Mya's Birthday

Can you believe it! Mya is one! The year flew by so quickly. She is walking and is cutting 6 teeth at the same time. Oh, the joys of the first year. Cannon decided that she needed a butterfly birthday cake. I had already made cupcakes, and so we turned the cupcakes into a butterfly. I think it turned out alright. She got a stroller walker to push around her baby. She is so sweet with the baby, feeding her and carrying her around. She is not extremely careful, but very sweet.

Mya's Favorite Thing

Mya's favorite thing is to put everything on her head before she eats it. It makes for very messy meals. She grins from ear to ear when she get things to balance on her head. Then getting it off and into her mouth is when it get squashed! Yuck!

Cannon's Birthday

Cannon turned three this year. He wanted to have a birthday cake that was chocolate and blue. This turned into, I want Pablo for my birthday." For those of you who don't speak Backyardian that is Pablo the Penguin from the TV show The Backyardians. His only other request was that everyone wear party hats. Thanks to everyone who came and donned on the party hats. Cannon received lots of great presents including his first two wheel bike. He is in his own words, "Gettin' big."

Camping with the Howards

We have friends named the Howards. We took them to Mom and Dad's house and slept out in the woods. Well, they and Brian and Cannon slept outside. Mya and I slept in the house. It was a little to cold for Little Mya! We had fun having a camp fire, eating marshmallows.

Cannon's First Day of School

Cannon started pre-school at the beginning of August. He goes one day a week, Tuesday morning from 9 to 1. He LOVES it! His teacher's name is Ms. Bobbi and her assistant is Ms. Carmen. He always looks forward to Tuesdays.

Few Summer Things

We spent a little time at the lake this summer. It never got warm enough, for long enough. This is Cannon "pushing" Gene and Brian into Chatfield. He had a hard time getting into the cold water after Lake Powell. He asks when we load up the boat if we can go back to the hot lake. Oh we wish!!!

Cannon loves to help his Dad. Whatever Dad can do so can he. I am always amazed by Brian's patience. Things that would take him thirty minutes take hours with Cannons help. Like Father like Son!

Cannon traded in his binky (Be-be) for a red scooter! Congraulations Cannon!

Lake Powell

Lake Powell was once again awesome this year! It is Cannon's new favorite place to be. I have asked him what he wants to do for the day and he says,"go to Lake Powell." He is potty trained (yea!!!) and spent most of the time on the boat running around without pants on, cause "he needs to pee!!" He successfully peed off of rocks, the houseboat, the speedboat and the beach. He is such a man. He was pretty stoked! Cannon and I also took a spill off of the Ion, which he told everyone, "he shot off like a rocket!" It was really not a big deal, but way to hold on Julie. Needless to say I'm not sure how long it will be before he goes again. Mya was fabulous! and even took naps in the houseboat in Jack's bed. She slept GREAT at night. She loved the water as long as it didn't come above her knees. But was mostly happy to stay in the houseboat and chill out under the swamp cooler. Thanks to Mom and Lindsay I even got out to wakeboard a couple of times! Brian is awesome on the wakeboard and loved the trip, he is already trying to plan another trip for later this year. He just can't get enough.