The Webbs

This has been a great year for the Webbs! We have had many blessings. We followed Katie and Brandon to Springville and built a new house right behind theirs. With adjoining back yards, we can't wait till next summer when we get sod and have an extra big space for the girls to get out some of their excessive energy! Our ward is wonderful and we love our neighborhood.

Jacob started Physical Therapy school in May. He attends Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo. He is liking his classes, learning a lot and doing very well. We are all very excited for him to graduate in December 2012! This summer Jacob tried going fishing every spare moment he had (which ended up only being a few times... literally). One of his summer highlights was a fishing trip in the Granddaddy Basin with some of his family. Millie did a wonderful job at throwing him one of the best birthday parties ever when he turned 30 in May, it was a Japanese themed party. Millie prepared the food and her family helped with decorations and wardrobe; it was a lot of fun! He recently got a part time job doing registration at the hospital. He was also called as the assistant stake athletic director AND a primary worker last Sunday (12/12). Jacob loves playing basketball on Tuesday nights with the guys from the ward, being a dad and playing with Ells and A's.

Millie is still working as a Newborn ICU nurse and loving it. It has been the perfect job for her. Despite working nights, she always makes sure her families needs are met. She loves being a mom to Ellery and Aayla and it really shows in the time and dedication she gives to teach and raise them. In addition to her busy work and family life, Millie manages to find time to go running, piano playing, and read some of her favorite old, and some new, books (from Harry Potter to Hunger Games). Millie also had a great opportunity this summer to go to girls camp with our new ward as the ward's Camp Director. There aren't many young women in the ward but they're fun little girls and Millie loves her calling and the experiences she has had fulfilling it. This year, Jacob surprised Millie with a Disney themed birthday party complete with Monte Cristo sandwiches and Au Gratin potatoes from the Blue Bayou menu at Disnyland and a Disney Cruise ship cake that her sister Katie made for her. The theme was in celebration of the family's upcoming Disney Cruise in November 2011.

Ellery is as crazy as ever! She is such a fun, active, silly, smart little girl. She keeps us either laughing or pulling our hair out every day. She loves playing outside, playing with ipods, ipads, and anything electronic, she's even started picking up the Wii to play Boom Blox and Wii Fit Plus. She also loves watching movies, dancing, eating "yellow" cheese, carting around her blankets, pretending to be a kitty, reading books, learning to spell words and practice writing them, having sleepovers with grandma, and the list goes on. She is not too fond of sharing toys with Aayla but she's working on it. Ellery had a tough year medically. In March she was hospitalized for a respiratory virus and in our second or third week in our new ward, she lost her two front teeth in a nursery collision. We suppose it's all part of growing up, and she seems to be taking it all in stride.

Aayla has added a lot of love (and weight) to our family this year! She has been such a good, happy baby. She loves to eat, suck on her binky, play with toys, play with pooh bear and point at things and babble - but it's obvious her favorite word is "dada". Right now she is working on her very first tooth, and learning to walk. She can take a few wobbly steps but should be walking by her 1st birthday on December 28th! This year has obviously been a year of firsts for Aayla; she had her first New Years party, which she spent under bili-lights, her first 4th of July, that grandma and grandpa Webb got to come up and spend with us, her first Halloween where she dressed up as a "little black rain cloud" (Winnie the Pooh with a balloon tied to her wrist), and she'll have her first Christmas and birthday this year too! Already there are SO many differences between her and Ellery and we love them both for all they bring to our family!It has truly been a wonderful year and we wish you all the best in 2011, from our family to yours!