Goodbye 2008

What a year 2008 was for us! All in all, we are extremely blessed and thankful for the great memories, lessons, and joys this past year has brought us. We are very excited for what the new year will bring and hopeful we can try a little harder to be a little better.

Here's just a quick recap of the Top Ten Events in Our Lives in 2008!

1. The birth of Cannon - What a joy he has been to our lives.
2. Moving to our Home - We love our house and where we live and are grateful for a nice roof over our heads.
3. Celebrating 5 years of marriage - No doubt Satan has tried VERY hard to break up our family, but he misjudged how much we really love each other and the Gospel and we aren't giving up that easily.
4. Kylee turned 2 - Kylee is our miracle and we are thankful everyday for her.
5. Trip to Yellowstone - So fun to spend time with The Cosper side and enjoy the beauty of the earth. A trip we will remember forever.
6. Grandma Hebdon returns from her mission - What a great example she is to us! Love you Grandma!
7. New Prophet - The passing of President Hinckley will always be a memory I'll treasure forever. President Monson is called of God!
8. Kylee got glasses - Hasn't been as bad as I thought, and she does a great job keeping them on. Let's hope they continue to help her and her lazy eye won't be too much of a burden for her.
9. Surgery, Surgery, Surgery - Gall bladder, Hernia, pancreatitis....thank heavens for medicine and health!
10. Potty Training - 1 down, 1 to go!

May this New Year bring you JOY beyond measure!

LOVES TO ALL!!!

Temple Square

My family decided we better get to Temple Square before the lights were gone, so we (along with MANY others) spent family night downtown. Most of the gang rode the Front Runner down, but Curtis and I didn't want to chance it with our kidos, so we just drove. We all met at the Gateway for dinner first and then headed over to Temple Square.

(I'll admit, this new camera has me going a little crazy with the picture taking, but I can't help it. SORRY! I'm quickly falling in love!)

Curtis and Kylee playing in the fountain, against my wishes.

Tonya and Daniel in front of the cool blue tree.
Mom and Dad trying to stay warm in front of the fire at the Gateway

Cody and Sha-nay-nay (Shantel) snuggling.

(I was focusing on the tree and didn't even notice them in the corner, and they thought I was taking a picture of them, so they posed for the picture, and it turned out pretty cute.)

What a beautiful sight!

Kylee LOVED the lights, and being on Daddy's shoulders.

Donny pushed Cannon around so I could take pictures.

I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE!

Gabby, doing what she does best...gabbing!

Cannon, trying to stay warm. He's so cute!

Just like his cute big sister.

Another cool picture of the Temple.

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

We hope you had a safe and happy holiday!

Our sincerest love and gratitude to you all!

Our Christmas Day was AWESOME! The kids slept in until nearly 8:30, which was a great holiday present for mom and dad! Kylee was SO excited to see that Santa had come. I wasn't sure if she would really understand, but she did. She loved opening presents and was so cute. Every time I would hand her one, she would make sure Cannon got one to open too.

What a SWEET HEART!

We all must have been really good this year, because Santa was VERY good to us!

It didn't take long for Cannon to figure out his toy.

Curtis with this Red Ryder BB gun. It was exactly what he asked for (silly kid).

Kylee's big gift this year was a STEAL! I got it on sale for half of what it is normally, which is good because we couldn't have afforded it any other way. I was so excited for her to open her...

NEW KITCHEN!!!

She was SO cute when she saw what it was. The only bad thing...

We didn't have it assembled yet. Next year Santa's Elves will most definitely have things assembled before hand. Kylee wanted to play with it right away and of course there was a BILLION pieces to assemble. It was pretty cute though because every time Curtis would get a part of it put together, Kylee would celebrate and say "YEAH DADDY!"

Good thing Daddy is so handy with his tools.
What a happy girl with her new Kitchen. She has played with it non-stop! It is too cute!

What a great day!

We hope you all had a
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

LOVES TO YOU ALL!!!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we got together with my side of the family with some of my cousins and had a grand old party at my Grandma's house. Since she had been away on her mission, it was even more exciting to celebrate together. Some of our awesome traditions that I just adore are...

Eating YUMMY FOOD

Enjoying each other's company

Making memories

(how cute is Cannon, sticking out his tongue)

Playing games and singing carols.

We always sing "The 12 Days of Christmas" but make up our own words to go along with things that have happened that year or just silly funny things. It is always a memorable song. This year we sang...

12 more months til Christmas (sung by both my Grandma's)

11 - Lemons for Alema (no Picture, sung by Donny and Cody)

10- TEN (sung by Taylor and Brecken, we were short a few people this year so they had to go twice and must have used up all their creative jucies on #1.)

9 TV Specials (sung by my mom and dad)

8 month old baby (sung by me and Curtis)

7 Boyfriends calling (sung by the Spence Hebdon family)

6 Days in Orlando (sung by the Holbrooks, and we all BOO'ED them, lucky ducks get to leave on the 29th for a vacation in Orlando)

5 Days of Moving (sung by the Terrell Hebdon family, they obviously moved this year)

4 new born babies (sung by Donny and Cody, very clever as there really were 4 new babies this year: Cannon, Logan, Sabrina, and Rylan)

3 - ah blaah muh ah (Emilee and Holly had a hard time coming up with something, so they just said 3 and then mumbled the rest, it was funny)

2 Lost suitcases (poor Tonya and Daniel had a heck of a time getting here. Their plane got delayed 2 DAYS and then their luggage got lost. We were sure glad to have them here though!)

And Grandma the Return Missionary! (Sung by Taylor and Brecken) Great way to end/start the song. Fun times!

Another one of my favorite traditions is we play bingo for white elephant gifts. A couple years ago I made these bingo cards and we have used them ever since. Instead of shouting out I-21 or something, we shout out names in our family. The kids love hearing their names shout out, it helps us remember those who aren't there who we love as we shout out their names, and of course the presents are always great. This year some of our winnings included a lint roller (which was desperately needed), some moon sand, a My Little Pony, and a Princess cell phone.

Here's my lucky, winning card.

This season I am so VERY grateful for my Grandma and my family. I hope they know how much I love them all and how much I treasure our holiday traditions.

The Greatest Gifts

My Christmas list was very short this year, since I've already received the greatest gifts I could ever imagine.

Can you tell I love my kids...not to mention my new camera?

Four Teeth!!!

What can be worse then a teething baby? How about a teething baby whose cutting

FOUR TEETH!!!

I thought maybe he was going to be a vampire baby, because it looked like he was going to cut his canine teeth first, but then within a day you could see the two middle teeth coming through too.

Count them...FOUR TEETH.

I think that would make anyone a little unhappy...
With the help of our friend Motrin, Cannon is fighting through the bad times and is still a pretty dang sweet, good little guy.

Daddy was hanging him upside down so I could get a good picture of all his teeth.

Cannon loved it.

Still so much fun to be around.

I guess it's not too bad to just get it all over with at once.