Tuesday, April 28, 2009

OUR LITTLE AIRHEAD!!
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE GETS A 4.0, MEMORIZES TONS OF STUFF AND GOES TO ALL THESE COMPETIONS, SHE MUST SUCK IN A LOT OF AIR!! WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY BUGS!! SO THIS IS SO TYPICAL OF CHEROKEE, THE OTHER DAY MARTY TAKES HER TO WORK AND ON THE WAY THERE, HE ASKS HER IF THE PLACE SHE WORKS FOR HAS SHELF BRACKETS, SHE SAYS YES OF COURSE WE DO. SO WHEN HE DROPS HER OFF MARTY GOES INTO THE STORE TO BUY SOME AND CAN'T FIND THEM ANYWHERE. HE GOES AND FINDS CHEROKEE AND ASKS WHERE THEY ARE??? SHE GOES THEIR ON THE SHELVES DAD, SHE IS SUCH A LITTLE AIRHEAD!! MARTY JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD AND WENT TO SCOTTY'S TO GET SHELF BRACKETS. CHEROKEE SAYS IN ALL FAIRNESS SHE DOES HAVE THEM AT HER STORE, THEY JUST AREN'T FOR SALE AND MARTY NEVER ASKED IF THEY WERE TO BUY, JUST IF THEY HAD THEM THERE!! HAVE A GREAT DAY! LOVE, THE CARRILLO'S

A MOMENT OF PEACE

WOW WHAT A WHIRLWIND OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I DIDN'T THINK LIFE COULD BE SO NUTS, I AM SURE THE NUT HOUSE IS CALLING MY NAME!! WE HAD FOSTER KIDS IN OUR HOME FOR A WEEK, THREE LITTLE GIRLS AGES TWO, THREE, AND ONE, WHAT A HANDFUL WITH OUR LITTLE CASHAROO. THESE GIRLS NEEDED SO MUCH LOVE AND ATTENTION, I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR OUR CLASSES THAT TAUGHT US HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR BEHAVIOR AND NEGLECT. I WAS SAD TO SEE THEM GO, BUT FAMILY IS BEST AND THEY NEED ALOT MORE ATTENTION THEN I COULD POSSIBLE GIVE THEM. BESIDES TAKING FOUR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF THREE WAS A NIGHTMARE AT THE SOCCER GAME!! WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING CHEVY BACK DOWNSTAIRS AND RE-PAINTING HIS ROOM IN BRIGHT BRIGHT BLUE AND PUMPKIN ORANGE!! IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT AWESOME, WE ALSO MADE MARTY A MAP ROOM UPSTAIRS, WHERE HE CAN HANG UP THE MAPS HE LOVES TO STUDY AND PUT OUT ALL HIS CAR STUFF. WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY IN OUR HOUSE AGAIN!! WE DID GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE WITH WES AND MO AND IT WAS AWESOME!! MARTY AND ME GOT TO BE THE WITNESS COUPLE SO IT MADE IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THEM BOTH AND THEIR DECISION TO STAY WORTHY IN A WORLD OF CHAOS!! WAY TO GO!! CHEROKEE HAS BEEN GOING CRAZY WITH ALL HER FFA STUFF, SHE MADE PRESIDENT FOR HER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND GOT DISTICT PRESIDENT, SO SHE WILL BE VERY BUSY NEXT YEAR!! SHE IS SO EXCITED AND WE ARE PROUD OF HER!! CHEVY HAS BEEN BUSY WITH SOCCER AND SCOUTS, HE IS PULLING A 4.0, SO I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM AND HE IS A GREAT HELPER TO ME ALL THE TIME!! CASH JUST KEEPS GOINGGGGGGGG, HE NEVER SLEEPS AND STILL HAS ENERGY, HE HAS BECOME VERY SASSY!! HE IS ALWAYS TELLING ME TO GO TO THE NAUGHTY CORNER!! CONTESSA AND TEDDYBEAR ARE TRYING TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE, AND WORK OUT ALL THIS BABY STUFF, SHE HAS BEEN PRETTY SICK. I LOVE IT!!! IT IS CALLED PARENT PAYBACK!! I JUST TELL HER TO KEEP ON EATING THOSE CRACKERS AND WARM SPRITE. LIFE IS SO GOOD, I SIT BACK EVERYNIGHT AND JUST BREATHE AND THINK HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR ALL MY BLESSINGS AND TRIALS, I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT FAITH THAT THE GOSPEL IS THEIR FOR MARTY AND ME TO STRENGTHEN US AS A UNIT. I LOVE YOU FAMILY, LOVE, C

THIS IS MY AWESOME PARENTS!! LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TOO!!

Grandfather Odell & son Wendell Odell Campbell
THIS IS MY DAD WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH HIS FATHER
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I HAVE TO BRAG A LITTLE
I AM SO PROUD OF CHEROKEE, SHE GOT HER STATE DEGREE IN FFA AND TOOK THIRD IN THE STATE FOR NURSERY, PLUS TODAY SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE IS NEXT YEAR'S FFA PRESIDENT, WHICH IN TURN HELPS HER CHANCES FOR A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP. I AM VERY PROUD OF HER AND THE CHOICES SHE MAKES TO BE A GREAT EXAMPLE TO OTHERS!! I LOVE YOU BUG A LUG!! PLUS SHE IS GETTING READY FOR HER BIG PROM DATE WITH THE TRAVO!! LOVE YA MOM

OUR CALIFORNIA TRIP!!

MARTY AND ME DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE THE KIDS TO DISNEYLAND, WE WANTED TO TAKE CONTESSA AND LORIN, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GO. PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE TAKE OUR KIDS TO DISNEYLAND FOR VACATIONS ALMOST EVERY FIVE YEARS, WELL IT IS THE ONE PLACE WE ALL LOVE TO GO, EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITE SPOTS AND THIS IS OUR FAVORITE SPOT AS A FAMILY TO GO, SO WE GOT IT ALL PLANNED OUT AND PAID FOR THEN JUST HAD TO WAIT FOR THE DAY TO ARRIVE!! MARTY DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO DRIVE THIS TIME, HE WANTED THE KIDS TO SEE VEGAS AND ST. GEORGE AND ALL THE DESERT IN BETWEEN, WE GOT A NICE SANTA FE FROM HIS WORK TO TAKE. MONDAY MORNING BEFORE OUT TRIP BEGAN WAS A NIGHTMARE, WE ENDED UP WITH THREE KIDS SICK WITH STREP HROAT, SO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS LATER WE HAD THEM ALL ON MEDICINE AND PACKED UP READY TO GO. TUESDAY MORNING WE LEFT BRIGHT AND EARLY AND DROVE TO UTAH TO MEET MARTY, WE STAYED THAT NIGHT IN UTAH AND HAD PIZZA AND WENT SWIMMING WITH CONTESSA AND LORIN. WE LEFT ON WED. MORNING AT AROUND 9A.M., STOPPED IN NEPHI FOR A POTTY BREAK, STOPPED IN ST. GEORGE FOR LUNCH AND POTTY BREAK AND A LITTLE RUNNING AROUND FOR CASH, STOPPED IN VEGAS FOR A POTTY BREAK AND ICE CREAM, STOPPED IN BARSTOW FOR DINNER AND POTTY AND SOME MORE RUNNING AROUND, THEN WE HIT ANAHIEM AT AROUND 9:30P.M. THEIR TIME THAT NIGHT TOTALLY EXHAUSTED AND READY FOR BED, BUT CASH NEEDED TO RUN AND CHEVY WANTED TO SWIM, SO MARTY AND ME TOOK CHEVY SWIMMING, I SAT IN THE HOT TUB OH YES!! CHEROKEE TOOK CARE OF CASH FOR US, THE KIDS WERE SO GREAT ON THE WAY, THEY NEVER COMPLAINED, IT WAS ME WHO WHINED, MY BUTT HURT!! WE GOT UP BRIGHT AND EARLY ON THUR. MORNING AND HIT DISNEYLAND AT 8A.M., WE HAD SO MUCH FUN SHOWING CASH EVERYTHING, HIS EYES WERE AS BIG AS SAUCERS, WE HAVE A TRADTITION TO ALWAYS RIDE THE HAUNTED HOUSE RIDE FIRST, HE LOVED IT!! HIS FAVORITE RIDE WAS THE PETER PAN RIDE, HE KEPT WANTING TO GO BACK. WE STAYED UNTIL CLOSING THEN WENT BACK AND HIT THE SACK. FRIDAY WE WERE UP AND AT IT AGAIN EARLY, WE WENT TO CALIFORNIA ADVENTURELAND, THE KIDS LIKE DISNEYLAND BETTER, CASH FEVERED UP AND SO WE GOT HIM ON ANOTHER KIND OF MEDICINE, WE ALSO WENT TO DOWNTOWN DISNEY, IT WAS WILD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT!!! SATURDAY MORNING I STAYED AT THE HOTEL WITH CASH UNTIL ABOUT 3P.M. HIS MEDICINE FINALLY STARTED TO WORK AND SO WE TOOK HIM BACK TO DISNEYLAND, OF COURSE OUR TRADTIONS WITH OUR KIDS IS THEY EACH GET 100.00 DOLLARS TO SPEND, SO WE SHOPPED ALOT AND THEN WE EACH PICKED OUR FAVORITE RIDES TO GO ON BEFORE THEY CLOSED THAT NIGHT. CHEVY AND CHEROKEE PICKED SPACE MOUNTAIN AND SPLASH MOUNTAIN, MARTY AND ME PICKED THE HAUNTED HOUSE AND PIRATES, AND CASH DID PETER PAN AND SNOW WHITE, WE LOVED IT AND IT WAS TONS OF FUN!! WE STOPPED IN VEGAS ON THE WAY HOME, I HAVE NOTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT IT, IT IS FILTHY!! THE ONLY FUN THING WAS THE MANDM FACTORY!! WE LEFT MONDAY MORNING AND ARRIVED IN UTAH AT ABOUT 3P.M. WENT TO THE PARK AND LET CASH RUN, ATE DINNER WITH CONTESSA, AND THEN ME AND THE THREE MONKEYS HEADED HOME, WE GOT HOME AT AROUND 10P.M., I WAS POOPED!!! THANKS MARTY FOR ALWAYS FINDING A WAY TO HELP OUR FAMILY HAVE FUN, I LOVE BEING WITH YOU AND YOUR KIDS, YOUR MY PRINCE ON A WHITE HORSE, LOVE YA, C

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONTESSA!!

SORRY THAT MOM IS A LITTLE LATE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WAS THINKING OF YOU ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN DISNEYLAND!! WOW IT HAS BEEN 19 YEARS AGO THAT YOU WERE A STUBBORN BABY AND DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT!! I WENT IN FOR A CHECK UP AND THEY SENT ME TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET STARTED, AFTER BEING ON THE"PIT" ALL DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT THEY SENT ME HOME AT 12A.M. AND TOLD ME TO COME BACK IN A WEEK UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED. I WENT BACK IN A WEEK AND THEY STARTED ME AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I KNEW I WASN'T GOING HOME BECAUSE THEY BROKE MY WATER AND AFTER A ANOTHER FULL DAY OF LABOR IN WHICH I CURSED YOUR FATHER FOR HA-HA, THEY FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE YOU C-SECTION AT 10P.M., I THINK DADDY WAS MORE RELIVED THEN I WAS, HE WAS TIRED OF HEARING ME COMPLAIN!! ANYWAY, IT WAS A HARD C-SECTION, THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTING MY BODY TO GO NUMB, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME WITH THAT. YOU WERE WORTH IT THOUGH, YOU HAD SOOO MUCH HAIR, BLACK AS NIGHT, AND THE BIGGEST BLUE EYES!! YOU WERE A FAT LITTLE MUNCHKIN, 9LBS. 5OZ, I THINK YOUR PARENTS WERE TOTALLY IN AWE OF YOU THE FIRST WEEK, I KNOW YOUR GRANDMA CAMPBELL LOVED YOU FROM THE MOMENT SHE LAID EYES ON YOU, SHE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU AND HOLDING YOU. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND SHE WOULDN'T STAND FOR NO NONSENSE, I WISHED YOU COULD REMEMBER HER AND HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, SHE WOULD HAVE TAUGHT YOU GREAT THINGS. I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS THINKING OF YOU AND ALL THE FUN TIMES WE HAVE HAD TOGETHER, I LOVE YOU CONTESSA!! LOVE, MOM