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Papa turned 83 last week!

We celebrated in fashion with a steak and shrimp dinner

and one of Nana's delicious caramel cakes.

I am so thankful that my kids can know their great-grandparents!

We love you Nana and Papa!

Mothers Day Weekend

Here is a collage of pictures from Mothers Day Weekend. Robert and Tiffany decided to surpise mom and come to the lake for the weekend. Dad and I knew and I could not wait to see my brother and Tiff. When we got there- I could not believe it when I saw another car with a

Kentucky license plate..... Yep- Elizabeth and Mike drove down for the weekend also!! It was so much fun getting to all hang out together and the time flew by! wish we all lived closer so we could see ya'll more!!

2009 Lake House Family Picture

Tallon giving Dad a thumbs up for skiing on one ski!

I love this little boy sooo much!

Happy Mother's Day Mimi!

They guys playing football

Aunt Tiffany playing with Tallon

Liz and Mike

Dad and Liz

chilling on the boat

my sweet boy- I can not believe he is almost 4!!

Seriously, Tal thinks if he is on the boat, he is supposed to be helping drive the boat!

Tal and Pop

Playing the famous card game "Cheng Hi"

The girls picture....

what is everyone looking at.....

including Papa

2 crazy geese totally going at it in front of the house....evidently they are very territorial and 1 of the male geese got near the other female and that totally ticked the other male off and he went after him!! i was afraid there was going to be a death, but thankfully they finally settled it and went on in 2 different directions....

The guy picture ( minus Tal who was refusing to be in any pictures at the moment)

Don't they all look so happy to be related and together at the lake?

Sweet baby girl LOVES her toes!

Nana and Papa

Tess loved all the attention Aunt Liz gave her

Aunt Liz skiing

Uncle Rob with Mr Joe Cool!

Look closely....... crazy men

Yes, they did it- switched ski ropes..... several times.....

We wish we all lived closer bc the guys really do have fun hanging out together-

Mike is really good at staying on the float no matter how crazy the boat driver gets trying to throw Mike off the float

Mimi and Tal

Enjoy it now.... because once you have kids..... there is no such thing as "resting"!

I think someone was exhausted.....

Pop put together a great game of "shoot the cans"

Click on the following picture- gotta love Aunt Tiff's face!!

No family weekend is complete without Papa's famous fish!! YUMMY

Tallon loves to help mimi cook- this morning they were making cinnamon rolls and someone was being goofy in front of the camera!

Papa fishing

Uncle Rob and Aunt Tiff

Reeves has finally mastered skiing on only one ski!! You have come along way baby!

Little Lake boy!

4 month portraits

Pictures taken the day we dedicated Tess! Mom made her dress and bonnet- I LOVED them!

Love Reeves expression in this picture and soo thankful to have a photographer in the family, although Reeves is not too fond of how Collin positions him for portraits sometimes=)
Here are a sample of the portraits from Tess' 4 month session! I can not begin to make up my mind- I LOVE them All!!

Our little stinker!!

6 months

Tessa Nell Cannon

June 3, 2009

6 months old

weight: 16. 5 lbs

Happy, Content, not a fan of baby food unless it is applesauce,

pretty good sleeper ( only up around 5 ish for early morning feeding),

Loves to laugh at her big brother,

SITTING UP on her own,

not a fan of the church nursery ( mom usually gets beeped out before the 2nd song)

adorable, CUTE, rolling all the place,

likes to play "shy" when someone speaks to her- she will put her face against my chest and slowly turn her head and smile at them!

We can not believe you are 6 months old baby girl!

Big brother with his siste

Ready for bed...

Look who is sitting up

Big brother LOVES his sister

Tallon being silly

We love you Tess!

Cousin Fun

We were going to just get a "girls cousin picture",

but Tallon insisted he be in the picture with his sister!

sitting up and oh so pretty!

I think we are going to have to lower the crib mattress soon....

Thank you Lord for these 2 children and the Joy of being a mom to them!

CUTIE PIE

Collin and Aron are getting ready for another Limited Edition Series- "Girly Girls"- I was so excited when Aron said they would take some of Miss Tess- I had figured she was too little.....

Is she not absolutely precious.... I love her in purple! and

I love her sweet little face and bright eyes- taking it all in!

All Things Boy

Riding his bike, loads of imaginative play, sticks, balls, and lots of running.... Tallon has had a great month enjoying the spring weather we have had.

He and Daddy working on his racecar for the Awana Grand Prix!

Tallon especially loved mixing the paints.....
I think they used EVERY paint color I have ever bought!
very determined....

what a beautiful car.... unfortunately Daddy and tal are going to have to brush up on their skills for making the car go fast ( it came in dead last in every single round of races--- but thankfully Tallon did not realize it- he just LOVED watching his car go down the track!)
Tallon helped wrap Pop's birthday gift... he included one of his crocs in the gift bag as a joke ( this was TOTALLY Planned by him... I kept taking the shoe out of the bag.. he kept telling me "No mommy, it is for Pop and than he would just GRIN!)

Tallon loves to ride his bike~

Wearing his new sunglasses ( courtesy of the Awana store)

Pretending to fill his lawn mower up with gas!

no stick goes untouched in our yard...

Wonder what he is contemplating doing now....

Taking a break to have his picture taken with Tess!!

He often asks me to "take our picture Mommy!"

Silly Boy- WE LOVE YOU TAL!

All Things Girl

Dresses, Bows, Shoes, Hats..... Fun times in the life of our sweet 4 month old!

'check out Tess's CUTE shoes..... her Aunt Liz made them! They are sooo adorable and fit great!!

Take a wild guess who Tess is soo adoringly watching.....the hand in the picture sort of gives it away.... she loves her brother!

comparison

Many people say they think Tallon and Tess "look alike"- I could not disagree more. I think they both distinctly have their own characteristics..... take a look

Tallon- newborn

Tess- newborn

Tallon- 2 weeks old
Tess- 2 weeks old
Tess
Tess- 3 weeks old

Tallon- 7 weeks old

Tallon- 4 months old

Tess- 4 months old

now that I am looking at the pics- maybe I do see some similarity in their faces but I still think they def do not look identical at all! but I do know FOR SURE that they came from the same 2 people=) What a blessing God has bestowed upon us- the privelage of raising these 2 precious cuties!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend! how Thankful I am that my God is ALIVE. He is not dead, the stone was rolled away and he is Alive. I bought Tallon a sticker ( 200 plus sticker) book telling the story of Jesus' death and resurrection and we enjoyed putting the different stickers of Mary, Judas, the priest, soldiers and the cross and stone on the pages and reading the story together. I am amazed at how much a 3 yr old can comprehend. I pray that he will soon realize the depth of Christ's love for him and the sacrifice Jesus paid on the cross for his sin so that He too can have eternal life.

Tallon spent all day Friday with Mimi and Pop while I cleaned our home and carried Tess to Dr. Ben for her 4 month check-up. He had a blast- The dyed Easter Eggs, made Easter sugar cookies ( surprise, surprise- Tallon LOVES the sugar cookie dough..... just like his mommy!!) and enjoyed a beautiful warm spring day playing outside! Thanks for keeping Tallon so I could have a clean home ( for a few hrs anyways!)
Tallon rigged up the jeep to pull his friends- Elmo and a few other stuffed animals around the yard. Mom and Dad said he kept trying to put Elmo in the drivers seat and see if he could make Elmo push the gas so that he ( Tallon) could ride behind the jeep- Silly Boy!


Saturday- we had a Easter Egg Hunt at our Church. Over 2000 eggs were stuffed with stickers, toys and candy and hidden across the lawn. The kids enjoyed making a fun craft ( the made an Easter Lily with their handprint) and a beautiful narration of the Easter story and Gospel message was shared by Tallon's Favorite Sunday School Teachers- Mr John and Mrs. Colleen. I don't have any pictures but am hoping that once Aunt Aron posts hers- I will "steal" a few for my blog=) Sat afternoon my parents came over and helped Reeves paint my living/dining room and our kitchen- can I tell you how AWESOME those rooms look now- I LOVE the colors and am so pleased with how they turned out!

Sunday- we actually made it to the Easter Sunrise Service- I remember always going to this with my family growing up and although our kids are young- it is something I want to do with them. I so want them to realize what Easter is really about and want that to be our main focus. The Easter Bunny did not make an appearance at our house this year ( Tal had already been to 3 Easter egg hunts so we decided he had plenty of candy already!) We had a delicious lunch at Linda and Fred's home and enjoyed hanging out with Reeves' family and our close friends- the Elders that afternoon.


We attempted to get a family picture at church- it was actually quite comical looking over the pictures- as soon as Tess is looking at camera- Tal isn't... oh well..... There is ALWAYS Uncle Collin right down the road ( and for that I am extremely grateful- I think one day soon when I have everyone dressed up I will just head on down to his place)
Mimi made Tess's dress and bonnet- the dress had her monogram- I just LOVED it!

We attempted to get a few pictures before Church Sunday morning.... Tallon was not into having his picture taken with mommy and Tess at all......
Mommy even agreed the ballon could be in the picture but he still refused to look at camera and smile.....
so I told Reeves to just take some and than said here- let's get one of you and Tess together and what does my son do- he says " I want a picture with Daddy and Tess" and nicely stands near daddy and smiles!

I LOVE YOU Tallon- even if you did not want to be in a picture with your mother!!