On Friday July 24 all of Grandma Campbell's kids and their families showed up at her house to surprise her for her 50th birthday. Her birthday isn't until September, but we had to catch her off guard so we could surprise her! She's a smarty, that one! On Friday we mostly hung out, we went to the mall, (with most of the kids coming from Colorado, they weren't used to the Texas heat so we had to stay inside!) we had lunch and shopped. Grandma was in her element shopping with and for her grandkids. "Grandma is her name and spoiling is her game!" Friday night the 5 kids and their spouses took grandma and grandpa to dinner at Maggiano's. The food was sooooooooooo yummy! We talked and laughed and ate! On Saturday we went and took family pictures. Grandma wanted a big family picture for her birthday, so we did it! We played and took LOTS of pictures. Ask Grace and Mathew, they will tell you we took too many! Grandma was so happy to have us all together again. Saturday afternoon we all cooked fajitas and spent the last few hours together. Grandma was very sad to see us go, but she said the heartbreak of watching the family all go was worth having all of her kids there. We love you so much Grandma. We hope you had a super wonderful happy birthday!

GRANDMA CAMPBELL'S BEST DAY EVER!!!

Video Blog of Grandma & Grandpa Schmidt Visit

Aunt Aja was very kind enough to video blog their trip to Texas this summer. We wanted to share the fun that we had with them during this trip. We hope you like the video blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLUd9WibeN0&feature=channel_page

Kids in the news

Grace, Mathew & Riley were on the news here in Fort Worth, related to the H1N1, and no they do not have the virus. Mathew and Grace participate in various studies on how vaccine studies work. The news story is about the research being done on the H1N1 vaccine here in Fort Worth. Follow the link below to watch the news story.



http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=44065@ktvt.dayport.com

Fourth of July

Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt

Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt have come to Texas to visit us and see their newest granddaughter! It has only been a couple of days, but already we have had lots of fun! On Sunday Daddy blessed Riley at church. Grandpa Schmidt and Grandpa Campbell were both here to stand in on the blessing! Our good friends Michael Witkamp, Brian Schuldberg, Justin Cook, and Rick Petty were also able to stand in for the blessing! We took some pictures before church and Riley looked soooo pretty! Grace and Mathew have kept Grandpa VERY busy! Sunday night Grandpa got to listen to Grace read the scriptures! Sort of! She can't read yet, but she told Grandpa her version of the stories! We still have a whole week left to play, and lots more pictures to take!

Kids Room

Before Riley was born, we had lots of work to do! Mathew and Grace now share a room, and they wanted a BYU room, so we had to paint over the purple princess room! They LOVE their new room!

As for Riley, she was a surprize, so we had to pick gender neutral colors! It took a lot of work, but we painted one wall with the squares, one wall yellow, one wall blue, and one wall green. However, now that she is here and mommy knows she is a girl, we are going to paint the yellow in the room pink! Mommy wants a little more girly room for her tiny sugar!

Our Very New Edition! A Tiny Baby Girl!

Grace and Mathew are proud to announce the birth of their new baby sister

RILEY ABIGAIL SCHMIDT

Born June 4th 2009

9:29 pm

6 lbs 14 oz. 18 inches short

Grace and Mathew are very excited about their sister. Grace loves to feed and hold Riley, while Mathew likes to just watch Riley. She is teeny tiny and we think Mathew isn't quite sure what to make of her yet! Miss Riley was born with a headful of blonde hair. She is already tickelish, daddy has checked to make sure! Her baby armpits and her tiny feet are the most sensitive. Riley spends most of her days sleeping, and loves to have her hair played with. Mathew and Grace can't wait for her to get up and play and already have the toys picked out. She is our new treasure and we love her so very much!

This spring we had so much fun! Our cousin Lanae came down from Colorado with her mommy to see us, and then for easter our cousin's Chrissy, Ashley, and Elizabeth came to visit from Houston! Grandma took us all to take pictures in the TexasBlue Bonnets. Here are some pictures grandma took!

Grace had her very first loose tooth this last week! It started monday and by Friday she was tired of all the wiggeling! She decided that the best course of action was to just yank it out! And so she did! She obviously got her bravery from her dad, because her mommy would never do that! All your guts might fall out of that tiny hole! Well maybe not but that's what Tracy thinks!

Here is what kids would talk about if they were aloud to use the real phone! Oh, Kids really do say the darndest things!!!