February 11, 2009

KRISTEN AND RYAN NEWS

O.M.G.!!!! TWO POSTINGS IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD OF TIME. I AM NOW QUALIFIED TO BE A BLOG FREAK!!! ANYWAY, HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS FROM RYAN AND KRISTENS LIFE.

RYAN WAS JUST MADE A ZONE LEADER ON HIS MISSION. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE LAST 6 WEEKS OF HIS MISSION. THIS CALLNG WILL KEEP HIM BUSY AS A BEE SO HE WON'T BE THINKING ABOUT COMING HOME. (AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT WE HOPE FOR.) HE IS IN CHARGE OF SEVERAL COMPANIONSHIPS AND IS WORKING CLOSE WITH THE ASSISTANTS TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. HE IS IN A CITY CALLED GHANNA WHICH IS A SUBURB OF COLUMBUS. IT IS A PRETTY NICE PART OF TOWN FROM THE SOUNDS OF THINGS. WE WILL HEAR MORE THURSDAY MORNING WHEN WE GET THE NEXT E-MAIL. WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE MISSION PRESIDENT HIS FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR COMING HOME ON THE 2OTH OF MARCH. HE WILL BE GETTING INT SLC INTERNATIONAL ABOUT 12:45 P.M. BARRING ANY DELAYS COMING OUT OF ATLANTA. HE FLIES FROM COLUMBUS TO ATLANTA AND THEN TO SLC. WE ARE PRETTY SURE THAT HE HAS THIS SAME INFO, BUT WE HOPE HE KEEPS HIS FOCUS INSTEAD OF GETTING STOKED TO COME HOME. WE WANT HIM HOME, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE HIM GO OUT IN A FLUURY OF SUCCESS. DROP HIM A NOTE IF YOU'D LIKE. HE SAYS THAT REGUALR MAIL IS PRETTY SCARCE THESE DAYS. CALL US IF YOU NEED AN ADDRESS.

KRISTEN AND HER CHEER SQUAD RETURNED FROM THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS AS FINALISTS IN THEIR GROUP. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY COMPETED AGAINST ABOUT 100 SCHOOLS AND THEY FINISHED IN THE TOP 20 WHICH WAS THEIR GOAL. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT THEY DID NOT GET MUCH SLEEP. HER CHEER COACH SAID THAT MOST OF THE GIRLS WERE IN HER ROOM FOR MOST OF THE NIGHTS JUST CHATTING AND VISITING WITH EACH OTHER SO THEY COULD CALM THEIR NERVES. IF IT WAS NOT THE CHEERLEADERS IN THE COACHES ROOM, IT WAS THE MOMS THAT WENT ALONG AS CHAPERONES. THEY HAD A GREAT GAB SESSION TOO. WHILE THERE THEY GOT TO PLAY AT DISNEYWORLD, DOWNTOWN DISNEY AND THE LIKES. FROM THE SOUNDS OF THINGS, EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL.

January 29, 2009

NEW YEAR UPDATE

HEY YA'LL.... I BET YOU FORGOT THAT WE HAVE THIS BLOG. WELL, YOU WERE KINDA RIGHT. WE ARE NOT GREAT AT KEEPING IT GOING BUT WE WIL TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB THIS YEAR. HEY, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS DO 2 ENTRIES AND WE BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF LAST YEARS!!! NICE!!! ANYWAY, QUITE A BIT HAS HAPPENED SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

OCTOBER, 2008. SHAYLEE GETS MARRIED IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE TO NICK MILLER FROM LAYTON. WHAT A GREAT DAY IT WAS. IT WAS VERY COLD, BUT A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY. ALL OF THE OUTDOOR PICTURES TURNED OUT INCREDIBLY NICE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME PF THEM, PLEASE STOP BY THE HOUSE AND SEE THE ALBUM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. IT IS REALLY NICE. WE WOULD POST SOME PICTURES HERE ON THE BLOG, BUT I WAS DAMN LUCKY JUST TO REMEMBER MY LOG-IN JUST TO GET TO THE SITE, LET ALONE TRY TO DOWNLOAD PICTURES. ANYWAY, WE WILL LEARN THAT PROCESS AS SOON AS OUR FRIEND NICOLE FRY DECIDES TO COME TEACH US. (HINT, HINT, NICOLE) THE RECEPTION WAS REALLY NICE AND THE COMPANY WAS GREAT. NICK'S FAMILY ARE ALL VERY NICE AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH. NICK IS CURRENTLY GOING TO WEBER STATE TO TRY TO FINISH UP HIS SCHOOLING AND WORKING FULLTIME TO BOOT. WHAT A STUD!!! SHAYLEE IS STILL WORKING FULLTIME AT FITQUEST PHYSICAL THERAPY IN KAYSVILLE. SHE HAS A FULLTIME JOB JUST DOING THERAPY ON GRANDPA AND GRANDMA CAMPBELL. THEY ARE RACKING UP FREQUENT USER MILES AT THE THERAPY JOINT. THEY ARE IN FOR SHOULDER WORK. GRANDPA CAMPBELL HAD HIS ROTATOR CUFF REPAIRED JUST PROIR TO CHRISTMAS AND GRANDMA HAS SOME SORT OF TWEAKING IN HER NECK.

KRISTEN IS GETTING READY TO GOTO FLORIDA FOR THE NATIONAL CHEERLEADER COMPETITION WITH HER CHEER SQUAD FROM NORTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE VERY READY TO GIVE IT A GO. THEY JUST PLACED FIRST IN A WARM-UP EVENT LAST WEEKEND IN THE SOUTHTOWN CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY. FIRST IN THEIR CLASS, AND FIRST OVERALL!!! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT BABY. KRISTEN IS ALSO GOING TO DO SOME MODELING THIS WEEK. A GAL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RUNS A GIRLS DRESS STORE IN RIVERDALE AND ASKED KRISTEN TO DO SOME MODELING FOR HER. FOX NEWS (CHANNEL 13) WILL BE DOING LIVE INTERVIEWS WITH HER AND OTHER GIRLS ON FRIDAY MORNING JAN 30TH IF YOU WANT TO GET UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN. SHE HAS TO BE AT THE DRESS STORE AT 3:30 AM FOR MAKE-UP AND A HAIR-DO. THEN SHE WILL BE DOING THE NEWS STUFF FROM 5:30 TO 8 AM. THEN ON SATURDAY, SHE WILL BE DOING 3 DIFFERENT FASHION SHOWS SHOWING OFF 18 DIFFERENT DRESSES. SHE WILL EARN SOME HARD EARNED CASH TO SPEND AT THE STORE. PROM IS COMING UP YOU KNOW.

RYAN, OR SHOULD I SAY ELDER CAMPBELL IS DOING GREAT. HE JUST HAD A BAPTISM LAST WEEKEND. I GUES HE GOT TO DO IT TWICE SINCE THE GALS KNEE SNEAKED OUT OF THE WATER ON THE FIRST TRY. ANYWAY, THINGS HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR HIM. HE IS THE DISTRICT LEADER RIGHT NOW. HE SEEMS TO REALLY ENJOY THAT ASSIGNMENT. HE HAS A COULPLE OF COMPANIONSHIPS THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOE SO HE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM. HE COMES HOME ON THE 20TH OF MARCH SO HE IS DOWN TO 7 WEEKS LEFT..... CRAZY!!! WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET HIM HOME.

THAT PRETTY MUCH CATCHES YOU UP T DATE FOR NOW. THERE IS STILL OTS HAPPENING SO WE WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS BAD-BOY GOING. THANKS FOR EVERYBODIES SUPPORT AND FREINDSHIP. WE LOVE YOU ALL.

KAREN AND JEFF

June 3, 2008

WELCOME TO OUR "BLOG"

We just wanted to welcome everybody to our blog!!! Man, are we up to date or what? Anyway, feel free to visit our blog as many times as you wish. We are sure it will take a while for us to get aquainted with the whole blog gig but it sounds kinda fun. We will try to update it on a monthly basis. We want all of our friends and family to know what is going on with our clan. For the time being, this is the latest happenings with the family.

Ryan is serving a Mission in the Columbus Ohio mission. He has been out there for just about 15 months. He has just been made a trainer and is very excited about that. We got a cool letter from his Mission President this past week raving about what a great example he is and how important it is to be a trainer. Trainers will make the new missionaries become great missionaries. We are excited for him and his new roll in the mission field.

Shaylee got engaged about a month ago to one of her High School flames! He is a great kid and we are excited that he will be a part of our family. His name is Nick Miller and he is from Layton. Shaylee and Nick went to a couple of school dances together and we thought he was great kid then! I guess we have pretty good taste, huh? Shaylee is working for a physical therapist in Kaysville. She really seems to like her job and especially likes helping people. She is a great asset to the office.

Kristen in in her 4th year of cheerleading. She made the Northridge High squad for her Junior year. She was asked to be an officer on the squad so she will be very busy with that. She is in charge of all of the "MOTIVATIONAL" materials for the squad. If you have any great motivational quotes or thoughts, please send them our way. She will have a very busy summer. She has cheer camp for 4 days in late June-early July, then she goes to Especially For Youth at Utah State for a week. Then she goes to girls camp for about 4 days in Idaho, then she will go on the 24 mile TREK out in Wyoming!!! Can you say overload?????

In the meantime, Jeff and Karen will be up to their eyeballs in wedding planning, bills to pay, and when they get a moment, maybe a golf game or fishing trip. Time will tell us how much time we have available. So, this will be our initial posting. Please let us know how we are doing. Also, please let us know if there is something you would like to see. We will be loading a few pictures as time goes on. We just have to learn how to load them!!!! DUH!!!!