Just things

Campbell and I have had a lot more free time since school has been out. We have been going to the library and checking out movies, picking out christmas gifts, going for walks and adventures, making up new games to play, watching judge Judy, spending a lot of time with our families, sleeping in late, and getting ready to go to MISSOURI! We leave either tonight or tomorrow, depending on when my mom gets off work. It has been fun. Here are a few pictures. The first two are from October, before Will left on his mission.

On the way to hear Will's talk

This picture was from Will's farewell back in October. All of the boys had matching ties! 

us being bums

one of our winter walks. 

This picture makes me laugh, Camp looks like an excited little boy ready to play.

A little river

Camp and wmy  brother!

This is when we were playing a mini soccer game on the tennis courts at the apartments. Campbell won the soccer game but then we played "PIG" soccer version and I won that one!

I was really bundled up with lots of layers, Campbell's thin jacket was good enough for him though.

Campbell chugging his favorite drink.

This was my Christmas present to Camp. It took me a long time get the pictures printed and put it all together so it was a late gift....and I already told him what it is. Now we just need to find some nails so we can hang it!

Oh! and check out this awesome picture of Camp from when he was 17! We found it at his parents house. It was a boating trip to the Bahamas. Doesn't it make you want the summer time to be here!?

My Birthday!

My birthday was quite eventful! I had a doctor's checkup for the pregnancy so we woke up early and I opened Camp's gift. It was a machete. haha..funny gift, huh?. He is trying to stock me up with home protection things so I feel more safe when it is just me and the baby at home. Anyway, I started to get ready for the appointment and them Camp comes upstairs with blood all over his hand. He ended up slicing open three of his fingers! We went to the E. R. and he had to get 4 stitches. He said it didn't hurt too bad and it was a fun experience since he hasn't had stitches until this point. He can always find the positive side. Camp also gave me a beautiful picture of Jesus and a little baby! I love it! Anyway, I still made my appointment and the baby is doing great! Yay! After the appointment, my mom took us out to eat at a Mexican restaurant.  For dinner, Camp's parents took us out to this amazing little steakhouse in Camden. So good!!! So our day was filled with hospital visits and good food. It was a great birthday. 

This was after we cleaned and patched it up a little bit. His ring finger got it the worst

These pictures are from 7 days later. Camp decided to take the stitches out himself...with fingernail clippers! luckily his fingers look great and are almost completely healed now!

So happy he is stitch free!

Christmas!

Classes ended for us early last week! Yay! We have had so much fun just being together, not worrying about anything at all! I feel so spoiled. We have kept busy with the holidays, picking out Christmas gifts, hanging out with our families and my birthday! We live right next to Harbison which is a great place to go shopping. That is where we picked out most of our gifts. We have mostly been back and forth from Columbia to Camden. Camden is a great place to be, with Campbell's family. I just adore Campbell's mom. She is so sincere and kind. She is also so funny. Some of the things she says just make me laugh. I am blessed to be a part of her family now and my love for her always grows when I am with her. Will (camps brother) is on his mission to the Domican Republic and Zach leaves February 13 for the Salt lake South mission. I am so excited for them both! I love reading Will's emails with Campbell and seeing his pictures. We were able to speak to him for about 30 minutes on Christmas day. He sounds great and already has some really cool stories! The D.R. is so different from America. We will also love hearing from Zach when he leaves. Missionaries are great! Especially when they are your awesome brother in laws! We spent Christmas eve at Camps grandparents house. There was lots of good food, a talent show and of course  amazing people! Campbell did a great song/dance for his talent. It was so funny! I wish I would have recorded it. Taylor Sang, Zach did a skit and also beat boxed and Joe told a funny story. We spent Christmas night at Camp's parents house and had a great Christmas morning with them! We went to my families house that evening. We opened gifts, played games and took naps! It has been a great Christmas season! Here are a few pictures...I didn't get any from when we went to my parents house. We were having camera issues.

Camp, T , Zach and Joe singing away

Taylor spent the night with us! This is them pumping up the tires before we headed to our house

Some of our Christmas creations

Coco looked so sweet and peaceful, I had to take a picture!

Showing off their new P.Js from Naomi

Campbell just being cute

The beautiful tree!

The Connell's got a wii for Christmas  This is one of the dance games that came with it. It was hilarious watching Campbell dance with his shirt tucked in, looking all goofy. He was really moving it!

We're Back!

Well, we kind of dropped off of the blogging planet for a while. The fall rolled around and we both started classes which has taken up most of our time. Yesterday I found an old friends blog and I was reading about her life and her pregnancy and it reminded me of why I liked the idea of a blog - to document all of the happy little things in life! The happiest news we have (which I am sure you all know by now) is that we are going to have a BABY! It is a baby girl! Ah, just typing that makes my heart beat fast with excitement! We are only about 10 weeks away from her arrival. We could not be more excited. She is due March 10. We know life will be changing dramatically and school will be a little more tough with a little one around but this is exactly what we wanted- to start our little family. I just can't wait to be a mama. Ever since I can remember I have had a deep love for children. I love their purity and innocence. I have already developed such love for this little beauty growing inside of me. I just can not wait to meet her. Campbell is so excited also. He will be such an amazing father to a little girl. Campbell has great respect for the women in his life. He truly makes me feel like his one and only queen and I know he will treat her like a princess. I am so glad she will have that example in her life so she will be able marry a man who will make her happy and treat her like his special lady. I recognize this little baby is a blessing from God. I am so thankful he has given us this little spirit to be a part of our eternal family!

This was an ultrasound from 13 weeks! 

This is a 3D image from 20 weeks

Here she is again!

Her little collection of adorable clothes! 

  

A Few Thoughts

Lately I have been feeling an overwhelming gratitude for the marvelous gifts God has placed in my life. One of the most precious feelings in the world is the confirmation that God is on our side and desires to bless and aide us. Over the last few years, I have had the opportunity to move around a lot. Everywhere I have gone I have been blessed with lasting friendships that I truly cherish. There have been so many people that have touched my life and made me want to be a better person. I truly love these relationships. Through them I feel a sense of the love our father in heaven has for us. I know he must love us with an incredible love and that is why he blesses us with one another, giving us friends and companions to help each other return to him. I am thankful for the many precious relationships I have been blessed with in my life and I am learning that they are what matters the very most. There is a perfect hymn that sums up my exact feelings. It is called "Each Life
That Touches Ours For Good". I heard it a long time ago at BYUI and it has always been one of my very favorites! Check it out!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7JPVPz9os&feature=related




 1. Each life that touches ours for good
Reflects thine own great mercy, Lord;
Thou sendest blessings from above
Thru words and deeds of those who love.

2. What greater gift dost thou bestow,
What greater goodness can we know
Than Christlike friends, whose gentle ways
Strengthen our faith, enrich our days.

3. When such a friend from us departs,
We hold forever in our hearts
A sweet and hallowed memory,
Bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee.

4. For worthy friends whose lives proclaim
Devotion to the Savior’s name,
Who bless our days with peace and love,
We praise thy goodness, Lord, above.

Ocean City and the last couple of weeeks

Life has been quite busy for us lately! It is our last month in MD and the company is sending us on a lot of adventures before the summer ends! We went to the Orioles baseball game on July 28! It was a lot of fun but we decided that football is much more exciting than baseball. haha. Baseball is just so slow. It is fun to play though! Campbell also won a trip for us to visit Ocean City for three days! Zach also won a spot. We had a lot of fun! The beach was so beautiful and there was such fun feeling about the boardwalk! The sand in Ocean city is a little more golden than the sand in S.C. It is beautiful.  I brought my camera but forgot my batteries so the only pictures I have are from my phone. The Guys still had to work so we did most of the fun stuff in the mornings and late at night when they got home. While they were gone, I just hung out with the other girls! We played games and made dinner together. I am going to miss these guys! 

Orioles game!

Here we are

The guys played a lot of football and volleyball on the beach. We had fun being cheerleaders for them!

This was an awesome little place by the boardwalk. There were so many kites!

Pilled in the back of the truck....heading to the  best part of the beach

Campbell looks pretty good with a 'stache ;)

Campbell ordered a huge Pizza to eat. This was the last thing I wanted because it was so hot but he ate quite a bit of it until he finally broke down and had to give the rest away.

Such a sweet husband. I love him!

probably the coolest sand castle I have seen!

I had to include this....Zach joined in on the hot dog eating contest. It was disgusting...some guys were dipping the bun in water so they could just swallow it and not chew. It was pretty much only the single guys that did this because the married guys always have dinners to go home to that their wives make. I think Zach came in 2nd....

Family visits!

Like I mentioned in the last post, my wonderful family came up to visit us! My mom had to leave a little early but the rest of them stayed for 11 days. We made the most of our time and visited a lot of the cool places around here. We took another trip to D.C., went on some awesome trails, hung out at the pool, went to the temple, went to the cheesecake factory and did a little shopping and a lot of cooking (Campbell liked that part).  I am going to just upload a bunch of pictures from their visit!

Campy

This was on our walk down the awesome old mill trail. Tyla insisted on playing "stick pull" which is  a pretty awesome game people would play back in the 1800's. These two girls are just too strong for the game because they ended up just breaking the stick in half. 

We had a lot of fun exploring the abandoned mill

whole in the floor! Mal was watching the fish below.

My brother

My sister

My brother torturing my sister

Playing Hacky sack

Hacky sack, intense style

Campbell being his happy, goofy self. 

sassy girl

The beautiful Washington, D.C. temple

Tyla took this. Nice shot, girl!

We spent some time in the visitors center watching to Joseph Smith movie and looking at the  displays

My beautiful sister, I do love her a lot

This was after another day of walking all day in D.C.

The squirrels out here have some major personality! they will eat food right out of your hand! They are awesome.

....chilling under a tire. He looks squished but he was fine. haha. He is so cute!