On February 7, we were able to bless Sienna. Josh did a wonderful job and gave her a beautiful blessing. I wish I could remember the full blessing, but I know it left me in tears. I love that he is such a wonderful father and has been able to bless my girls.
Weeks before the blessing, I kept debating whether or not I would get Sienna her own blessing dress. I love Brooklynn’s blessing dress, but I also thought it would be really neat for both of my girls to have their own dress that they could keep for the rest of there lives.
I posted this debate on facebook, and my Aunt Alice replied to me informing me that she had a blessing dress just waiting for someone to use. Well it turns out that my Great-Aunt Beth who died 10 years ago (almost to the date of Sienna’s blessing) had bought this dress, but never had a chance to give it away.
To give you a little history on my aunt, she was a very sweet and religious lady who never married, but took it upon herself to buy every blessing dress and tuxedo for all new babies in her family. She bought the blessing dress that my sister and I shared. So when I found out that there was still a dress from her, I was thrilled. Not only was this dress beautiful, but now there was meaning and a connection to a special woman that was like a grandma to me. I truly feel like her spirit was there that day to witness Sienna’s blessing, and I hope someday Sienna will realize what an amazing gift this was.
Also, on a lighter note, two days before the blessing Josh sprained his ankle playing hockey, which caused him to have to hobble up to the front of the chapel on crutches to give Sienna her blessing. A lot of people suggested we postpone it until Josh could carry her himself (I think they were all just bummed that we scheduled it the same day as the Super Bowl), but we agreed that it needed to be done and the sprained ankle was just something we could laugh about later.
All in all, it was a beautiful day with lots of amazing family and some wonderful food (as you can see in the picture of our family, Brooklynn was too busy eating her cookie to smile at the camera!)
This past week, being at the very end of this pregnancy, has been a little tiring, mentally, physically, and emotionally for me. Apparently, this has become visible to Brooke and being the sweet little girl she is, she tries to comfort me. Everyday this week, about an hour before Josh comes walking through the door, she comes to me with her sweet little voice and says “Don’t worry mommy, daddy soon!” I love how grown up and sweet she is becoming each day. I am so grateful to have her as my daughter. I know she is going to make a wonderful big sister to this new little baby.
We have almost made it! For those of you wondering if we have chosen a name, the answer is no. I have officially given that responsibility to Josh. I have spent way too much time trying to pick the perfect name, but just can’t decide. We have a list of names we like, but every time I think I have chosen one I change my mind. I am going to quit worrying about it and I’ll let Josh surprise me with her name when she is born. So good luck to Josh and hopefully he chooses wisely!
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Luckily the last week of October made up for it, and we actually had a really good Halloween this year. We may not have done as much as we normally would do, but I also don’t feel like we really missed out on anything either.
We started off with a Halloween party with my family. Unfortunately Josh was still sick, so he missed this one, but Brooke and I had a blast. The kids came all dressed in their costumes, my Mom cooked her amazing Chili, and we let the kids decorate pumpkins with stickers, markers and pipe cleaner.
* I love that Tinkerbell is bigger then the Pirates!
Next was Brooke’s Halloween Carnival at her school. Have I said before how much I love her preschool, because I do! They had all sorts of cute little games and activities set up for the kids, where they could win either prizes or candy. They had doughnuts and rootbeer for the whole family. Brooke came home with a huge bag of goodies that she carried around for days.
Then, we had trick-or-treating at Josh’s office. I love that he works for a company that is so family oriented.
Finally, Halloween arrived and she had her first actual door-to-door trick-or-treating adventure. Josh only took her to maybe fifteen houses, but she is addicted. The only way we could get her to come home was by promising to take her trick-or-treating to her grandparents!
The fun is now over, but she is constantly carrying her candy around trying to share it with everyone, not really eating any of it herself (I am sure this will change next year). Every now and then she brings me her pumpkin bucket and says “Trick-or-treat” hoping I just might put some candy in there!
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Last Saturday night, Josh and I went to the Brad Paisley concert. This was our Mother’s Day/Father’s Day gift to each other, that we have been waiting ALL summer for, and it finally came. Josh and I are both huge Brad Paisley fans and have wanted to see him in concert for years! Jimmie Wayne opened the show, next was Dierks Bentley, and finally Brad Paisley. Really, how could you ask for a better concert? Somehow, Josh is amazing and scored us awesome seats. We were about 15 rows away from the stage at The USANA Amphitheater. We were so close I could see Dierks Bentley spitting while he sang (seriously)!
It rained on us for a little bit, but it seems that Josh and I don’t go to concerts anymore unless it is going to rain on us. I think the rain made the concert even better!
Here is us all excited, waiting for the show to start.
*Notice the nice mountain man look Josh is going for!
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This was one of my favorite concerts I have ever been to. It was a great gift and I am so glad we decided to do it!
For the last several months Josh as been working on this awesome project at work. It is an iPhone App for Kelly Clarkson. The app challenges your singing abilities by asking you to sing along with Kelly Clarkson on songs from her latest album, All I Ever Wanted, and sing them right. This game monitors both the pitch and timing of your singing. If you sing well enough, you might even win the chance to sing with Kelly’s band during the soundcheck at an upcoming show, and go to a special meet & greet with Kelly!
It has been one of those projects that he has not been able to talk about until now. We just got the official word that it was approved and launched today.
Here is a link to Josh’s blog if you are interested in more details.
Or if you just want to see this extemely awesome project, click here!
Yes, yes that is correct, Josh successfully finished his first season of Hockey. I was only able to make it to two of his games, which was probably enough since I spend half of the game debating which hospital I am taking him to if he breaks his leg (I seriously don’t worry that much, but I must admit the thought has crossed my mind each time I watched a game). Luckily I missed the game when one of the players actually did get seriously hurt, and the few times Josh crashed while I was there, I was too busy chasing a two year old to even notice.
I really do enjoy watching him, and am impressed at how good he really is!
When it comes to Valentine’s Day and Our Anniversary, Josh and I have never given each other gifts. When we first got married we agreed that it would be better to spend money doing a fun activity and making memories then buying each other an actual gift.
This Valentines I had to go help cover a shift at KJZZ in the morning. We had already gone out the night before, so when I got home I didn’t expect anything. Although, to my surprise, when I walked in the door, I found this beautiful Diet Coke and Cinnamon Bears bouquet (two of my favorite things), covered in tiny hearts that Brooke had colored. I know this was a simple thing, but it made me just as happy as if I were given a whole bouquet of roses, and I know I will always remember this bouquet. I love Josh and I love his creativity.
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Those that know me, and know me well, should know of my love for a little town called Lava Hot Springs. It’s a place I have been going to since I was in diapers, and now I get to take my daughter in her diapers.
It is a little town in Southern Idaho with a population of about 520. It may be small, but but there is so much to do there and when you don’t want to do anything, it’s a great place to just hangout and relax.
Josh and I go about 3 times a year. Once in February for skiing or just winter fun, and to soak in the world famous natural hot springs. Again in April with my family, where we just hangout, visit all the local tourist sites and relax in the hot water. Then again during the summer with all my Webb cousins. We camp by the river, play in the cold pools, float down the river, and of course soak in the hot water. If you have never been there, I highly suggest you check it out.
So last week was our February trip. This year we decided to skip the skiing and just take Brooklynn sledding instead. We had a lot of fun doing that, but we are hoping that sometime in the next few years, Brooke will be ready to try the slopes. We spent a lot of time playing in the hot pools, which Brooklynn loved. Every night when we came back to our condo from the hot pools, we would find a whole herd of deer just right outside our building. I think this is the closest I have ever seen a deer (not counting the zoo). We also spent a lot of down time watching movies and just spending some good, quality, family time together.
This “daughter like father” picture is one of my favorite pictures from our trip. Josh brought his laptop so he could take care of a few thing for work, (or let’s be honest, Josh doesn’t go anywhere without his laptop). One of Brooke’s favorite things about going on vacation, is that we pull out our portable DVD player and let her carry it around and watch all her movies. So one morning while I was cooking breakfast, I looked over and this is what I saw.
I love getting away with my little family and feel so blessed to have the opportunity to do so!
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A few months ago, Josh came to me and said “Let’s take ice skating lessons.” Being the attentive wife I am I said “sure whatever.” The next thing I knew, Josh had signed us up for classes and arranged babysitters for each night. That’s when I realized he was serious. 
A while back Josh decided that he wanted to play hockey. It’s something that he has always wanted to do, but unfortunately it is an expensive sport (especially for children who grow out of gear every 6 months) and it’s hard to find a place to just go play, it’s not like there are ice rinks around every corner. He hoped to try to play in HS until he found out WJ really didn’t have a team. Due to all these factors, he has never got a chance to play much other then roller hockey.
Well this turned out to be the reasoning behind the desire to take ice skating lessons. Unfortunately, what he did not realize when he signed us up, it wasn’t just a “learn to skate” class, it was a “learn to figure skate” class. Needless to say, Josh was the only guy in the class, but he was the best (you should see his sashay!) I think the instructor was so excited to have a married couple in the class, especially with a man that was so good, that they tried to talk us into continuing classes so that we could compete in adult pair skating competitions. I don’t think they actually thought we would be good, they just wanted us to keep paying money for lessons. Anyways, we had a blast doing it, and it was a great excuse for two date nights each week while we were at class.
Our classes have long been over, but we have tried to keep going on a regular basis, partially because Josh is getting ready to start playing hockey and wants the extra practice, and partially because it’s a fun activity together.
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