Snow Snow and more Snow for Christmas

Noah

Owen

modeling our new ski bibs

Noah- he loved the snow

Work crew clearing the streets

Owen

Wow a white Christmas. Who would have thought??? At our house we had a little over 7 inches. We got the boys finally to where they like it so maybe we can go tubing now. We did get to make some snow cream. My personal favorite. Yesterday was when the fun all went down. We were out there for over an hour sledding and having snow ball fights. It was the best. I love times like these where we all can play and have fun. Noah did whack Owen in the face one good time. Noah would be the snow lover more than Owen. But I am done now with winter and ready for summer. No such luck!!

A Cannon Christmas: Clutter, Chaos and Cheer

Owen and his new cowboy boots that they both wear all the time.

Rock-N-Roll Dudes (camo style)

Getting down to business (Noah)

Slot car race track on the new table.

Christmas Eve.

We had an awesome Christmas again this year. First of all we were all well by Christmas. That was the best gift of all. We blessed this year with love, health, and family time filled with unforgettable memories. We made it until 7:00am to begin the gift opening race. They mainly wanted fire and police stuff htis year. We got too much this year. It is a little hard on the boys. They just get overwhelmed when they get all the new toys at one time. We are all 4 working on that one. We enjoyed the White Christmas and glad we got to see all of our families. They are all so wonderful and we love them all very much. We hope we lead and set a good example for Owen and Noah built on family and love. It was the first Christmas they were truly excited and could go and do and make food and crafts. Loved it. Can't wait for many more.

Christmas at Maw- Maw Cassie's

Owen and his army toy

Their hero Bradley

2 huge gifts with lots of pieces....

Mass chaos.

We had to hurry to Maw-Maw's house on Christmas morning instead of later afternoon due to the snow for our first white Christmas in over 60 years. We made it to and home safely but we were hurried. We still had a great time, cool gifts and great food(my favorite ham and shrimp stuffed potatoes) At least we weren't sick!! Thanks for everything Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw.

Christmas at Maw-Maw Barbara's

A picture I couldn't pass up. 2 crazy kids in the Christmas underwear and Santa hats loving on each other. Priceless!!

Our yearly family portrait at Maw-Maw Barbara's house. 4 cool kids!!!

We had a great time as always. Too much good food!! Thanks for everything (food and gifts)Maw-Maw, Paw-Paw, Amy, Brad, Laura, Brie and Christopher. We had fun!

Still sick

Brotherly love

These 2 crazy kids....

What a rough couple of weeks at the Cannon House. We have been plagued with everything coming and going. In November they both had the croup (round 1), the stomach bug, and Noah had strep and an ear infection (#1 ear infection) . This brings us to December. On Sat we took Owen and he had the croup (round 2) yesterday we took Noah-he had a double ear infection (woke up screaming his ear hurt) and today Owen had to get a breathing treatment at the doctors office and a nebulizer to take home. Plus I have a sinus infection. Lucky us. Poor Owen has a possibility of asthma or a bronchial thing going on. The kid couldn't shake the cough and this morning it was horrible. He coughed non stop from 6:00am-7:15am. I had no clue it would end like this. But we have the best pediatricians office ever!! We love Unifour Peds for all they do. I was on my own for these 2 trips while Scott was working (of course) and I was a quick thinker today and told Owen he was like a fireman or policeman which he loves and he took the nebulizer like a man and we rocked that one and got a treat. Winter is so tough on them. So my Christmas prayer this year especially is for all of us to be healthy!!!

SNOW!!!!

Noah

Owen

Yesterday we got a surprise snow. They said is it Christmas Eve? How funny. So we had to rush out in our ghetto fabulous clothes and play for 10 minutes. It was so cold. It was too cold for them so it was a quick trip. On our to do list is to get some snow gloves and pants so we can really get down to business and play. Noah tried to make a snow angel in the dusting we got. We are ready for a little more so we can go sledding...

Christmas lights and a carriage ride

The family taking our annual carriage ride in Morganton. We try to do this each year. We also go eat and go see all the Christmas lights in Morganton.




Cold chillin waiting on the carriage ride.




Looking at the Christmas lights at J. Iverson Riddle on Friday night in the van. We let them "stay up late". We were out late and came home and played and finally went to bed about 10. All things considered they hung in there.

Loving the carriage ride!! They did great sitting beside each other. Sometimes it can be a bit scary. Someone makes the other mad and war breaks out fast!! But there was peace that night!!

Scott and the boys looking crazy!! We had a wonderful time and look forward each Christmas to this. It is fun making our own family traditions. Now, if we can just get them to wait 12 more days on the presents we will be doing great!!