it’s raining little balls!!” After I explained to her that it was called hail. When Ben came home from work she was so excited and told him, “It was raining hail outside.” She did say “hail” but it sure sounded like something else….

We were talking about what the word “punk” means, because Laney has been using it as a loving term for Ty. Ben explained what it meant to Laney where after Laney said, “Those Lamanites who took our bike were punks!” Our bike got stolen a year or so ago. Afterwards I asked Ben if he had said anything about Lamanites at all, and he said no. So that must just have been in her little head that she figured that the Lamanites were not very nice and those people who took our bike was not nice....I don't know, but it was pretty funny.