Campbell Clan

We got our pictures taken with "Santa" this year at a sporting goods store called Scheels.  Ron dressed up like Santa for the photo shoot.

This picture was my absolute favorite.  I loved it so much that it even made me cry when I saw it. 

Our Thanksgiving was great this year.

We went to Cannon's house for dinner with Ron's family.  We always have a ton of yummy food.  This year was no exception.  There were 3 turkeys, fried, smoked and baked.  They all tasted amazing!  We also played our annual dice game with some fun gifts.

On November 1 we met my friend, Jen, down in Lehi to get our family pictures taken.  Jen is my friend that I used to work with when I was in high school.  She lives in Phoenix now.  I was happy to be able to get together with her while she was up here, so we could take some pictures.

Halloween was so much fun this year.  My mom and I spent a lot of time and hard work making the girls costumes.  They turned out absolutely adorable.  I really wanted to make a costume for Lucas, but he wanted, more than anything, to be Luigi.  I was able to find it for a good deal, so I just bought it instead.

Lucas as Luigi - Emrie as Alice - Eva as the Queen of Hearts

The kids has so much fun going on the rides.  Eva was especially excited about the airplane in this picture.  Lucas was such a trooper to ride by himself on some rides, since the girls were riding together.

The girls had fun riding with Stacie on a few rides.  Poor Eva was too short for the rides that you had to be 36".  So she had to sit out on a few.  Nearing the end of the evening, Stacie took the kids on some kiddie rides and Ron and I went into a few haunted houses.  They were very well put together.  While waiting for us to come out, they sat on the ledge and had a snack.

To wrap up the night, we decided to get a funnel cake.  Lucas and Ron had gone to use the restroom before headed home.  That is when the nightmare hit.  Emrie tripped on a curb and hit her lip on another curb that was holding up a lamp post.  She immediately started crying really hard.  I picked her up and her mouth was bleeding SO hard.  When I looked at her and saw the blood, I immediately lost it.  Ron came running up and asking what happened.  I tried to explain, but was crying so hard.  Someone at the funnel cake shack called the Lagoon EMT.  They came and checked her, but because it was dark and they were just looking with a flashlight, they couldn't see much.  We finally got the bleeding to stop and left the park and drove home.  

Oh the way home, we decided that we should take her to Primary Childrens Medical Center.  We got home, then Emrie and I headed up to PCMC.  It was about midnight when we finally got there.  I was so sad to have to take her alone, but my parents were out of town and we didn't want to wait for anyone else to get there.  When the dr at the ER came in, he pulled her lip out and the blood came gushing again.  He said that because of the blood, he couldn't see what was going on, so they would need to sedate her.  I was a mess.  He kept telling me to calm down.  Really?  You just told me that you are going to sedate my daughter!  After trying to put in one IV, with me holding her down, they were successful with the second.  Seeing her go into that state was definitely one of the hardest moments I have had as a parent.  The pediatric dentist came in.  They did x-rays.  Luckily she had not hit her teeth and there was no damage to them.  Her gum line had split open.  So they had to put some stitches in.  I then had to wait for her to come to.  As much as it was horrible to see her sedated, watching her come out was hilarious.  She was slurring her little baby words.  It was so cute.  We headed home and arrived at about 4:30 am.

For 2012, my friend, Randi, had her annual Witches Tea.  She had a spin to it instead of just the tea.  She made it into a murder mystery party.  She sent us all info that we needed to know about the night.  We all came in character.

The girls and I met my friend Ashley and her twins, Brinly and Brooklyn, at Wheeler Farm.  Ashley and I used to work together.  We haven't seen each other for about five years.  It was so wonderful catching up.  Our girls are less than two months apart.

Getting four 2 year old little girls to look at the camera is nearly impossible.  This was the best one I got.  Three out of four isn't bad.

Ashley and I had so much fun walking around the farm and watching the girls play.  We can't wait to get together again soon.

Lucas and I made a homemade rocket.  He loved it so much.  He enjoyed sitting in it backwards more than forward.

I decided to blow dry Eva's hair with a round brush the same day.  It ended up so cute.

We went to the mall as a family.  The kids were super excited to be able to go on the train ride around the mall by themselves.  It's fun that they are getting big enough to do things like this.