I dream of Jeannie

I know that we are really behind on our blog, but we got a video today that was too cute to wait for everything else to be updated.


Just so you know, too, Gianna got a "boo-boo" yesterday so her hand is all bandaged up, but she is fine. I'll tell the story at some point :) (when American Idol isn't about to start-haha)

Easter Morning

Here is the only decent picture we have from easter morning (I'll have to get more from my mom and add them later!). In this picture Gianna is finding out what is inside of an egg that she found.

This year the egg hunt was much more exciting for Gianna (probably because she was awake!), and for those of us watching her. It was so cute to see her run around the yard looking for eggs. When she would find one, she'd get really excited!

Ace in the Hole

It's so fun now that all of the "Campbell Kids" are grown up we can go out together for a fun night of live music and yummy cider and cocoa at Ace in the Hole. Plus I think Justin and Mike had fun too :)

A visit with the Hagers.

While we were in Santa Rosa we were lucky enough to have been able to coordinate schedules with Erica and Corey (who were visiting from North Dakota). Gianna liked hanging out with them at Mary's Pizza Shack.

Easter! Egg Hunts.

For Easter we went to a few egg hunts nearby Gianna's Ooda and Poppy's house. Here are some pictures:


Family photo.Waiting for the egg hunt to start.
And they're off! Where's waldo...I mean, Gianna.
Did you find her? We couldn't either :)

Grandpa and Grandma Buscho in town

Although they were busy taking care of Jadyn and Cole we got to see G and G Buscho over easter Week. Here is Gianna, Grandpa and Grandma with an Easter present book, Olivia, that she loves.

Gianna and her purse

So, Gianna has this new thing where she loves to carry purses around just like mommy, well it goes for any bag. But here is Gianna with "her" purse. She will go get one herself and come out with it on her shoulder. It's really funny.

Our 2nd anniversary is next week!

In light of our second anniversary I would like to share a video of Jessica's brother, Johnny, and me, Justin, playing guitar. The idea was that we would play this song as Jessica walked down the isle. With Jessica's help and hours upon hours of work we arranged this version of the Allman Brothers Band song, "Jessica". This has always been one of my favorite songs. Johnny worked so hard on this and it shows. My part was really just 2 chords the whole time, then two different chords for the outtro. But hey, I'm a drummer, so it was hard for me :). I rediscovered this video on my old computer as I went through backing up some files. The sad thing about this whole story is Johnny and I never got to play this song at our wedding. We got approval through someone who turns out didn't know anything at our church, then when we went to the rehearsal, our priest said we couldn't play it. It was devastating at first, but Jessica and I concluded that our marriage was more important than playing this song. As I look back I don't feel bad about it. I cherish that weekend that the three of us did nothing but work on this song. This video is late at night, and we figured we should record it so we could practice on our own after I went back to Davis. We probably played this song over a hundred times that weekend, in between jamming sets with me on drums playing "Purple Haze" and "Rock Candy". I love it, and as I look back it reminds me of my time with Jessica's family early on, getting to know them and realizing that I truly had made the right decision to marry Jessica. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to fit so perfectly in a family that was completely new to me and that weekend we worked on this song solidified my love of Jessica. It was meant to be. So here's a stroll down memory lane, the video is on YouTube and here it is...



I love you Jess, Happy almost 2nd anniversary.

Kite Day.

Today it was really windy in Livermore so in the afternoon we took our kite to the park and Gianna loved it! This was actually the second time she flew a kite (the first was back in May of last year). We had a really great time and even the part where we got our kite stuck in a tree was fun (especially for Justin who enjoyed climbing the tree to 'help' get the kite out). Today reminded me of how "contagious" kite flying is: about a half hour after we got our kite up really high someone showed up with this really awesome pirate ship kite, then another person, then another. It was great to see all of the kites out there!
Gianna loved the streamers the best.
Mommy shows Gianna how to fly it.Daddy and Gianna get ready to fly.
Justin Rescues our kite (someday we'll have to put up a picture that does justice to the enormity of this tree, I have no clue how he got up there).

Easter Egg hunt

The Livermore Mom's Club put on an egg hunt yesterday, since this is Gianna's 2nd easter she acted like an old pro: grabbed her basket, got some eggs, asked mommy to hold the basket, put her eggs in and got more eggs. She was so cute wandering around, gathering eggs. She even did well: 6 eggs! Here are some favorite photos:

Gianna does Charlie's angels while mommy sticks out her toungue.
Getting an egg.
Putting it in her basket.
Our playgroup Mommies and babies (Jenny, do you notice what I notice?).
Family Photo with the Easter bunny.