The "No Frills Revue" of the Clint and Michelle Campbell Family: Anderson Family Reunion Part 1

My mom's side of the family had our family reunion the weekend after our Scottsdale vacation and we all absolutely loved it! Even though it was a busy fun filled weekend and we were tired by Monday... we really didn't want to leave. It was so great to see everyone again and do so many fun things together. We had it at my Uncle Steve and Aunt Vicki's house and school (Steve is my mom's oldest brother)... Thank you so much Steve and Vicki for your wonderful hospitality! My mom's brother Eric and some of his family were there, brother Tony and his family, Sister Coralee and her family, Steve and his family, and my mom and her family. We missed Kevin, Jeff, Chris and all their families! Love you guys!! The food, games, visiting, tours, olympics, swimming, other unplanned activities (ie: skinning foxes and blowing up refrigerators), etc... was all so great! My entire family loved it (hey niki: Emma keeps asking how close we are to Abby's house so we can go play.... a little too far!). My cousin's husband, Todd, and my aunt Coralee did a video of my grandparents love story and can i say... It was AMAZING!!! It will be a treasure in our household forever. It made us laugh and cry and just feel so good that we come from such wonderful people. My twin cousins, Nathan and Matthew, have just finished completing all 121 scout merit badges and my uncle Steve presented them with some gold plated eagles on Friday night (which was very cool). The talent show on Friday night was cool too. When the little kids did "Going on a Bear Hunt" I was laughing. Niki was so great to do it with them and lead the song. There were skits and walking on hands and playing piano, and babies dancing, and Shaunie sang and danced, Josh and Jody sang, Emma sang, and I had to bribe Jaron with an MP3 player to sing while Clint played the guitar. :) It worked! Everyone was so cute! We had the olympics and races on Saturday which were really fun. I want to say thanks to EVERYONE for competing in the age group races (not one person sat out). I was very impressed with the 36 and up group! Most of you guys can still run!!! :).... or speed walk (which was the case for my mom and aunt coralee. haha). Watching my dad do the potato sack race was a highlight for me. haha. Way to go dad.. you made it! Jennifer and I kicked butt on the 3 legged race! The Anderson little cousins can really run too. Jill killed in the paper plate discus throw and I would say Lisa too, but she totally cheated with a real frisbee (I think Justin cheated too. haha). Jolyne has the cutest crabwalk ever, and Aunt Vicki and my mom are pro's at pushing the wiffleballs with their noses. Volleyball and basketball reigned on Saturday. We had some "whatever you want to do" time in the afternoon, so our family went swimming in Sedona at my parents timeshare place. It was really fun, but we missed out on blowing up the fridge (great video though!!). Saturday night we all ate our own fast food and visited and played our family trivia game (thanks Jesse.... you did great!) and learned to swing dance (thanks mom and dad) and line dance (thanks jen). Tony and Ginger were pro's by the end of the night! Sunday morning's testimony / thankimony under the trees and in the shade at Steve and Vicki's was wonderful. Thanks to all who shared and all who listened. Church was great! An awesome missionary farewell. And lunch afterwards was yummy! Clint and I and Shannon (and our little kids) and my parents went with Steve and Vicki (in the 15 passenger van) to see their other school in Camp Verde (beautiful!) and see Dawn and Angie's houses (beautiful too). Then they took us on a driving tour of Jerome (old town on the cliffs outside of Cottonwood). It was great (and a little scary at times... thanks steve!). On the way home on Monday we drove through Oak Creek Canyon. Good thing it's only about 15 minutes from Cottonwood, cause it was about the time we entered Oak Creek Canyon when I realized I'd left Clint's laptop and all our DVD's at Steve's!... So while Clint, Shannon, and Mom took the kids to a fun lookout place, my dad drove me all the way back to get them (Dad, you rock!!). We stopped in Flagstaff to eat lunch and then head home. It's such a gorgeous drive! Thanks for all the fun times! I am so grateful for family!!!!

Here's the 1st set of pics from the reunion!!

At Steve and Vicki's house:

Shaunie and Emma being goofy; Ammon, Leah, and Lily with Aunt Jody. I love Lily's face in this one. makes me laugh out loud.

Visiting in the shade... LtoR: Justin (cuz), Tony (my mom's youngest brother), Eric (2nd youngest bro), Kathleen (Eric's wife), I think Lane (cuz), Jody, Josh, and Shannon

Swimming in the tin pool!! This was one of my favorite memories as a kid and yes, it's still there! LtoR: Auri, Abby (Niki's), Krissy (Jared's), Jolynn (Niki's), Emma, Aniston, and Lily; Sweet little Madelyn

Dillon (cousin Jill's) and Zach (cousin Cheryl's) golfing in the lower pasture; Carson could not get enough of the dogs. Here he is with Hunter.

Josh, Jody, and Madelyn Moser down behind the lower pasture at the Verde River.

Me and My hottie husband!

Carson practically falling in the Verde. haha. he loved throwing rocks down there!

Jaron with his new MP3 player (almost always had it on!), Shaunie, Emma and Lily. It was so nice down there!

Walking back from the river through the lower pasture and up to the house. Josh and Jo and Jaron and Clint

Dinner time at the school! Steve (mom's oldest brother) and his wife Vicki, Tony (youngest) and his wife Ginger, Uncle Gil (mom's brotherinlaw), and Molly (cousin Danny's); Trevor and Rex (Danny's), Alice (Niki's and no that's not her real hair.. it's talent night), Aubrey (cousin Jared's), and Emily (cousin Cheryl's)

Abby, Krissy, Aniston, Lily, Jolynn, Emma, Auri, and Jaron; Sam sitting with the big kids Alexa (Tony's), Taylor (cousin Jill's), Nick (Cheryl's), Dillon (Jill's), Zach (Cheryl's)

Niki (cousin), Gloria (Niki's) and Camden (Dawn's), Dawn (cousin), Brandon (Dawn's hubby), Angie (cousin), and Rob (Niki's hubby); The chow line!! We ate some of the yummiest food all weekend!!

The Boys: Lane, Jake, Dillon, Jeremy, Zach, Nick, Matthew (I think), Justin, and Nathan (I think haha)

Nathan and Matthew (Uncle Eric's) with their gold eagles. These guys are some of the coolest guys you'll ever meet. They can do anything. :)

Breakfast crew: Tony, Jaron, Dad, Steve, and Mom

Aaron (cousin) taught archery. Clint loved it (he's the guy closest to the camera). Look at that pose... He is so handsome!

Josh and Jeremy going to get their arrows

The sweetest little lads: Carson (mine), Troy (Jeremy's), and Camden (Dawn's)

Leah (Jeremy's) playing with Madelyn (Jody's)

My boy is so happy to be outside with lots of room to run and play!

haha. Carson and Troy look so tiny on that field.

Shannon and Mom and Dad visiting at Steve's; Emma and Clint napping on the trampoline

Brigham (Niki's) and Jaron loved playing in the irrigation ditch (I loved doing that as a kid too! It's like your own personal river); more playing!

Jennifer and Jared (cousin) just hanging out and visiting (we all did a lot of that all weekend); Clint and Lily swinging and eating chocolate while the dogs, Hunter and Sugar, await any handouts. That's Auri in the tree.