We've Moved.

For real. We've moved. We sold our Payson home and moved in with my parents for a little spell. I am really going to miss our old house. We lived there for 3 years. We built it ourselves. There were a lot of good memories there, and it is sad to leave all that behind...but I suppose in the long run it will have been for the best. Along with moving our email address changed. I would just send out an email, but we also switched to a lap top and I lost all my email contacts, so here is our new email. thesampsonfam@gmail.com Send me an email so I will have your email address and I can add you to my email contacts.

Along with moving we have had a couple other happenings around here. Beck is officially walking! For the records he started walking at 10 1/2 months old. That is so crazy to me. I think Cambelle was over a year old when she really started walking. It's been fun to see him cruising around so much, but it's also a little scary. He doesn't understand the word NO yet so he gets himself into a lot of trouble these days.



Cody and I both celebrated our birthdays in March. One year old and wiser too, I guess...

Cody's now 31 and I'm 27. CRAZY! We always make # pancakes for birthdays at our house so when it was my birthday and Cody had to be at work Cambelle took over. I mixed and helped her pour them out and she did the rest. What an awesome kid. I tried to tell her that I didn't need a 27 pancake, but she insisted that it would make my birthday that much "more better".

My mom and sisters and I decided to have ourselves a girls night in a couple weeks ago. It was fun to get away from the kids. I love 'em but it was sure nice to have a break. We had a great time. I think we stayed up until 3 in the morning. Ate lots and lots of treats and just had a great time hanging out together. It was fun because I don't think we ever really got to hang our together like that growing up. I was always to young to be any fun. ( who wants to hang out with a little sis.) and then when I was old enough to be fun, my sisters had moved out. It was a great weekend. Thanks girls!

Only 9 weeks left until the new baby comes. The doctors say there are more weeks than that but I'm not listening to them. They were off with Becks due date so I'm trusting my own instincts this time. I guess in 2 months we will see who was right. (please let it be me...)

Cambelle is almost finished with kindergarten. She is reading so well. Above a first grade level even. She totally gets that from me. I love to read. I don't remember being that smart in kindergarten. I think kids are smarter now than we were in our day.

Well I will keep everyone posted as to how things are. A huge THANKS to all those that helped us move and especially to my parents! They have been so nice to let us move in and take over their home. Hopefully some day we can repay them for all of their kindness. Thanks Mom and Dad. We Love You.

Kindy 500

Cambelle's school does something called the Kindy 500, it's where all the kindergarteners make cars and then "drive" them through the school on a road trip to learn about our country. Cambelle decided she wanted a slug bug. She wanted it pink, but they don't make hot pink spray paint. So it was red instead. We had a lot of fun making her car. I got to go to school with her as a mother helper. I think I learned things about our country that I didn't even know. We had a good time. Unfortunatley, the slug bug went in the dumpster last week since we are de-cluttering so we can move soon. Don't tell Cambelle. I think it would break her heart.

He's 10 months old

I can't believe my little guy is 10 months old. Time flies. He's just about ready to take off walking. pretty much any day now. He is such a crack up too. We taught him how to ask for more and shake his head no or nod yes. Everything is way exaggerated when he does it though. It's awesome!

Draper Temple

We had the chance to go to the Draper Temple open house last week as a family. It was so much fun to go together as a family. When else can you take your little ones into the temple with you? Cambelle loved every minute of it. She had so many questions and her eyes were huge when she saw the enormous chandelier in the celestial room. Cody even stood with her in the sealing room and showed her the mirrors, where you can see yourself go on forever. What a fun day for our family. I hope Cambelle will remember going through. I remember going through the Mt. Timpanogos temple when it was first built. I was a lot older than 6 though. Ok I was 10. But still I hope she can remember what a neat experience it was.

Updates

Apparently not a whole lot has happened round here in almost a month, cause I haven't blogged since January 11th. Jeesh! Well, we found out our surprise bundle of joy is a ...girl! Cambelle is super excited. She really wanted a sister. I think at the doctors office we even got told " I told you it would be a girl". Why does she always have to be right. We are all actually really excited for a girl, now the trouble is names. We had a boy name picked out but we just can't seem to come up with a girl name that feels right. If anyone has any suggestions, please send them this way. Other than that it has just been life as usual around here. Basketball games 2-3 times a week, and that's it. After all the craziness of the holidays it almost seems boring to be this normal. Oh well I'll get used to it.

These are pictures from earlier tonight. Cody gave Beck a big blob of choclate icing to eat (he was whining) and this is how he got back to being clean. I think this was actually his first sink bath. I'm pretty sure I was more wet when it was all said and done than he was. Cambelle was being helpful and squirted me down accidentally with the sprayer, and Beck really loves to splash! Good times!

Happy Birthday Cambelle!

Cambelle turned 6 today. That totally makes me feel old. She was lucky enough to have a Sunday birthday so we partied a little on Saturday too. We headed out to PG and went to Kangaroo Zoo with some cousins. It was super fun. The kids played the entire time we were there. They would stop in for a drink now and then but pretty much played the whole time. The only bummer was that they put a new weight limit on the slides of 150 lbs. so the dad's couldn't play on them. Too bad. They played hide and seek with the kiddos though and we taught them the game of sardines. I thought everyone new how to play sardines, but apparently not. Then we went out to lunch at the Pizza Factory (Cambelle's choice). All in all we had a really fun day and are really grateful to Donovan and Lore for letting us borrow their kids for Cambelle's sake. It wouldn't have been nearly as fun without them, so thanks.

Today on her birthday we surprised her with a 6 pancake and breakfast in bed.

She's always asking for breakfast in bed so we thought, "why not, it's her birthday." But then we had to rush off for 9 a.m. church so we didn't get to celebrate until later in the afternoon.

She made and decorated her own birthday cake even. It turned out pretty cute.

Then we invited my sister and her family over to celebrate with us. It was a fun day. She even got some pretty cool kind of retro toys. She got a slinky, the game Operation, and a bunch of playdough stuff. (All things she wanted.) I just still can't believe she's 6.

8 Months Old

Beck is now 8 months old and on the move. He has started officially crawling, (he's been army crawling for almost a month now). We were so excited when he started to get around on his own because he seemed to be happier on the move, but now I wish he was staying still. He gets himself into more trouble already. Of course he puts everything in his mouth including wrappers he finds by the garbage, barbie shoes, dryer lint you name, we've pulled it out of his mouth. Even hair clips. His one love now though is pulling himself up to stand against the furniture. Very dangerous. I don't remember Cambelle being this much work. Maybe it's just a boy thing or maybe it's just been 6 years since we had a baby in our house? Who knows. We love the little guy though, and can't imagine life without him now.

Getting The Wiggles Out

Apparently Beck has the Christmas jitters or something. We couldn't stop laughing when we saw him trying to get his wiggles out. He only does it if he's on tile floors and you have to ask him if he can wiggle. So funny! Enjoy!

I Am Such A Slacker!

It has been over a month since I posted anything to my blog. What a slacker! I don't think I even remember much of November. It kind of went by in a blur for us here. Beck is 7 months old today. I can't believe how big he is. He is loads of fun. He's trying to scoot around now and can give kisses. We took a video of him giving kisses and it just makes me laugh to watch it. I think it will be one of those things that no matter how bad your day is you can't help but smile when you watch him. At his last Dr. visit he weighed 15lb 15 oz. and was 28 inches tall. I guess thats good. I don't actually know.



Cambelle is totally loving kindergarten, which I think we all knew she would. Last week they made a ginger bread man and while they were at recess it "ran away". The class spent all week looking for it throughout the school and each day a different person would see it like the principal or the secretary or one day it was in the library reading. Cambelle was so worked up over the gingerbread man though that she wouldn't even go out in the halls at school to get her backpack because she was afraid the gingerbread man would be waiting for her. She even thought it followed her home and she wouldn't sleep in her own room all last week. Luckliy for us they finally found the gingerbread man on Friday and they all got to taste him. I think she's still a little worried though. She quite the skeptic that it was the same gingerbread man that ran away.

Cody has started his basketball season again, which is always fun. Seriously, I enjoy it. It gives us somewhere to go at least one night a week. He is on two different teams this year. His Double D Bolt team that he has been on for 5 years is awesome. His brother Donovan is even on the team this year which makes it even more fun. I think for the season right now they are 5-0. Pretty Good!
I think the biggest news in our family has to do with me though. I figured I would save it for last that way if you didn't read the whole blog you wouldn't know. I'll see who really reads my blogs. Anyway, in November we found out that I am pregnant again! YAY! Seriously I am excited. The day we found out I think I was in shock. No, I know I was in shock. After all the time it took us to get our 2nd baby, a third one shows up unexpectedly. Cambelle and I say it will be a girl and Cody is cheering for another boy. I guess we'll see. My official due date is June 24th. For those of you keeping track, yes, that is only 13 months after Beck was born. I am super excited and a little nervous. Everyone says it will be like having twins, but I think it will be totally different. Not that I know the difference, but this way I will have one that is walking and a newborn and to top it all off, Cambelle starts full time school in first grade in August. It will be an adventure. The Lord knows all things and for some reason he knew we needed another little Sampson around. Maybe someday He'll fill me in on the plan. Anyway, that is our family caught up for the month. Hopefully I'll blog again before the New Year, if not Happy Holidays!

Halloween Fun

This year for Halloween Cambelle decided to be something scary instead of the usual princess. She chose a mummy. I was going to make Beck a mummy costume too, but never got around to it. Luckily, a day or two before Halloween Cody thought up a great costume for him. A bag of cookies. It turned out to be super cute. And it seriously is a bag of cookies. We just emptied the bag and cut leg holes and slid it on the little guy. Simple enough.

We had a great time trick or treating with some of Cody's high school buddies and their kids. We also hit up the Neways accounting department where my sister works. They give out the best stuff. All in all I think we made off with quite a stash of candy. Hooray for sugar! Oh and an update on Cody, he's doing tons better! He even went to work. He's going to try basketball tonight, we'll see how that goes. Thanks for everyones concern and prayers.


































Our Super Cool Pumpkins We Carved

Church Ball!

Who of us have not had someone get hurt at a church basketball game. I think everyone that has ever played has been injured at one time or another. Unfortunately for Cody it seems to happen more often than not. Especially here in Payson. When we first moved to Payson he started playing up at the Stake center and came home with a black eye and a gouge in his back. Aren't we supposed to play nice? He's had multiple sprained ankles and who knows how many scrapes and bruises. Well this weeks injury takes the cake! Wednesday night he went up to the stake center for ball and we all decided to go along. We hadn't seen Dad all day because he worked until 9 p.m. so it was a good chance to at least be near him. Most of the games went well until near the end. There was a guy there, not from our stake, who was playing pretty physically and getting underneath Cody on rebounds and wrapping him up trying to steal the ball. From the looks of him he totally thought he should have been the #1 pick for the NBA draft if only he were a foot and a half taller. Anyway, Cody went up for a rebound and this guy pushes him in the back on the way down. As Cody lands he lands like a ton of bricks. He collapsed to the floor and is apparently in agony. Cody slid himself off the court and then left the gym barely walking. Apparently he threw out his back. They think it is probably a sprained ligament, but that ligament is so screwed up that they can't put his back back in. Now for those of you that know Cody, you know what this is going to do to him right. His work is all lifting and physical labor. So for at least the next week and a half he is totally out of commission. The worst part is that his real basketball season starts in a week. It will be sad to miss those games. I think I will just be glad when Cody is back to being Cody. It's not fun to see him in pain constantly and he will probably be totally sick of me in a week and a half. Spending 24/7 with me might not be his idea of a good time. But maybe it will be good. I can talk all I want and he can't even walk away. That 's my silver lining to all this. Good quality time with my hubby. Feel better soon Cody.

Welcome Fall!

It's finally here, FALL! This is my favorite time of the year. I thought that most people loved spring or summer, but asking around, Fall seems to be just about everyone's favorite. I love when the leaves change but most of all I love the smell. Fall just smells so good. It just doesn't get any better than this.




We have a family tradition that Cody and I started when we were first married and that is to go on a fall hike. Cambelle has changed the name to "The Leaf Hunt". We used to go up by Sundance in Provo canyon, but now that we live in Payson we decided to go a little closer to home. We all piled in the 1976 International Scout and drove up the canyon. The colors were amazing. Beck slept the whole way and Cambelle talked the entire time (not uncommon for either of them).







































































Cody had gone on a hike the week prior with the YM/YW to the Grotto and said it was something Cambelle would love, so that is where we set out for. The grotto is an easy little trail. You get to cross the stream about 6 or 7 different times and then you finally make it to the waterfall. In spring the water fall and pond is huge, but not quite as big in fall. It was still beautfiul. Cody and Cambelle deciced to do the rest of the hike to the top of the waterfall while Beck and I stayed down at the bottom. Much too steep of a hike for mom and baby. All in all it was a perfect time.

5 months

Beck is 5 months old now. Well give or take a day or two. I can't believe how time flies. We went to the doctor on Thursday and he weighed in at 14lb. 14oz. and 26 1/4" tall. He's come quite a ways from 7lb 10oz and 21" long when he was born. I think he will be fairly tall. I can't imagine why he wouldn't be though. Cody and I are both fairly tall people. Cody especially. Beck rolls over, can sit up if you sit him in his boppy, eats oatmeal, and up until last night was sleeping 10 hours at night. His personality is so much fun. He smiles at everyone and loves to talk. His version of talking is actually high pitches squealing, but it is so cute anyways. Cody asked me the other day what I thought he would be like when he is older. Like with Cambelle we knew she would be social even when she was a baby. You could just tell. I think Beck will be the same in that regard. I definatly think he will be all boy though. Sound effects and all. I think he will be very active, like most boys, because he is non-stop now. I also think we could have some trouble with the girls when he is a little older. What girl wouldn't fall head over heels for those baby blue eyes and dark hair. I know I did. Well here's to another great month with our baby boy.