Fun with Brad's family

In the midst of everything going on with Brad and his kids, we were able to get out and have some pretty fun days!! We went bowling and all I can say is THANK YOU for bumper bars on the lanes!

Avrie had some serious style and skills as well!

Kyle did a great job chucking that ball down the lane.

Tyler was all about form.

Katelyn was all about keeping the hole in her pants from being seen :)

Holdyn was the ball organizer.

Avrie again, showing her smile!

Annie just wanted to throw something.... so bowling was perfect for her!

Here are the kids just before the viewing in their new clothes. They looked sharp!

Lots and lots of people brought special gifts for the kids. Kyle is showing a journal that some cousins gave to them all.

Here are the girlio's getting their toes done. They were all giggly and Katelyn was embarassed that a guy was touching her feet. But we had a GREAT time and something to laugh about now. Can't wait to go do it again with them!

Kandice was a champion and trimmed and colored the girls' hair. She also makes hair bows and we got a few new ones for each of the girls. We had a great time with Kandice.

Holdyn was just 'Happy to be there.' I think she thought she had a new family for awhile... she is still asking about all of the kids she was with for so long. Can't wait to come visit again!

Sara's Funeral

The wife and mother of Brad and his kids passed away on Easter Sunday. A day they will never forget. We were able to witness an outpouring of our Savior's love through the hands of others.

Family, friends, neighbors, teachers, principals, scout leaders and many many others showed endless love and support. It was truly a miracle that I was thankful to witness.

The day of the viewing and funeral was beautiful. There were hundreds of people there to show their support.

Here are a few of the nieces and nephews and Sara's kids. They sang a medley of songs about families and did a beautiful job!

Katelyn decided just a day before the funeral that she wanted to play her flute at the funeral service. She's only played for a few months and she stood before the hundreds of people and played 'I am a Child of God' perfectly! I know Sara was very proud of her!

I'm so blessed to have such great family members! I also am thankful to know that because of our Savior's love, His atonement and resurrection we will all be able to see Sara again.

Sara's Obituary

St. George, Utah: Sara Michele Campbell Baker, age 35, passed away Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 in Las Vegas University Medical Center. She was born September 15, 1974, in St. George, Utah, the first child of Roger and Jane Esplin Campbell. She was raised in St. George and graduated from Pine View High School, 1992. She married her first love and high school sweetheart, Brad Baker on June 8, 1996, in the St. George Temple. They are the parents of five children.

Sara loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. She was an amazing organizer. She also loved to plan and set goals. Sara was kind, tender, compassionate, genuine and wanted things perfect. She was active in the LDS Church and served as a Primary teacher and counselor, cub-scout den mother, and as a Relief Society Counselor. Her greatest love was her husband and children. She was such a good wife and mother. Her whole life was centered on her family. Family time was so important to Brad and Sara. Their children know how much they loved each other.

She is survived by her husband, Brad and children, Katelyn, Tyler, Kyle, Annie, and Avrie; parents Roger and Jane Esplin Campbell of Beaver; sisters Jennifer (Beau) Barney of Lehi, Amanda (Aaron) Felstead of St. George, Christina (Tamron) Lee of Cedar City and brother Michael (Meagan) Campbell of St. George; Grandfather - Bybee Campbell of St. George. Father and Mother-in-law Phil & Lynette Baker of Washington City.

Sara is preceded in death by: Grandparents, T. Lavoy and Phoebe Esplin, Clidene M. Campbell. Nephews: Brecken and Brayden Felstead. Niece: Audrie Campbell. Brother-in-law: Charlton Robert Palmer.

Funeral services will be Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11 am, Sunset 1st Ward, 82 N Dixie Drive, St. George. Viewing for friends and family will be held Friday, April 9, 6 - 8 pm at Spilsbury Mortuary and Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 proir to services. Interment will take place in Tonaquint Cemetery.

Special thanks to Dixie Regional Medical Center, St. George, Sunrise Hospital and University Medical Center in Las Vegas for their kind and compassionate care.

It's all about Holdyn

Okay, so here are a few fun things about Holdyn. She's been working really hard to stop sucking her thumb. We helped her pick out something she could earn when she didn't suck her thumb for a few weeks. She picked this pink tool set. We are proud to say that she earned it!We'd been trying to help her stop by just reminding her that if she wanted to earn her toolset, she couldn't suck her thumb. Well it was working, but not fast enough. So Ben told her that her thumb would look like his if she didn't stop sucking it. This did the trick! She was so terrified of her thumb looking like her daddy's! She stopped right then and there and hasn't had one suck since.....that we know of. She calls her dad's thumb 'tricky' and did not want her thumb to be 'tricky.' So that was the end of the thumb sucking! Here is a picture of Ben's 'tricky' thumb. (Long story short, he was born with two thumbs on this hand.)
In other news, Holdyn made this AWESOME egg head at preschool a couple weeks ago. The grass we planted has grown wild! It is awesome! She waters it everyday and I think we may need to cut it soon. Perfect time for Easter :)

One last story on out Holdyn. She's been coloring/painting pictures for santa and putting them in our fireplace for him. I don't know why she started it, but she wants Santa to remember her and that she is a good girl.... she even left him a capri sun drink the other night! Santa is getting tired of stopping in our house :)

Pads, pool, and jam

So this is about as random as you can get, but they were to fun to pass up. When Kimber is quiet something is going on..... here is what I found her in a few days ago. You can see that she even put the hair band back on the doorknobs that is meant to keep HER out of the cupboard.

"STICKERS" or so she thinks!

It has been super warm on and off and it is getting impossible to keep the girls out of the water! Holdyn begs all day long to go swimming. I finally pulled the pool out of the closet and let them have at it. I thought they'd get cold, but they were playing in the water for about 3 hours!! Bring on summer!

And last but not least, we made some Strawberry freezer jam.....super easy and super delicious! Too bad this is two batches and it only made 7 jars!

The bike riding duo

I get to play the organ this Sunday for church, so I've been sneaking up there every chance we get to practice. To keep the girls entertained we threw in their bikes so they could cruise around the huge parking lot. They LOVED IT!

A fun SUNNY day!

We had a GREAT day today! The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed every minute! We got up bright and early and headed across town for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundations Great Strides walk. It is an annual walk to raise money for finding the cure for CF. There was a HUGE crowd of people there! It was fun to be involved with!

A family from church, the Campbell's, have a daughter living with CF and one who passed away from the disease last year. They had a team that they welcomed us to join, called Steps4Sisters.

Here we are warming up for the walk :)

This is just as the walk was starting, look at all the walkers behind us... there were quite a few in front of us too.

Holdyn followed Patrick around and he is now one of her besties :)

We enjoyed the Subway sandwiches and ice cream after the walk!

We then had to go find the playground for the girls to play on for a bit....but they both started getting pink faces and hairlines so we decided it was best to head home.

After we got home both girls were begging to play in the water! They wanted to put on their swimming suits soooo bad! So we made the best of it and sunscreened up again, and tackled washing the dirty truck. The girls are super helpful and loved playing in the bubbles!