Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

Well, Let me tell you, we're busy! Ever since school has started, there hasn't been a lot of free time. But I must admit, I do like it that way. I am more productive when I have too many things to do than when I have nothing to do, but plenty I SHOULD be doing. Oh one of the great paradoxes of life. :) So going along with this busyness, I have slacked on the blog. Funny thing is, I thought if I blogged only once a week rather than write in my journal everyday, that I would have more time to keep record of my life. So far, I haven't done so great, but there are many personal things I would like to improve upon and this is one of them. 

So, now I would like to just to say, I am loving this semester! No matter how busy it is. As a student, a Direct Care Associate, Director of the Service-Learning Scholars, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Wife, a Homemaker, life is never dull, and there is hardly ever any down time, but it also couldn't be better. I am proud of all the roles I am playing right now, and I only hope to improve on them each day. I am so lucky to have a husband who supports me in all these roles and is patient with me when I tend to get overwhelmed. 

We have been married over a year now! I can't even believe it! In a lot of ways, this year went by so fast, but as I look at our marriage, it feels so natural, like we've been married forever! In a good way. I don't know where I'd be without Steve's support and love. He is always thinking of me and of ways to make me happy, and I couldn't be any happier! He planned a great trip for our anniversary to go down to Vegas and it was a blast! It was so nice just to get away and be with him and grow closer together.

Before heading to Vegas we stopped by the Manti Temple. It was my first live session! So beautiful!

Road Trip! We have the greatest time in the car jamming out to tunes and just conversing about life. :) My Best Friend

HEHE wouldn't he make a great egyptian? ;)

We went through pretty much every hotel on the strip, and they had some pretty awesome modern art!

The Beautiful Luxor hotel! It's a pyramid. Literally

So that's what they call it these days...

We went to see Cirque de Solei Criss Angel! Steve loves Illusions so I thought he would enjoy it. It was a lot of fun! :)

I tugged and pulled and finally got Steve to go on the Famous New York New York rollercoaster with me. He was SO scared ;)

Pyramid-shaped Luxor again. We were really impressed.

Of course the Luxor was Egyptian themed :)

Can't miss the Bellagio Fountains! They are amazing! Steve loved every minute It was the highlight of the trip for him.

Coca-Cola Store! You could get 16 different flavors of coke products from around the world!

We couldn't even finish them all! Some were amazingly good! Some were amazingly gross! LOL

M&M Store. SO cool :)

Paris?

Nope Just Las Vegas :)

At the Flamingo hotel there were the biggest fish we have ever seen! This picture doesn't even do it justice.

The Venetian! Looks like a little Villa but it's inside the hotel! So pretty

Steve loved the Fountains so much we had to see them twice :P

Caesar's Palace

 It was such a great trip! And so memorable! The best part was just getting to spend alone time, without homework, without work, without distractions, with my best friend.

Our actual anniversary landed on a school night, but that didn't stop Steve from wanting to make it special. We went and saw Les Miserables at the Ellen Eccles theatre in Logan. It was the first time I have ever seen the play and it was absolutely beautiful! I cried almost the whole way through. I cannot wait for the movie to come out! It is truly an inspired play.

 One of the many reasons I have the best husband in the world. Every month of our marriage for this first year he gave me roses on out "monthly" anniversaries. First month of our marriage I received one single rose on October 10, second month I received 2 roses and on down until the year mark where I received a dozen! It was so romantic in a simple way. I loved it! And I love him. :)

 I know this blog has been very long and many of you, if you even opted to read it, are thinking, wow is she done yet? But I just have so much love and appreciation for my husband! I can't believe we have already been married for a year and I anticipate the many beautiful years to come. I know it won't always be easy, this first year already testified of that, but it will ALWAYS be worth it. 
Working at a treatment center I have the opportunity to meet several different people around the U.S and even as far as Canada. Many of them have different faiths and values, and especially think Utah is so unique and, to put it bluntly as they call it, weird. One thing that has always stayed constant and surprised everyone I have met the most is how we view marriage and family. "You guys marry so young!" "You don't even have your life figured out yet!" And I often pondered on why we were encouraged to marry young. After a discussion with one of our good friends Amanda Noyes, I realized why. I realize that us not having everything and life figured out yet is what makes marriage so much more beautiful at this age. We are still malleable, changeable, adaptable, being molded. And as we find someone that we CHOOSE to spend the rest of our life with, we are more easily able to mold and change together. The Lord commanded us to be one, so as we form our lives together, this is more easily obtained than if we were done growing, done changing, we had our life figured out, and tried to put an equally independent person's life together with our own. Marriage is still not perfect at a young age we still have our own individual challenges, but we are adaptable and mold each other as well as ourselves to be one with God. I am grateful to have married Steve when I did, and I know I am still adapting and changing, and I couldn't be more happy to be able to change with Steve, grow with him, mold my life with his, and ultimately become one with him and God.

The Weber

The Weber
Everybody has a happy place. That place that you think of when you were in 7th grade health class and they had you do meditation. For some it is the sunny beaches of the Bahamas, and for others the life filled streets of NYC. Others imagine reeling in the 45 lb King Salmon in Alaska or exploring the Amazon. I have done all of these, and yes they all have their individual pleasures none of them compare to the peaceful consistent beauty of the Family Cabin on the Weber River.

The Cannons have been going up to this area for over 100 years. From the early days as the summer grazing fields of my great grandpa John M Cannon’s livestock to today little has changed in this valley.

As a kid we would spend almost two weeks of our summers up at the Weber Cabin with my aunts and uncles and cousins. Those were some very happy times.....Listening to Uncle Paul sing, Uncle Dee's Blueberry Pancakes, playing Rook with Grandpa, hiking with Uncle Joel, talking for hours with Aunt Doralee, Grandma's fudge, listening to Uncle Kim tell stories, looking at Aunt Colleen's fabulous photography, walks with Uncle Val and even the occasional quick visit of Uncle Mike......these were the best of times. As the family grew bigger and bigger the three bedroom one bathroom cabin groaned under the sheer number of people that we tried to cram into it. The decision was made to move to the next generation, so instead of me going up as a nephew and a cousin, I am now the uncle and brother. I am not going to lie I miss seeing my cousins and aunts and uncles. The cabin is not so much the pine wood panels or the non OSHEA approved windows that fall down into the walls that make it the cabin, it is the people and the knowledge that you are stuck with these people in a tiny remote cabin with only one toilet that make the cabin the cabin.

Ok now that we have all that sentimental crap behind us let’s see some pictures of this year’s cabin trip.

Let’s start with some of Cass’s flower shots.

We hiked up to the Medow one of my favorite hikes

We Made it!

The kids made it so we rewarded them with candy.....maybe a little to much for Spencer (far left)

Yay! My Brother Neil made it too!

Looking down the Cliffs

Great View

No trip to the Cabin is complete without a campfire dinner.

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More Hiking

Anybody recognize this tree? It is in a movie

Guess who the favorite Aunt is.....Cassie!

Throwing rocks NEVER gets old.

An action shot of the work project. New stone path leading to the cabin

Cass getting a drink out of the spring, so cold and so clean it is totally worth the hike.

Well I started out this post talking about how I missed having the older generation up at the cabin and I want to end this post by saying how glad I am that along with the shift in generations I have picked up another title, not just uncle or brother but husband. This is Cassandra’s second year up at the cabin but first as a fully fledged Cannon. There is nothing like sharing your favorite place in the whole world with your favorite person in the whole world. This picture sums up our time at the cabin perfectly, thumbs up and relaxing TOGETHER.

If Life Was Boring

If Life was boring, I would be blogging! But alas, it is fun and the weather is warm and the sun is shining! So I am outside instead of inside blogging! Or at work....either way, that is my excuse for taking almost three months to update my blog! :) Summer has been wonderful! But first let's start updating a little before school got out!
 

 Happy Cinco De Mayo!! Yes we did paint mustaches on ourselves, yes it was my idea, and yes we did go out in public like that!! But first, we watched a documentary on the cartel...it was the only mexican-ish thing we could find on Netflix! :)

 Then, you guessed it!! We went to Cafe Rio! We went there so as not to offend anyone who was actually from Mexico....besides, the way people celebrate Cinco De Mayo, it's more of an American Holiday anyway!

 MMM good food!!! :)

 We also washed our car! Look at that sexy man! His stache actually looks real and even matches the thickness of his eyebrows :) Also, we only listened to spanish music in the car. Of course!!

Last but not least, we did something completely American so as not to forget our true nationality! ;) We went to see Sherlock Holmes 2 which was amazing!! And got a large popcorn and a large drink!! Nothing is more American than that! :) It was a fun day!


Another fun thing we have done this summer is go to the Willow Park Zoo! Sure, there's not a lot to see, but it's only $2 and I still think they have some pretty fun animals to see for that good price! Also it gave Steve and I a nice cheap date! :)

Happy 4th of July! I have to say I am so grateful to be a part of this country. To be free to choose what we will learn, what we will say, how we will practice our religion, who we will marry, and the list goes on, is so important to me! I know a majority of the world is not able to enjoy the freedoms we do in this land of Liberty. I know I am so blessed to be free and live the American dream. I especially understand this since my dad is originally from Colombia and they do not have the same freedoms we enjoy. my dad grew up very poor and unable to find job opportunities. My sweet grandmother sacrificed so much for her family and strived to do what she knew was right even though her country frowned upon it. My dad did everything he could to come here to America and fight for freedom. He found the American dream and wanted more than anything to share it with his family. So he brought everyone over from Colombia to experience these freedoms. And of course because he came over and met my mom, I am here. :)

I was so silly and forgot to take pictures yesterday! But I had such an amazing 4th of July!

First, we got up early and went down to Raging Waters AKA Seven Peaks Salt Lake as it is now called since they bought it out, thanks to neither of us working and to our POAP (Pass of all Passes)! :) It was such a blast! And we were originally going with one of Steve's co-workers Marlo and his wife Kimmie and their two beautiful children London and Burke! They are the cutest kids I know! (Aside from my nieces and nephews and cousins of course) It was fun to see them! But they were with their kids a lot. But my brother Seth and little sisters Nayley, and Marianna decided to come with us. It was a lot of fun with them too! They loved the slides and it was good to spend time with them. Then later my mom came! It was such a good surprise since I don't see her very often and she had a lot of fun with us! All in all, great day and great tan! (and burn for Steve ;))

Next, we went to the Pincock's house because it was my sister-in-law Penny's birthday! (Yes on the 4th of July!) It was fun to spend time with the nieces and nephews there because they are pretty dang cute! And we ate some delicious French dip sandwiches and ate some great cake in the shape of a castle!

Finally, the best part of the day!! We went back to Brigham and watched the Fireworks with a bunch of Steve's friends. I love fireworks! Always have and always will. They are beautiful and I really do love the big booming in your chest as they burst and the colors are magnificent! Best 4th of July yet! :)

So far it has been an amazing summer! It is hard sometimes with Steve working 60 hours a week!! And I only work at most 36...3 to 4 shifts a week. So the other days I am home alone. But I keep myself busy! I am so grateful for a wonderful husband who wants to provide for me and so works SO hard so we are not in the poor house. He is such a diligent and hard worker and a wonderful husband. And when he is home, he is home and we get to do some fun things together! Life is good, I can't complain. :)