Thanksgiving on Chestnut Street.

 
















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Alaina and Reinel run 200 miles across Vegas!

...well, almost. :)
This October, Alaina and I joined a team of 10 other runners for what's called the Ragnar Relay. This relay takes place all over the country throughout the entire year. Basically, in each location, runners from all over run with friends for a total of 200 miles over a 24 hour period!
I know, it's crazy!
This year Alaina joined our team and we had an amazing experience.
First we camped in the beautiful Valley of Fire

Then, we each ran three legs through the morning, afternoon, and night until we reached the finish line 195 miles away! No showers, no beds... i know, crazy!
Check out my pictures and visit Alaina's facebook for more!

Jacki Graduates and heads to SDSU!

Miss Campa, or should I say Miss PROM QUEEN made us all proud when she graduated from Bonita this year. We all celebrated accordingly (of course) with a grad party at the Campa house.

Click here for a few pictures I took at the party.

So, you're probably saying, 'That's old news, get with the program, it IS 2010 after all! I already heard about that on Facebook'. Well I'm getting caught up and thought I'd group these all together to save time :)
This next set of pictures may be something new... So now that Jacki is a 'San Diego Campa', her family and the Campa 6 have been enjoying (sometimes) weekly outings to the SDSU football field which includes tailgating, yummy food made by Auntie Linda, and of course, lots of laughter.



For the whole set, click here
On to the next event! :D

Family Reunion- Pool, BBQ, and Karaoke!!

The entire extended family got together for some pool, BBQ, and karaoke fun on July 31st! I think there are more photos and even videos spreading on facebook... but here are some from Christina:
CLick here for pictures in Facebook

Spring Events in Review!

April was the cat's meow with Auntie Barbara's birthday party. 85 years and still smiling, laughing, and humming! My mom made wonderful kitty flower arrangements and cute kitty ears for everyone to wear. There was delicious food and so many happy party guests.

In May, my cousin Stephanie Duarte turned 26! She celebrated with the most unique party theme ever-- Popeye. We BBQ'd at her cool downtown apartment in sailor hats and blue and white! We enjoyed DELICIOUS food and even had a push up competition. Great Party!

Then, to finish off the month, I drove my three sisters to Las Vegas to see Makayla's favorite band, Paramore. It was a fun-filled sister bonding event- one I will not forget soon :) Check out all of our shenanigans.

Finally, to kick off the summer, the Beck twins celebrated ONE YEAR! Wow! And congrats to Leesa, Joe, and Lita for making it through! We celebrated with a picnic by the beach and a pool party with Hanna!

As you can see, so far 2010 has been full of action. And there's a lot more to come!

Campa Six Coastal Trip!

What better way to welcome the spring than a coastal California drive!
The Campa Six (minus Alaina) took a four day drive up to Carmel and back down through Solvang and stopped in Goleta to meet up with the Becks!

To start, saturday morning, the sleepyheads were forced out of bed at 5am so that Reinel could make it to Agoura Hills for her 10k. It was a beautiful day for a race! And the early rise gave us lots of sunshine to enjoy the rest of our saturday. Reinel finished the race strong in 58 minutes with her good friend Melia.

We made 'random' stops along the way to take in the beautiful ocean...

We ate at some delicious diners (yumm!)...

..and saw some historical sights! Including the mission, Hearst castle, and Peas Soup Andersen's.



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Pictures of the Beck familia :)

Can't wait to see them soon!
Pictures coming soon as the Campas 6 take a drive up the coast!

Christmas Time is Here!!

Christmas time again and the Campas didn't stop celebrating!! First, the Campas had a snowy Christmas at the cabin in Big Bear, where they opened gifts and had crazy snowball fights!
Then, we all celebrated at Aunt Becky's house with Pozole, Champurrada, and lots of other delights!

The Campas San Diego celebrated Christmas day with the new Hille family in Riverside. Yilin and Linda helped prepare a delicious dinner that we all enjoyed. Then Chuck put on some music and we all danced! It was a great time.

Click on any of the pictures for a full album of all the fun.

Thanksgiving in San Diego

This Thanksgiving was a full house in San Diego!
First Joe, Leesa, Hanna and the twins were down for a pre-Thanksgiving visit. Then Reinel and Barbara came down for a couple days. Then, on thanksgiving day, Uncle Chuck, his new wife Yilin, and her daughter came over for dinner. There was a nice display and it was a very grateful Thanksgiving.

Jacki competes for CIF

One early saturday morning, a bunch of Campas plus Joey all drove out to Cypress to see Jacki Campa to compete for CIF with her Bonita Volleyball team. The libero played a fierce game, but they did not take home the crown. They gave the other team a good fight though, playing through five games!
Click on the pictures to see the album.

Makayla playing volleyball

Here's some pics from a recent trip down to San Diego where I got to see Makayla paying volleyball with Bear Valley!
The whole Campa crew was there, cheering her on. Makayla's got a firm serve and is always ready for the ball. She practices with her big sister all the time!

Then we all went to Roundtable pizza for dinner! It was a lot of fun :)

More photos from Tim and Nancy's celebration!!!

I have posted more great photos up to the blog for you to enjoy! There were so many partygoers, so much going on, that I couldn't capture it all! Luckily, my mom and sister were there to snap these shots, so check them out!

Zak Dossey returns home!

One early (before sunrise!) and hot (through the grapevine fire area) monday, I drove with Aunt Debbie to pick up Zak from McFarland, CA.
This would be the first time that I had seen him in 3 years! My cousin was very happy to be heading home and excited about all the things he missed while being away.
I took a few pictures of our adventures, including a visit with Grandma Dossey! We're happy to have you home Zak!!!

Tim and Nancy's 25th anniversary!

25 years and still going strong! My uncle Tim and Aunt Nancy held a wonderful party at their home in La Verne to celebrate their anniversary. There was a live band, plenty of great food, and so many family and friends at the party!
I only got a few shots of the party-goers, but hopefully I can snag some more from my sister!
Click on the photos for more pictures of the party.

Uncle Tim Singing:

Alaina turns 21. VEGAS BABY!

Alaina hit a major milestone this year with her August Birthday- the big 2-1!!!
We set off for Vegas mid August and thanks to our Uncle Chuck we got to enjoy the luxury of a timeshare suite on the strip! The hotel was awesome! We felt like celebrities.

The highlight of the trip was the Cirque du Soleil Beatles "LOVE" show that we attended at the Mirage on saturday. The show was amazing! So beautiful! Alaina was completely satisfied cause she's the die-hard Beatle fan.

After the show, we took some more crazy pics, mom played the slots, and we walked around Vegas til the early morning. Weekend in Vegas complete!