Cannon and Rook

Cannon and Rook love to see pics of themselves, so I gathered up a few of my favs and thought I would share them with everyone else. Cannon and Rook are so much fun. Cannon is a ball of fire and rides a two wheelor ever since he was three and hasn't slowed down a bit. He is my friendly one and a little more outgoing. He also has a temper to match his personality of fire. He has always been a little bigger than Rook and often tells Rookie that he is the older one and therefore, the right one.

Just because Rook is the smaller of the two don't think for one minute that he is at all picked on or one to back down. He is very, very, very sweet, butt he is also very, very, very, stubborn and head strong. He is quick witted and is obsessed with body parts and their function and their reason for looking the way they do. What they are made of, etc. He is an instigator for sure, butt also sweet like I said and so funny. He asked Gar the other day, Why doesn't Jesus have a car?


Cannon loves to ride in his dad's car and often tells me we should get another one so we have three cars cuz that would be awsome. He said to me the other day, mom is our van a hotrod? and I said, our van WANTS to be a hotrod. And he said to that...Maybe you should pray about it.

They both have little neighbor girlfriends that they are going to marry, both tend to be a little bossy and they constantly have the discussion about who's girlfriend is the one that they should be listening to.

They love their primary teachers. Rookies teacher came over for a haircut the other day and after she left he asked me if she was going to come and play with him. I said she was getting a hair cut, butt we could walk over and see her sometime. He said to me, yea, we should cuz I miss her.

Cannon and Rook LOVE Crew, they think he is the sha-zizzle. There isn't anything he does that they arn't amazed at. They tell me all the things they are going to teach him. (I can't wait of course) And all the things he is going to do when he is bigger.

Cannon and Rook love to sing and I can often hear them singing some words in the star wars tune. They also love to dance and show off.

Rook and Cannon are awsome and I love to hear all their logic and even though at times they are my most challanging boys. I am so glad that they are here. We think they ROCK!

Kansas City

We recently went on a weekend trip to Kansas City to meet my brother and his family as they were traveling through. I know some earlier pictures of the same trip have been posted, but I thought these pictures couldn't be left out.

This first picture is a group shot in front of the world-famous Jack Stack BBQ in downtown KC. Jack Stack was pretty good, but I actually prefer Famous Dave's. I'm sure that everybody thought, 2 kids for every 1 adult? What is your problem? Oh well, the restaurant staff was great and very accommodating.


We also went and visited the Independence history sites. This is a group picture in front of the Church of Christ temple, which anybody can enter and join in a daily prayer for peace. We went in the reception area with all the kids. It echoes inside. That combination equaled some dirty looks from the "security" guard so we left. Whatever.


As taught by Joseph Smith, we know that Jackson County is where the Garden of Eden once was. And in the Garden of Eden was the home of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. As stated in Genesis, "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." Genesis 3:6. Well, Wynn did a little reenactment of the "and he did eat" part for me. Doesn't this look like an Adam doing what he had to do?

latest storm

Here on the tip of tornado alley we get some really great storms. These are pics of the one that hit in Kearney Ne which is only about 3 hours away from here. We have been very blessed to never have one close enough to do any damage to US personally, butt they happen all the time right around the corner. We usually get hail and lots of rain and floods. Great thunderstorms and lightning. I love the Midwest. Living here you get used to it. I remember the first Saturday I was here. Gary was still in Idaho and the siren went off, I ran and grabbed Jett and Wynn and went to the basement and stayed down there, trying to find out what was going on from the news and they never said anything about it. Then I finally got brave enough to venture out and saw a neighbor and nonchalantly asked about the siren. She told me that it was a test. Every Saturday at ten they do it. Oh, OK. Then I let the boys out of the basement and let them play outside again. Now When the tornado sirens go off instead of going to our basement we usually go out, along with all our neighbors and look at the Sky's looking for a funnel.