good stuff

Okay for those of you who have that World Wide Ward Cookbook you will have to try these out: Sunday Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken, Cafe Rio Pork Salad (follow the complete recipe) and today we had the Shrimp Scampi (very yummy but add a little more garlic to it). Let me know if any of you have tried some the recipes from that book and let me know if your family liked them. Hope everyone is doing great. We are all happy, healthy and doing fine. Love ya, Shawna

My Moments

WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR A MOMENT WITH MY MOTHER. I WOULD PUT MY ARMS AROUND HER AND HOLD HER SO CLOSE TO ME. I WOULD TELL HER HOW MUCH I LOVE HER. I WOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO GIVE HER A KISS. I WOULD TOUCH HER HANDS AND GAZE INTO HER BLUE EYES AND PONDER HER HEART. I WOULD TELL HER ABOUT ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN AND TELL HER HOW GOOD EACH OF THEM ARE. I WOULD ................................ ETC.

FOREVER MY MOM (I LOVE YOU)

DEBBIE

Creekside Salon

Finished Product!

The moving crew

Jocelyn helped me get everything all moved in!

We had lot's of little helpers

My dad got the first hair cut as you can see it was dark this was the night before opening!

Maylee wants a hair cut all the time now!

So here are some pictures of the salon, I am having a blast in it and love not running to town to go to work it is a great blessing that is for sure! I hope you are all doing well and to all those back to schoolers have a great school year.

(cya tommorow Aunt Wendy)

Were Moving....

.....to a new town and wanted to pass on our address for all you devoted Xmas card senders! We had a lovely summer in Utah and Colorado thanks to a fantastic grandma and gramps. I can't even begin to list what we did. Check Clar's blog for all the awesome photos instead it's much more fun than my ramblings. The kids are all lovely and sooooo ready to start school next week...NOT! They miss grandma's house and are still talking about our visits to Jess and Jen's. We are moving to temp shelter until January and the end of Nursing school and then we will be moving again to Pennsylvania. So for now here it is:

311 Forest View Drive
Avenel, NJ 07001

And don't worry I'll keep you posted on the next move as well. (Bet you thought you could get rid of us!) Love, Amanda

Mr. Raccoon

this is mr. raccoon. Joe was driving home one night and drove past this raccoon laying in the road. He swore that he saw it look up at him while he was driving past, so when he got home he went to go and see if he was alive or not. it turned out that it was still alive. he had a bloody mouth from biting his tongue, we think he sprained his front right foot, and we had no way of telling if he had any internal damage. we took him in and did our best to care for him. he started walking on his front foot 2 days later which was a good sign that it wasn't broken. we had to force feed him water everyday, but he started eating on the 3rd day, which we were excited about.
we thought he was getting better, but on the 5th day we went to go take him outside and he had passed away. we think that he did have internal damage, but we aren't sure. but it was a good experience and i'm glad we made his last 5 days on earth as comfortable as possible.

Quotes

i know some are slightly blurry but i only have me a wee digital camera.
anyways i hope you enjoy these quotes.

Even thought we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all friends.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

Peace begins with a smile.

Everywhere I look and most of the time I look, I see photographs.

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions

The sun, with all those plants revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do

Bird poop

Sunday night I had my neighbors over for a cookout and we were talking and having a great time when I felt a plop on my forehead-thought it was rain , but the sky was blue and clear. So i ran my hand through my hair and yup-a big glob of bird poop....needless to say I came in and had a brief hair wash. But, the night was fun and I'm washable. Also, one of our former bishops had lots of extra corn-so I went and picked some-It was so fun to chat with him and I appreciated his kind act of sharing-isn't that what life is all about?? Have a great week. Love, Vic

SOME OF OUR SUMMER FUN

MANY TRIPS TOGETHER WITH MY HONEY, AND I GOT THE TILE DONE ! YEH I DID IT !

HEY SIBLINGS:

I SENT YOU AN EMAIL FROM AUNT BONNIE ABOUT THE CAMPBELL REUNION NEXT YEAR IN AUGUST.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU DON'T GET IT.

HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A BLAST FOR THE LAST WEEK OF SUMMER/FREEDOM

WE HAVE AUDRY'S FAMILY HERE FOR THE WEEK AND THEN OFF TO SEATTLE FOR 4 DAYS. (WEDDING).

SURE LOVE EACH OF YOU (WENDY YOUR IN OUR PRAYERS)

HUGS

DEBBIE

HELLO TO EVERYONE

HI, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE WROTE OR EVEN READ OUR CONNECTION. I LOVE IT. PICTURES ARE MY FAVORITE. OUR SUMMER HAS BEEN SO BUSY THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE HAD OUR GRANDPA AND GRANDMA GRANKIDS PARTY. PRINCESSES AND PIRATES. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. OUR BABIES ARE GROWN UP. WE MISSED FALLON AND CECY AND JACKS. OUR GRANDKIDS ARE OUR GIFT FROM HEAVEN. THEY BRING ALOT OF HAPPINESS TO US. THANK YOU KIDS FOR BRINGING THEM HERE ON EARTH FOR US TO ENJOY. HOW ARE YOU DOING WENDY? MY THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN WITH YOU. I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES OK AND THE DOCTORS CAN HELP. VICKI YOUR GRANDKIDS WAS SO MUCH FUN. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. CRICKET AND KIM I LOVED TALKING WITH YOU LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. DEBBIE I REALLY WANTED TO MEET YOU GUYS IN SUN VALLEY. LET US KNOW WHEN YOU GO THERE AGAIN. AND SHAWNA THANKS FOR THE CALLS. I LOVE YOU ALL.

WE HAD A TERRIBLE INCIDENT HAPPEN A FEW DAYS AGO. A FATHER AND HIS TWO SONS WHO WAS RYANS AND LOGANS AGE, WAS IN A PLANE ACCIDENT AND DIED. I THINK IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST DEATHS IN THIS COMMUNITY. SHAWNA, JORDAN MINGO WAS FROM LEHI. HE MARRIED ONE OF MINDYS STEPSISTERS-SHELLY. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. THEY ARE A GREAT FAMILY. I WISH ALL OF YOU GOOD HEALTH AND MANY SAFE JOURNEYS. TAKE CARE. LOVE AGAIN BECKY

Some Pics from the McCombs Clan

Hey everyone! I'm finally getting a few minutes to throw some pictures up of when everyone was here! I've been updating my blog regularly, so these might be doubles for some of you ... sorry :) Here is what we were up to in July!


Getting sunburned at the pool!


Sassy pictures of Grandma!


Girls night out = pedicures and girl talk!


Fishin' with gramps!


Dress - ups are a MUST!


And so is a visit to Gramps' truck!


A Happy Birthday Party for all of the kids from Amanda & I!


Lots of snuggles make a very happy Aunt Clar!


Silly, crazy Gramps!


What's a get together without hoses and water balloons?


And who can forget the "Magic Hammock?"


A group photo is a must have as well!


Who says cars need a steering wheel and tires?


My cute sisters & madre!

We also had some very successful photoshoots! Check out my photo blog to see the results of those!

I'd also like to give our husbands a special shout out for putting up with our craziness and for letting us spend so much time together!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTY

HOPE YOUR DAY WAS FUN !

Hi everyone,
It's been a fun past few weeks. I've loved having our family here, now it's so quiet...anyone want to some and play?? We need another girls weekend before the cold hits. You're always welcome here, so drop on by. We had fun seeing Char's shop on our way to Boise to see Blake and the kids had a blast at the Robertson's-it was good to see them. Kaobe loved the bee car and will be bragging about that one. We had s fun couple of days with Blake-but man it was hot there. Hope you are all well. Will someone please send me Wendy's phone number..the one I have doesn't go through.
Char, who is the group that sings Fall for You? I love that song. Hi to all my lovely nieces, have a super weekend. Love, Vic

WE ARE STILL HANGIN IN THERE

WE JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND PHONE CALLS THEY MEAN ALOT. JULY HAS BEEN A BAD MONTH AT THE HOWELL HOME I GO IN A WEEK TO THE USU NEUROLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR A FEW NIGHTS I WILL BE UNDER 24 HOUR SURVILLENCE WITH WIRES ATTACHED TO MY HEAD WITH A LOVELY TURBAN ON NO BATH OR SHOWER THE TIME I AM THERE P U THEY ARE CHECKING FOR A FEW THINGS MAINLY IF I HAV EPILEPSY I WILL BE FINE IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO COME SEE ME LET ME KNOW I WILL BE LIMITED ON VISITORS
WE LOVE YOU ALL NORM IS KEEPING BUSY WITH FARMIN AND TAKING CARE OF HIS WIFEY HE'S THE BEST AND HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING.
LOVE TO YOU ALL
WENDY

Our Wonderful Trip

Hi everyone! How are you all doing? Well Sam and I are home from our trip to Nauvoo and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. We had such an amazing and fun time. I would recommend that if you haven't ever been to Nauvoo start saving your pennies and go. It was so wonderful, beautiful and spiritually uplifting. I told Sam let's sell the house and move there. I could go there again soon. What a testimony strengthener. We did an endownment session in the Nauvoo temple. What a beautiful temple!! We also went to Carthage Jail and Adamon Di Aman (spelled wrong). Carthage was heart wrenching but you could feel the spirit there so strong. Adamon Di Aman was so beautiful and peaceful. We went to an Amish town and that was alot of fun and very interesting. I bought me an Amish doll. Missouri was wonderful, we enjoyed our time with Justin. His graduation was great and now he is in Arizona for 17 weeks for more training and schooling. He is doing very well and is happy doing what he is doing. Well now it is back to reality. Spencer got his wisdom teeth out today and is sore and tired. I have to catch up on housework, laundry, yard work and I have to go back to work on the 18th. YUCK! Oh well. Well take care and be happy. Enjoy the rest of your summer. Love ya, Shawna