::kangaroo zoo and an 89th birthday::

This weekend we had Grandpa Halling's 89th birthday party! We went to his house for dinner and some pictures. The whole family (almost) was there, and it was fun to see everyone and be with Grandpa on his birthday.

Then, Saturday, we headed down to Salt Lake (for a hair appointment :) ) and then we met up with my parents and brother and spent some time at the Kangaroo Zoo! We had seen it on the news, but hadn't decided to go until Nicole posted her cute pictures on her blog-thanks, Nicole!! It was so fun! The kids LOVED it! They ran around, jumped all over everything, slid down all the slides, had some (much needed) juice boxes, and fell asleep in the car on the way back to "Grandma-Kitty's" house. Then we had a little party for Billy's birthday, Suzie's efforts in passing her beauty school final test, and Matt getting his MBA. We had dinner and cake, and spent the rest of the night playing Cootie with the little kids and Rock Band with the bigger kids-hehe :)

The pictures are a little out of focus, but everything (and everyone) was moving!! (Click on the collage to see it bigger)

::which disney princess are you?::

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

::"waaaaaaalle eeeeeeeeeva"::

Yep, Portie, Chloe, & I saw Wall-E today. We didn't have anything else to do since it's kinda rainy and muggy out. The kids liked it okay for a bit, but then got bored. It was a little too big for them. The whole idea was hard for them to understand, and Port fell asleep towards the end!! It was something fun to do on a rainy day. They both loved the popcorn and candy and had fun flippin' the chairs up and down. Good thing there were only like three other people in the theater!!

::baby bwudwa::

Another BOY!!! We found out yesterday it is WITHOUT A DOUBT another boy! The kids watched the DVD of the ultrasound and kept laughin' because the baby was kinda hopping up and down with his butt in the air! They loved it! And Portie kept hugging the TV and saying "baby bwudwa." We're excited to have another boy, even though some of us are a little sad that it wasn't a girl (partly because we had a name all picked out for a girl that we LOVE!, and partly because we were excited to get hairbows and girly things like that) but we're happy with a boy!! Everything is healthy, no signs of any birth defects or spinal problems or anything, so we couldn't be happier. We'll just have to think really hard on a boy name and tuck the girl name away for later ;) BTW, if anybody has any ideas, let me hear 'em!!

::our 4th::

For the 4th this year, we went to the waterpark all day, had a BBQ @ our house, watched the town fireworks show, and then lit sparklers @ our house afterward. It was lots of fun. The kids LOVED the water park, Grandma & Papa with the kitty came, and we just swam and played all day long! Chloe went down the big slide with lots of waterfalls lots of times, and they played in the deep pool & the kids pool. Portie got stung by a bee :(, and ended up falling asleep after a while. The fireworks were great! We thought Port might get nervous cause they were loud, and we sat a lot closer than we usually do, but he loved them! Chloe did too...she said "they look like big wiggly spiders." Grandma & Papa Kitty came too, and we sat with all of Matt's family. It was so fun to just sit and talk with everyone. After fireworks, we got home and all did sparklers in our driveway. Chloe thought they were like magic wands & Portie thought you were supposed to blow them out like candles :) It was a fun 4th :)

::irrigatin'::

Grandma-with-the-snowman & Jordan were irrigating today @ Grandpa Halling's house. I was introduced to this when I married Matt. I was like what is irrigating?? They get these canvases and hook them up tho the irrigation water (from the mountains-so it's pretty clean), and wear their big boots cause it's FREEZING!!)& they flood his yard & it's watered for the week. The kids LOVE it!! They were runnin' around in the water and jumpin' on the canvases and splashin' around. The water was SOO cold (it was making my feet ache), but the kids didn't even notice :) Then after that we had to go sraight to swimming lessons, so the kids were little fish in the water all day long!! They were so tired, but at least they had fun :)

Grandpa Halling (Matt's grandpa)

Portie & Jordan :)

Wet hair!!

Runnin' on the canvas (sorry there's no sound)

Walkin' on Grandma's boots

They kept puttin' stuff through the canvas and waiting for it to come out the other end :)

::husband tag::

This time it's about the husbands...

1. What is his name? Matthew Cannon
2. Who eats more? HIM!!
3. Who said "I love you" first? Him (on our second "date")!!
4. Who is taller? Him, by almost a foot! (he's 6'2", I'm 5'3")
5. Who is smarter? We're both smart...he's smart where I'm not, and vice versa.
6. Who is more sensitive? haha!! Meeeeee!
7. Who does the laundry? Me...I don't know if he even knows where the laundry room is-haha
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? standing @ the foot looking @ it, I do.
9. Who pays the bills? I do, but he makes the $$
10. Who cooks more? I do (scary, right? 'cause I never cook!)
11. What meals do you cook together? When we cook out (all the time in the summer), he grills, and I make the inside stuff.
12. Who is more stubborn? Me
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Probably him, I'm getting better tho :)
14. Who has more siblings? Him (he has 5, I have 1)
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I'm gonna have to quote Sarah and say we both have a leg in. We each have issues we're tough on, but luckily it's not usually the same ones.
16. What do you like to do together? We just love to be together. We like to go out to eat, do any activities with the kids, visiting family, vacations (I wish more often), dates (I wish more often), just playing with the kids. A lot of times when we're just home, if one's doing something (yardwork, basement work, folding clothes, cooking, etc) we want the other one to just be near so we can talk to eachother.
17. Who eats more sweets? Him
18. His guilty pleasures? Food, roulette (only like once a year on a golf trip), basketball (he'd tell ya he's gettin' too old for it), ESPN, if he's ever home during the day, trashy daytime tv shows (Judge whoever, Jerry Springer, etc)
19. How did you meet? In Texas while he was serving his mission. He was in our ward for like 8 months and was helping my brother get motivated for a mission, so we had missionaries over for dinner a lot, and noticed eachother ;)
20. Who asked who out first? I guess I did, after he left Texas, it had been almost a year since we spoke (he called after he got home from TX), and I was up visiting my parents during Thanksgiving break, and I called him. We got together the last 2 days I was in town.
21. Who proposed? Him
22. Who kissed who first? I don't really remember who...I'm pretty sure it was mutual ;)
23. His best features? Tall, dark hair, tan, hard worker, masculine, funny, silly, very loving, very supportive, patient with me, smart, motivated, active, I could go on and on.....
24. His greatest quality? see #23 ;)
25. Tag: Suzie, Nicole, Whitney, Amber, Krystal

::little punkins::

Today the kids and I went to up to Grandpa Halling's house to plant some pumpkin seeds. They each got to plant 2 pumpkins (white and orange). Addyson and Krystal had already planted theirs, but hung around for a bit and watched Chloe and Porter plant some too. They got to dig a little hole, put the seeds in, and water it. They love this kind of stuff, and I think wearing the John Deere boots for this type of work made it even better :)

::runnin' on your butt::

We were back down @ Grandma and Papa-with-the-kitty's house again this last weekend. We went down friday night and came home Saturday. Liam had his 3rd birthday party on Saturday afternoon. It was pretty fun, but me, being smart as I am, forgot to put my memory card in my camera!! So I don't have any pictures from the party. It was a "Cars" party with lots of cute decorations, games and a little "Cars" cake. We went back to Mom and Kevin's house afterwards 'cause they just got a trampoline and some sprinklers for it. The kids had SOOO much fun! Liam & Tristan came over too...they were a little scared at first to play on the tramp or in the water, but warmed up and started playing with the other kids. Papa-with-the-kitty was playing games with them on the tramp-duck, duck, goose and he was "running on his butt" haha.

They played duck, duck, goose, but none of the kids really understood how to play, so when "goose" was called, they all just got up and ran around. It was cute :)

::Papa Guitar's visit::

So my dad has been visiting this weekend from Colorado, and he spent two days here with us. So, to keep him busy, I put him to work!! It's not that bad though...he loves this kind of stuff (at least I hope he does-haha)!! He babysat, spread some grass seed, raked weeds, cleaned out the back of the truck, planted some rose bushes, hung some flower baskets, made a trip to the recycle center, and took us to lunch!!

The rosebushes & baskets...








The kids "helped" too...