My Fourth Son

Samuel and Mom
It is amazing when you have four boys they are all so different. Samuel is so quiet but has so much knowledge going on inside his brain. If I were describe Samuel in a few words it would be loving, kind, considerate of others. He always is worried about others and what they are doing. Samuel has had a lot happen to him over his short lifespan but it is amazing that he is more worried about others then himself. Everyday I learn something from Samuel.

Wedding Fairy

My friend Brittany Parrott had her wedding shower and I dressed up as the wedding fairy and I gave some wedding advice. It was all different advice from finances, laundry and snoring. Then I told some stories of when she was a little girl. ( I got some stories from her mom). I told her that I was friends with the tooth fairy and she told me some good stories about Brittany. I tried to relate her stories of when she was a little girl to her marriage and her children. You know what goes around comes around. I think everyone had a good time. I had so much fun doing it. I loved making people laugh.

We now have a cat

I can't believe that we now have a cat. A couple of weeks ago we found her in our back yard and she was just about 3 months old a little kitten. The boys begged and pleaded with me to keep the cat. Boyd went and checked to see what the sex of the cat was and it is a girl. I told them in that case she can stay. Jeremy ended up naming the cat "Pearl" and we thought it was so cute because it was a black cat. What we didn't notice was the cat had a little white speck right on her neck.... just like a pearl. Jeremy knew what he was doing all along. She is mostly an outside cat. But every once in awhile somebody brings her in the house. Luke loves her the most. Once again I was out voted by the "BLUES".

Luke Needs Glasses

*Note: These are not his new glasses

Luke has been going cross-eyed on us and we have been worrying about his eye sight. I took him in to the Dr. the other day and he is really farsighted. The reason why he is going cross-eyed is because it is so hard for his eyes to focus that they start to cross. The Dr. gave me a prescription and told me to come back in 2 months and see if that works. If his eyes are still bad then he will need to add bifocals to his lenses. Then after 2 months if that doesn't work then he will need surgery. I couldn't believe all the testing they had to do to his eyes. My older boys wondered how they tested his eyes without him being able to read a chart. But they have amazing technology now. Also they had to dialate his eyes and he didn't like that at all. But he was a good sport so we got his prescription and went to try to find some frames. Well, we still haven't found any because I can't find a place that makes them small enough and takes our insurance. So Friday we are on the road again ready to look for some frames for this guy. Hopefully he won't break them in the first week. The Dr. told me that once they realize they don't have to work as hard to see then they leave their glasses on. The sweetest thing that happened to me that whole day was a story I want to share with you.
After looking at frames for awhile, I was tired and Luke was tired so we decided to go get some ice cream. The lady that was helping us asked me if something was a matter with Luke's eyes. I told her as a matter of fact there was something a matter and that we had just got back from teh eye doctor. This is the first time a stranger has said anything to me about Luke's eyes so I was kind of taken back. Normally I would have just dismissed her comment and walked away but I decided to listen to her. She told me that she was sorry she didn't mean anything by it but she went on to tell me that when her boy was about Luke's age he had the same problem. She told me that he needed glasses and that he didn't even need surgery. She told me not to worry and that everything would be fine.
Wow, I thought, what a nice random lady and how thankful I was that I listened to what she had to say. I felt like that day it was truly through Another person that our prayers are answered. The funny thing is the next day I saw the nurse that works in the eye doctors office and she told me that after I left he was really worried about Luke. I just looked at her and said "He is going to be fine, and then I shared my story with her".

I need more clothes ....

When I went to pick up Alex from cross-country on Thursday I noticed he had a big rip in his shirt. He looked like someone had cut off the bottom half of the front of his t-shirt. I could see his belly button but not his back. He looked ridiculous. This is his undershirt that he wears underneath his shirt. He usually just runs in that for cross-country.
When I asked him what happened his cross-country coach said "Oh, let me tell you this is great. When Alex went to school today he was suppossed to bring a white cloth because they were going to dye them in science class. Well, Alex didn't have a white cloth so he just cut his undershirt and used that for his white cloth".
Like I said Alex is very independent. When all else fails use your clothes.
The best part is I told his coach that a couple of weeks ago he came home with his shirt ripped. I asked him what happened then and he said "I accidentally ripped a boys shirt at school when I was playing around with him. Rather then make him feel bad I ripped mine too so we would be even." So now Alex has two ripped shirts.
side-note: I do want you to know that as a mother I knew that he needed a white cloth for school. When he asked me for one I said "Sure you can get one out of the cupboard above the dryer". He just didn't bother to go get it.

Families Are Forever

My Third Son

Alex Campbell (13)
If there were two words to describe Alex it would be "Energy and Independent". This boy has so much energy I just don't know where he gets it all. It is great because he is involved in so many things. The wonderful thing I learn from Alex that he is so independent. If something needs to get done he just takes care of it. I have never asked him to do his homework he just does it, he does his own laundry. He loves to figure things out on his own. He is going to go far in life because he isn't dependent on other people.

My Second Son

Nate Campbell (17)

If I had two words to describe Nate it would be "quick wit". He keeps us on our toes with his wonderful sense of humor and charm. The thing that has been the most surprising to me about Nate is that loves to tell me how guys think. It has been very enlightening to me. Now I wish I could go back to High School and not act the way I did because Nate has given me a little insight.

My Oldest Son

Zachary Campbell (18)

Zachary is my oldest and boy has he taught me a lot as a mother. On thing I love about Zachary is that he doesn't care what people think and he loves life. I always thought boys weren't sensitive to other peoples feelings. Well, I was wrong because Zac is always concerned with everybody around him and how they feel.