A very Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas was awesome this year.

it is a thousand times more fun when you have kids!!

even though Sophie had no idea what was going on it was still fun to watch her excitement when the wrapping paper was crinkled in front of her and watch her trying to eat it.

she got a highchair, some toys and a couple of outfits. I was spoiled as usual and got everything that I asked for!!! Thank you Santa!!! Corey got some awesome things too!!

we had a good day and then got to spend the evening with the Hallidays.

we ate Thanksgiving dinner and it was yummy!!

Thank you everyone for all the gifts and all the yummy food!!

Merry Christmas.

Sophie and daddy waiting to go in and open presents

Christmas morning we got a call at 7:00 am sharp to go and open presents

Sophie stayed asleep while we put her in her seat.

My Sisters and I

Christmas Eve Party with the Sharps

Sophie getting ready to go to Great Grandma Sharps

Christmas Eve we had the Hallidays over at 2:00 for Soup & Games

we had fun and laughed really hard.

Goodbye to another great year!!!

Oh man I am having the hardest time letting go of Christmas. I dont want to change my blog take down my tree or blog about our fabulous christmas because I dont want it to be over. I am depressed when I turn on the radio and no longer hear the joyous music of the holidays. I cant believe we are about to enter 2008. it makes me sad that we all have to grow up. here are two slide shows of the wonderful year we had in 2007.

A look back at the First half

Second half!!

Can you say "Different"?

So my little sister Jessica just returned home from a humanitarian medical mission to Peru. she spent 10 days trekking through the Amazon jungle assisting a doctor in all sorts of different things. 25 medical students from the country are picked to go and she was one of them. WOW!! her stories are amazing!! while she was gone it made me realize how completely different we are. I am what you would call a typical "Utah" mommy. I want 5 kids a nice house in the suburbs a white picket fence and yes I will probably end up driving a mini van!! YIKES!! I have never loved to work or go to school. I love hanging out at home, making yummy things, doing crafts to make my house cuter and now just recently being a mom!! the thought of leaving my family and the comforts of home to go do what she did gives me a stomach ache. I do love adventurous things but I am a last minute, spur of the moment sky diving kind of women. I guess I am a closet thrill seeker. any way I just think she is awesome and I love how different we are. it makes the world and our family a little more interesting. I am grateful Heavenly Father makes us all so different. I am grateful for Jessica and look up to her so much!! she is awesome!!

5 months & a trip to Temple Square!!

We braved the cold and made our yearly trip to Temple Square!!

it was really pretty & sophie loved the lights.

she was bundled in her stroller and was really toasty every where except her nose!!

Daddy thought that he could keep her warmer by holding her.

even though I am sure she was warm enough in her stroller!!

love you babe!!

We ate dinner at arbys before we went.

Sophie also turned 5 months.

here is what life is like with a 5 months old.

She has really started to show us her independent side. she loves to put her own pluggy in her mouth and is constantly taking it in and out. we dont go through a day without a gut busting laugh. rice cereal and sweet potatoes have become a part of her expanding menu. we wake up to lots of smiles and lots of chattering. she has learned a new trick and thinks that "Fake Coughing" is the greatest thing she has learned. she likes to do it when we arent paying attention to her because with out fail we will always laugh. she is so close to rolling from her back to her stomach and has already mastered going from her stomach to her back. she loves to play with her toys and will sit and watch the entire 30 min of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with a huge smile on her face. she loves to stand up when we hold her and wants to see and know everything that is going on around her.

I love being her mommy and cant believe she has been alive for almost half a year. she is such a sweet baby and every day I love her more. I am so grateful she is in my life.

Webb Christmas Party

The Webb Family Christmas party was on sunday.

we have been having this party for as long as I can remember.

its fun because everyone comes so I get to see cousins I dont see very often.

Sophies very first Christmas present.

It was a book from Great Grandma Webb.

She loved the paper!!

This Santa & Mrs Claus have come every year and I swear they never look any different.

Sophie & Daddy eating dinner.

This picture means a lot to me.

four generations.

My cute Grandma, My beautiful Mom,Sophie & I.

not very many people get to have a picture like this so I feel really lucky.

Sophie, Grammy & Gramps
Sophie & her Auntie Tori.
Her auntie Loves her so much!!!
she could hold her all day long.
She is always so excited to see her and is the first one to ask if she can hold her.
I think they are going to be the best of friends!
Thankfully we made it through this year with no brawls!!! :)
Its fun to have such a big family.
there are over 150 of us and we fill up an entire ward gym.
the first time Corey came to this party he asked me if I was related to everyone there.
he was amazed at how many people there were.

Our Christmas Tree

We have had it up since the beginning of December,

but I am a slow blogger lately with all the craziness of the holidays.

so, here it is freshly cut & smelling good.

Sophie loves to lay on the ground and look at the lights.

The latest CRAZE in Utah!!

I am introducing to you the latest craze

here in the great state of Utah.

Scentsy Wickless Candles
My mom has become a distributor,
and let me tell you this is an AWESOME product!!
here is how it works.
you buy a burner for 25.00. there are 25 different styles to choose from.
then you choose your scent. there are over 80 scents
and they are always coming out with new ones.
A scent for everyones nose!!
The great things about scentsy are:
the scented wax only heats to room temp.
this is great for little fingers if they happen to find their way to the wax,
you dont have to mess with a real flame you just switch it on,
you can leave it on when you leave the house, and it makes the perfect little night light.
I promise you will love these!!
I personally think they are inexpensive when you consider the cost of a candle.
The scented wax comes in a pack of six squares for 5.00
each little square will give you 80 hrs of yummy smells!!
This is my new favorite thing & I promise you will love it too!!
I have a basket of smells at my house.
please let me know if you are interested.
the deadline is the 14th for a christmas order.


Here is an example of the products
* the burner & wax
they also have room sprays that have heard are awesome!
better than anywhere else & car scents!!
I promise you are going to fall in Love!!!

20 weeks!!

Sophie started rice cereal on monday.

where have the past 20 weeks gone?

I cant believe I am already to this stage of mothering.

She loves her cereal.

it takes a while to feed her the whole tablespoon,

she is a little more interested in the spoon.

and the bib. she thinks it is pretty cool.

my sweet baby girl is getting so big. she has really started talking to us and only needs little 20 min "cat naps" .what am I going to do when she is two . apparently she doesn't take after my love of sleep.

Things I love about the Christmas Season

I was a little bit "Scrooge" about Christmas this year until a few days ago. I love summer and I was not looking forward to the hustle and bustle of the Holiday season. I got out my decorations and put them up, turned on some Christmas music and burned a yummy candle and it made me really excited. Today it snowed so hard and we put up our tree. it all just added to my excitement. so I thought that I would share a few things that I LOVE about the holidays.

1. I love being around family and friends.

2. I love Christmas trees. every year we are lucky enough to go cut one down in the mountains and the smell of a fresh tree is heaven.

3. I love the magic of Santa Claus. even though I am grown I feel there is a certain magic around the idea of him.

4. I love the Yummy food. its a wonder I don't weigh 400 pounds.

5. I love going to Temple Square to look at the lights. I feel so blessed to live so close to the city.

6. I love the smell of wrapping paper and scotch tape

7. I love getting new pjs Christmas eve. my mom still gives them to us. and it is fun!!!

8. I love Christmas music. there are a few Christmas songs that always make me teary eyed.

9. I feel like most of the time people are a little bit nicer during the holidays.

10. I love to drive around and look at the lights on peoples houses.

11. I love going to Christmas parties.

12. and last but not least I love days like today when it doesn't stop snowing and you go outside and it is so quiet. it makes you feel like the whole world is at peace.

I hope you can all catch the Christmas spirit, after all it is the most wonderful time of the year!!!

A Disney Vacation!!!!

We spent four fun filled, exhausting days in one of my favorite places on the planet.

We ate Thanksgiving dinner at the Disneyland hotel.

By the end of the trip we were all exhausted. we had so much fun.

the weather was beautiful and the crowds were large.

we had such a great time.

(note to anyone reading this, you must experience a Disney thanksgiving once in your lifetime, but next time I think I will go the week after to avoid the 2 hour wait time for nemo, the 1 hour wait for everything else and wall to wall people!!!!)

17 weeks!!

This picture is so cute!

but it makes me so sad because I think she looks so big in it.

I love this girl so much!!!

Have you ever.....

I had a strange experience at the dentist yesterday. I went in for a tooth ache, they took some x-rays and found a cavity underneath a filling I had done a couple of years ago. so the dentist put a shot in my cheek, he started drilling and I started to feel it so I told him and he said he would give me another shot. He told me to take a deep breath and he stuck the needle in the roof of my mouth. all of the sudden I felt an electric shock through my cheek, my nose and up to my eye. I jumped because it hurt so bad!! then all of the sudden I couldn't see out of my left eye. I said Oh my gosh I cant see. the dentist said oops I hit a nerve but don't worry it will only last about 20 min. apparently there is a nerve that runs through the top of your mouth to the cheek bone and the nose and up to the eye. my eye was numb for about 15 min and half of my nose and cheek were numb for about 20 min. so if you are ever at the dentist and that happens to you don't worry you are not going blind, the numbness is only temporary

In the Attitude of Gratitude

I have a bad case of the night time coughs and cant sleep. I am feeling pretty lousy, So I decided to change my attitude a little and in the spirit of the up coming holiday I am going to list 50 things I am thankful for.
1. I am so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.
2. I am grateful I was born into this beautiful world.
3. I am grateful for my wonderful husband.
4. I am grateful for my beautiful baby girl.
5. I am grateful I live in Utah.
6. I am grateful for the mountains. they are so beautiful. I take there beauty and majesty for granted.
7. I am grateful for this country and the freedom that I have.
8. I am grateful for my Parents and the lessons that they have taught me in my life.
9. I am grateful for my brothers and sisters. They are the best people I know.
10. I am grateful I married into such a wonderful family.
11. I am grateful for my eyes. I love to take the scenic route through life and don't know what I would do if I couldn't see.
12. I am grateful that I can hear. some of my favorite things in the world to listen to are: spring time birds, crickets on a hot summer night, the ocean, and my baby laughing.
13. I am grateful for my legs.
14. I am grateful for my health. I have been so blessed in my life to have such good health.
15. I am grateful for my brain, I am able to do things sometimes I never thought I could do.
16. I am grateful Sophie was born so healthy.
17. I am grateful I live in a place that has such wonderful doctors.
18. I am grateful for beautiful flowers. I love beautiful things and this world is so full of them.
19. I am grateful for the seasons.
20. I am grateful for my Grandma Webb. she and I are two of a kind. she has taught me so much in my life. and I love her so much!!
21. I am grateful Corey served an honorable mission. It has blessed our lives in so many ways.
22. I am grateful for cancer cures. I have three survivors in my life.
23. I am grateful I know how to swim. If there were mermaids I think I would be one, I love the water.
24. I am grateful for my imagination, I may seem a little childish but I would not survive this world without it!! I am a dreamer.
25. I am grateful I live in a country that encourages dreamers.
26. I am grateful for the Founding Fathers and the sacrifices that they made so that we could live in this beautiful nation.
27. I am grateful for Joseph Smith. he sacrificed so much.
28. I am grateful I was married in the temple for eternity.
29. I am grateful for my home.
30. I am grateful for my parents and the sacrifices they made for me. I never went without anything and I still don't.
31. I am grateful I can read. I think of the many people that cant read and I feel so blessed that I have such a good education.
32. I am grateful for the technology we have.
33. I am so grateful for my pioneer ancestors. I honestly don't think I could have done what they did.
34. I am grateful for music. there is nothing quite like good music.
35. I am grateful for food, I have a passion for food. I am grateful that I have so many choices and that I have never known what hunger is.
36. I am grateful for my trials. I look back on all the hard times I have had with deep gratitude for the lessons that I learned.
37. I am grateful for laughter. there is nothing like a good side splitting, cheek hurting ,laughing so hard you cry. Laugh.
38. I am grateful for the sun.
39. I am grateful I am able to get in a car and drive to a store.
40. I am grateful for electricity.
41. I am grateful for my memories.
42. I am grateful for President Hinckley. he is such an amazing man.
43. I am grateful for my bed, that I have a place to lay and rest, that is comfortable, warm and dry.
44. I am grateful I have the opportunity to serve people.
45. I am grateful for the priesthood. I don't know where I would be without it in my life.
46. I am grateful that I can speak. that I can voice my opinion and that I have a say in things.
47. I am grateful that I can sing, I don't take the opportunity to very often but I love that that is a talent I have.
48. I am grateful for my other talents.
49. I am grateful for prayer. I am grateful I have a way to communicate with my heavenly father.
50. I am grateful for my brother Jesus Christ. for him giving his life for me so that I can have and enjoy all of these things. I will never be able to thank him enough for all that I am blessed with.

16 weeks!!!

Sophie has gotten very strong.

She has rolled onto her side,

and it seems like she is very close to making it all the way over to her tummy!!

She has started showing us her sassy side

and likes to scream at us when she is hungry.

She has also been sleeping through the night for about 2 weeks!

I am a happy mommy!!

I love you baby girl!!

Go Jazz!!!

Cor & I went to the opening night of the Jazz!!!

it was so fun and so nice to have a date by ourselves!!

Sophie got to spend the evening with my family.

you forget how nice it is to have a break.

I love you! thanks for the fun!

The game was awesome. unfortunately they lost.

I cant believe how incredibly loud it was in there.

Go Jazz!!!

Check out this awesome picture.
That's Yao Ming on the top left. he is GIANT.

Halloween 07'!

15 weeks!!

I feel like I just barely posted her 14 week pictures.

now here she is 15 weeks!

she is so funny and is getting so big!

She loves to play with her jungle toys!!

and is now starting to put everything in her mouth!

Halliday Halloween Mayhem.

We had our first ever Halliday Halloween Party.

it was so much fun!

the kids had a blast,

and all the boys were such good sports in dressing up!!

Sorry to Uncle Trent for the black eye!!

We missed you Grandpa Mike!!

Corey's 2nd costume

a Salina City Police man,

with the belt and all!!!

Our Family

Corey's first costume.

( he likes to dress up so much he wore two)
:)
All of the Cousins!! They have so much fun together!

Sophie & her Fairy Grandmother!

Holy Sheet a Halloween Party!!!! our invitation said...

Saturday night we had our 3rd annual Halloween Party with our friends.

We eat, play and laugh hard.

Every year the costumes of some get more and more outrages.

Too scandalous to post on my blog.

here are a few of us.

Corey and I were the Carls Junior "Flat Buns" commercial.
Sophie was a little fairy

Our friends Jason, Sage & Kona were Yodelers
"Yodel odaling"
our friends Allen & Melissa
Allen was a Chip and Dale.
Melissa was a Cat.
There were 2 costumes that were "R" rated
I will leave to the imagination
Hulk Hogan &
Britney Spears at the music awards (drag queen style)
Thanks for the Party!!
We are looking forward to next year.
but we are very afraid!!!

Pumpkin Carving

Last night we thought it would be fun to carve pumpkins. "Warning" do not attempt to do so with a starving baby!!!! in the middle of pumpkin "guts" & seeds, she started to scream. so we put the carving on hold and I feed her. she fell asleep. I went back to work. she decided to wake up again because she was still hungry. This went on and off until Corey gave her a bath. Then she fell asleep for the night. I finished the pumpkins. (they were cute.) I cleaned up the pumpkin seeds and slimy guts, baby spit up on the floor and dinner. I don't think I got to bed until 12:30.

Oh well. The Joys of being a Woman.

Sophie was entertained for a minute by a little mirror on her seat.
Corey scraping the "Guts" out

Sophie & I

The finished product.

Corey & Sophie before we began.