Christmas 2012
Dear family and friends,
Another year has flown by and if, in
the midst of your busy lives, you are craving a little excitement, here is the
annual Christmas update from the Campagnone family.
Our year has been filled with lots of
fun. Spurred on by our youngest family
member, we tried our hand in fishing this year.
After many unsuccessful attempts, we were forced to re-evaluate our
strategy. We eventually concluded the
fish were too scared to approach the bank and decided to try to go to them in
our new flat bottom boat. Unfortunately,
Aaron kept knocking the fish out with the oars as he rowed and our attempts to
finally catch a fish were in vain. Don’t
worry! We now have a trolling motor for
the S.S. Odyssey and are ready to try
again as soon as the weather warms up.
Karyn forced all of the boys to take
family pictures this year. Aaron argued
the kids looked the same as they did last year but Karyn showed him the last
family pictures taken did not have Joey in them. After weeks of whining and complaining, Karyn
made everyone get in the van telling them she better get pictures of a HAPPY
family. However, the photographer could
not find a happy family to take pictures of so he had to take pictures of our
family instead. They turned out great
and we figure we don’t have to retake pictures for another five years- ten if
we draw the boys mustaches on our current pictures.
Aaron is well on his way to winning
the employee who has worked at Ricoh the longest award. As a manager he is perfecting his people
skills. He is constantly praised for his
ability to nurture those who need extra help. Karyn is teaching again this year. She is working on perfecting her play dough
recipe and should be ready to tell the fine people at Hasbro where they made
the mistakes in their formula in a few more weeks.
Tyler celebrated his 13th
birthday this year, officially becoming a teenager. Additionally, he boldly faced another challenge.
He left his sobbing mother behind and boldly
stepped into middle school. He is doing
well in his work and has added many new friends and one girlfriend to his
entourage. He spends most of his evenings
up in his room listening to his stereo, watching TV, and perfecting his
teenager broodiness.
Logan is 10 and in the fourth
grade. He tried out for the school
musical this year where he moved the judges to tears with his Italian
Aria. We are eagerly anticipating
opening night. He has joined the science
and technology club and continues to excel academically. The biggest problem he is having is narrowing
down the early acceptance letters to numerous universities.
Joey has shown a preference for the
social sciences. A few months after he
turned 5, he decided to combine his entrance into Kindergarten with a
fascinating experiment on the effects of stress on parental personalities. It concluded with fascinating results you
will be able to read as soon as it is published in Psychology Quarterly. His parents are recovering. Currently, he is focusing on learning how to
read and write. This summer, he played
T-ball receiving the coveted T-Ball participation trophy.
Aaron and Karyn coached Sunshine
League again this year. Tyler played on
the team. Logan and Joey were team
buddies. You will be ecstatic to know we
have continued our undefeated streak!
Tyler pretended he had forgotten how to hit a ball at the beginning of
the season until his mom figured out he was only doing it so the very pretty
cheerleader would put his arms around him to show him how. Busted, he got his act together and brought
the heat!
That sums up just a few highlights of
our year. If you are especially brave,
crave excitement, or are an adrenalin junkie, we would love to have you visit
us in 2013! Until then-
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The Campagnone’s
Aaron, Karyn, Tyler, Logan, and Joey
Email: Karyntybug@gmail.com
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