Sara Michele Campbell Baker

This past weekend I went down to St. George to attend my cousin Sara's funeral.  It was an emotion couple of days.  She passed away a week ago Sunday.  Her family has been on my mind constantly.  Her husband Brad and their 5 young kids and her Mom and Dad Jane and Roger and siblings Jenny, Mandi, Mike and Chrissy.

I got to spend some time with the Campbell girls + Roger here and there on Friday while I did there hair.  We laughed... we cried.  We talked about the old days.   

My childhood honestly could not have been better.  We had the best neighborhood.  Sara was a HUGE part of my childhood.  My memories from growing up are filled with her in them.  The Campbells grew up in the house behind us, the Bently's  next door, the pattens down the street, the sevys down the street and around the corner, and the ludlows and Bauers too.  Everyone was together constantly.  Whether it be doing fashions shows to show of our new school clothes, making music videos, playing nintendo... The entire neighbord was involved.  

They were so nice to us young ones.  Me, Chrissy, Melissa, Erica, and Jenna.  They let us follow them around and be apart of everything.  

After the Funeral on Saturday I put in an old home video that mike had brought back to us.  It was filled with all of those memories.  I'm not sure where the parental figures were that entire video I watched.  I actually think my mom might have been sick in bed from being prego with my brother matt.  Anyway it was full of sara lip singing to songs on the radio, dancing and just doing what we did back then.  There were shots of me and chrissy just following everyone around and loving every minute they let us spend with them.  

Now all these years later everyone has kind of gone there separate ways.  No one is as close as everyone used to be back in the day.  It made me cry to see both my sisters walk up to julie patten and hung and cry as they were thinking of sara.  

My sisters both lost it when they walked into the viewing and noticed that the song playing to the video they made of sara was "I'll be loving you" by The New Kids On The block.   NKOTB will forever remind me of the campbell clan.  

 My heart aches for her family.  I love the campbell family so much!  And I've been praying for her sweet husband and 5 darling kids constantly. 

We love and miss you sara!

(isn't she beautiful)

{obituary}
St. George, Utah: Sara Michele Campbell Baker, age 35, passed away Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 in Las Vegas University Medical Center. She was born September 15, 1974, in St. George, Utah, the first child of Roger and Jane Esplin Campbell. She was raised in St. George and graduated from Pine View High School, 1992. She married her first love and high school sweetheart, Brad Baker on June 8, 1996, in the St. George Temple. They are the parents of five children. 
Sara loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. She was an amazing organizer. She also loved to plan and set goals. Sara was kind, tender, compassionate, genuine and wanted things perfect. She was active in the LDS Church and served as a Primary teacher and counselor, cub-scout den mother, and as a Relief Society Counselor. Her greatest love was her husband and children. She was such a good wife and mother. Her whole life was centered on her family. Family time was so important to Brad and Sara. Their children know how much they loved each other. 
She is survived by her husband, Brad and children, Katelyn, Tyler, Kyle, Annie, and Avrie; parents Roger and Jane Esplin Campbell of Beaver; sisters Jennifer (Beau) Barney of Lehi, Amanda (Aaron) Felstead of St. George, Christina (Tamron) Lee of Cedar City and brother Michael (Meagan) Campbell of St. George; Grandfather - Bybee Campbell of St. George. Father and Mother-in-law Phil & Lynette Baker of Washington City. 
Sara is preceded in death by: Grandparents, T. Lavoy and Phoebe Esplin, Clidene M. Campbell. Nephews: Brecken and Brayden Felstead. Niece: Audrie Campbell. Brother-in-law: Charlton Robert Palmer. 
Funeral services will be Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11 am, Sunset 1st Ward, 82 N Dixie Drive, St. George. Viewing for friends and family will be held Friday, April 9, 6 - 8 pm at Spilsbury Mortuary and Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 proir to services. Interment will take place in Tonaquint Cemetery. 
Special thanks to Dixie Regional Medical Center, St. George, Sunrise Hospital and University Medical Center in Las Vegas for their kind and compassionate care. 

Her cute family.