Cannon's Birthday

Cannon was really excited to turn 9 last Friday. He was also really excited to have his birthday announced on the intercom at school and to be able to go to the principals office and get his birthday necklace to wear throughout the day. In fact, I didn't realize how important this necklace was to him until he got home from school that day and was unable to find it in his backpack. Needless to say, he was in tears:-( Thankfully, his teacher had it for him on Monday in class. Turns out he had dropped it on the floor on his way out......typical Cannon:-)

Friday evening we let him pick where he wanted to go for dinner and what activity he wanted to do. He choose Olive Garden for dinner because of there delicious salad and breadsticks, and then a late night of video games with his friend " E." It was very low key but I think they had a lot of fun.

A few things we want to remember about our 9 year old:

* His favorite food: salad, corndogs, chips & salsa, hashbrowns.

* His favorite color: red

* His favorite TV show: any sports game....especially football or Wipeout.

* Favorite things to do: play sports or video games.....but mostly sports:-)

* All he wanted for his birthday was ticket's to the Utah football game, and football flags.

* One important thing I want to remember is a couple days ago we went to his school for a "breakfast of champions." Cannon was one of two kids that his teacher picked from her class to attend this breakfast and receive an award from the school for someone who makes "responsible choices." I was truly SO proud of him!! I hope he continues to make good choices and continues to be a good example to those around him. We love you buddy!

Utah Football Game

All this kid wanted for his birthday was to go to a Utah Football game. Thankfully, the Ute's were playing the day after Thanksgiving.....and thankfully we were able to get tickets thanks to Ryan's brother Shane. Oh, and thankfully we were already planning on being in Utah. Guess it was meant to be! We had a great time and Cannon was on cloud 9. Brock decided he didn't want to go, which worked out well since it was super cold and he probably would have only lasted 10 minutes. We told Cannon he could pick someone to bring with us to the game and he picked his cousin Davan. The two of them had a great time cheering on their Utah Ute's!

Thanksgiving in Utah

All the grandkid's minus Kinnie and Andrew who live out of state.
Can't get any better than that!
The girlies having all sorts of fun!!
The big girlies having all sorts of fun in the kitchen! My fabulous sister-in-laws!
The two "B's" having dessert.......
Brock inhaling his pumpkin bread! What a fun fun weekend!!

Halloween 2011

Whitney the fortune teller!

Cannon the zombie!

Brock the pirate!

We made it through 0ur first Halloween in Idaho! The kid's had a great time trick-or-treating with their Daddy (for about 30 minutes before he was off to Montana...boo!) and then with me for the rest of the evening. It was different this year not doing our usual traditions of soup and scones with our neighbors in Herriman, and not having my mother-in-law here that always hangs out with us Halloween night and helps pass out candy, but we still did it here with just our little family and it was great!

Brock's Halloween Parade

Brock's teacher Mrs. Hymas dressed up as a bumble bee.
Cannon happy to see his brother!!

Our little police officer had been counting down the "sleep's" until the day came for his class Halloween Party and parade. Unfortunately, the school does not allow the children to dress-up with the exception of the Kindergarteners. Therefore, the parade consisted of walking around the school, and through all the classrooms. Cannon had no idea about this school tradition, which explains the big smile on his face in the above picture when his little brother entered his classroom. Super cute!! I must say that only having to dress-up one child for school was cake:-)

Frightmares......

We had a great time at Lagoon a couple weeks ago with the Gadd's. It is alway's a fun time being with them......the kid's adore each other, and they are basically family to us. Whitney was very apprehensive about going because she gets so nervous around "creepy people dressed up in creepy costumes" but wanted to hang out with Miss "M" so bad that she braved the "creepy people." :-) Brock was able to go on a lot of rides he wasn't able to go on last year because he was too short. He loved the creaky old white rollercoaster, The Bat, Bombora and the Wild Mouse. Whitney, Cannon and myself braved the Samurai due to some peer pressure from Miss "M".......I'm not sure if I will ever ride that one again:-) That ride is brutal!! Or maybe I am just plain too old now. Thanks Gadd's for a super fun night!! Until next year!

Eagle Hills Hoe-Down/Carnival

Every year the Elementary School Cannon and Brock go to holds a Fall Hoe-Down. It is open to the public and apparently it is a pretty popular event in the community. Due to lack of funds they slimmed it down this year, but hey........we Morgan's don't know the difference. They had a bunch of games for the kids, a rock-climbing wall, golf cart rides with their teachers, and of course cotton candy.

Brocks awesome teacher Mrs. Hymas! We love her!