The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Spirit I love this!!! Merry Christmas Everyone

Spreading Christmas Cheer

I know i blogged this a few years ago, but I decided to spread the warmth again. ♥Gracie~

Yay...we get to go!!!

Thanks to all my family (Sandy, Wendy, Holly, Garry, Ellen, and Erin) for helping us get tickets to see Natalie Cole sing with the Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert!!!!! They all applied to get tickets and my mother-in-law was the lucky one who was picked...Thanks Sandy!!!! I'm trying to take more advantage of the local events going on in SLC and this is perfect.....we are so excited !!

My next quest is for tickets to "Savior of the World" at the conference center. My neighbor (who I actually grew up with and is a Cannon relative somehow or another) helped to write this several years ago and this year she is the director and several of her family members are in it so I really want to take the girls to see it....Sandy, do you want to try calling for me? you seem to be the one with the luck!!!

Oops!

I messed up on the link below, its www.dailycoyote.net, so go to this link instead

The Daily Coyote

Hey everyone! I just read and AMAZING book called 'The Daily Coyote' by Shreve Stockton
Everyone should read it! Also, go to www.thedailycoyote.net
Hannah

Hey Everyone!

So you all know that we are coming down in February (YAY!!!!) Gram, and aunt Wendy (Cathi and Meagan too, if you want) We are definatly going on a HUGE Last Chance Shopping spree!!!!!!
See you in 3 1/2 months!!! (YAY!!!!!)

Arizona!!!!

I'M SO EXCITED!! WE'RE COMING DOWN AGAIN IN FEBUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was I THINKING????????

Its official.....I've complete lost what was left of my mind!!! I thought it would be a great project to refinish this fun vintage 1950's table and chairs that my neighbor was going to give to good will. It has been sitting on my patio for about a year now and I kept thinking "it will be great to work on in the fall, when the weather isn't too hot" I had already taken one of the chairs to be professionally stripped and it was a little pricey (or so I thought) and I said to myself "oh I can do that...how hard can it be?" I finally got around to working on it and this is the result so far........I am bound and determined to strip at least ONE of the chairs myself...before I cave in and take it all to the guy who did the first chair.....I may just rent a sand blaster or powder blaster and see if that does the trick. So if anyone out there has any great advise on stripping at least 10 layers of paint, I'm wide open to suggestions.

Fall is in the Air.....

Tim called us the other evening when he was on his way home and told us to go look outside and we'd see a rainbow. Gracie and I went out and it took a minute but we found it. At first it was pretty faint and then as we stood there watching it became more vivid and then we noticed it was a double rainbow. The storm clouds were moving in around the tops of the mountains but to the west the sun was shinning and really lighting up the fall leaves and giving us the rainbow....it was really beautiful. As much as I'm NOT looking forward to winter, I love fall and all the color..especially after a little rain. Thanks for call us Tim...it made my day better.

I Miss Summer!

Hey everyone! We all know that the school year has started, but here are some fun memories to look at! Sorry, some of these are my friends. You don't know them.

I'm Staring a Business!

Hey everyone, it's Hannah! I'm starting a Business called EcoTreats. It's an animal treat/toy company. I just decided that 50% of the profits is going to help the ASPCA. it's for all animals, so tell all your friends. Check out the ASPCA website at www.myaspca.org!

Fishing in Yellowstone

Hi Guys,

Last weekend I went fishing in yellowstone with two friends. The fishing was wonderfull! We caught over 100 fish each the first day. We traveled all over the park and saw lots of wildlife. The last day, we were fishing the Yellowstone river and when my friend sat down to eat lunch a black bear decided to join him. I was about 20 yards away when I heard him yelling. Luckily for us, the bear wasn't interested in eating us. He just rambled over to say hi then followed us for the afternoon watching us fish and giving pointers now and then.

Tim

I miss you Mom

We're BAAAAACCCCKKKK

So, its been a CRAZY CRAZY 2 months??? 3 months??? I don't know, its been nuts. So we have a few things to catch up on ...
Our neice/cousin Lucy was married in April!! it was such a beautiful wedding. My sister-in-law Wendy knows how to do it up right!!!

Gracie got her braces off !!! yeah!!!!! She's always had a beautiful smile but now its even more beautiful.


The girls both entered works of art in their school art contest and each of them won a ribbon. Hannah took a 1st place for photography and Gracie took a 2nd place for a black and white Open (what ever the heck that means..she took 2nd place). Hannah's is the Butterfly and wild flowers and Gracie's is the Koala Bear. Way to go girls!! (The Koala wasn't the one that won an award--The award-winning one was a scratchboard of a beetle)
They displayed Many of the art show entries at the Outdoor classroom on the School Campus.

Hannah was in the school play "Mulan" in March...it was a very colorful and fun play. She had a great time.

We dog sat Erin's dog when she and Mike went to Florida and Scout showed her how cool it was to stand on the compost bin and spy on the neighbors...what a couple of dorks!!

Hannah finished the soccer season...once AGAIN she fractured her arm just before the last game of the season. She almost made it through the entire season without a cast on her arm...

We finally had a REAL spring here. It seems like the last few years we've just gone from winter to summer and no spring weather in between. Here are my peonies and my mothers iris plants...several years ago my mom and I drove up to a small town where I'd read about them having a bare root sale of their day lilies. My mom picked out this one little tuber of iris and planted it in her front yard. Then they ended up moving about a year later and she dug it up and took it to the new house. It only got one little bloom on it for the next couple of years and then she had her stroke and we had to move them to an assisted living facility, so once again I dug it up and planted it in my backyard and once again it only got one or two blooms. I moved it to my front yard and it has taken off and was really beautiful this year.
My mom has had a really hard time the last 2 months. She broke her hip and ended up in the respritory ICU for nearly 2 weeks and was on a ventilator and then had a tacheostomy and was on a feeding tube...she's finally in a rehab nursing home and hopefully will be able to get back to where she was... She's obviously a tough cookie.

The Last Day of School!

Hey everyone! Yesterday was the last day of school! me and a bunch of my friends went swimming in my friends pool, then we came to my house and burned all of our school papers and roasted marshmellows over them!
Hannah

A Fresh New Post, And A Curse

Hey everyone! I decided since we haven't posted anything since April thirteenth, i'd just let everyone know that I broke my arm again. I was rollerblading and fell on my left arm. For those of you who don't know about my curse, I break my left arm every spring soccer season. It's happened for the last three years. This time, my cast is blue.
HaNnAh BaNaNa!

Gracie's Great Adventure

So, today my dad took me down to the DMV so I could take the test to get my Learner's permit (to drive). I have been studying for a few weeks and I was hoping that I had everything down. Got there, stressed out, took the test..... and PASSED! With flying Colors, (84%) I passed the test to get my Learners! Yay, I'm legal!. So, later in the afternoon, my dad took me ( in his monster truck) to the cemetary around the corner so I could practice more. I've only driven, like, twice before this, mind you. After a few minutes of driving, I arrive at the gate where we came in, right on 3300 south, which is a semi-busy street. I get there, my dad has me stop the car, and then is like, "okay, now pull out into the road" and I'm just thinking, WHAT??? Finally I just did it and I drove home without hitting any other cars, bicyclists, or pedestrians. I need to work on my turning, though. So, today's life lesson: Driving is STRESSFUL when you are first learning.
~Gracie



*EDIT* Oh, and Hannah came up with a saying for me. If you've seen the movie 'Princess Bride' you'll get it. If not, watch the movie. It is one of the best movies ever made! Here it is:

My Name is Gracie Langley. I got my permit. Prepare to die.

Gracie's 15......WHAT????????

I can't belive it,but Gracie is fifteen years old....time goes by waaaayyyy tooooooo faaassstttt! She is a joy to have in our family and we love her sooo much. She is our computer genius,pianist extrodinaire, and she has a great sense of humor. We love you Gracie and don't know what we would do without you!!!!xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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New Spec's

Gracie FINALLY got her new glasses...we think they are pretty cute/cool.

Scout goes to the park

Our dog Scout is the most enthusiastic creature I've ever known. Everything in Scout's life is FUN and if he can't find fun, he makes his own fun...which sometimes gets him into trouble. This morning Tim took Scout and Zoe to the park to run and play. So enjoy what my neighbors hear when Scout goes to the park. The video is not the greatest but the audio is, so turn up the volume (just a little) and share in Scout's joyous celebration of "I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park, I get to go to the park!!!!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ERIN

Today is Erin's birthday and we feel OLD :( . Its amazing how fast time goes by and how quickly they grow up!! We love you and miss you Erin and hope you are having a great birthday!! We're glad you are part of our family and hope to see you soon.

Love,
Dad, Julie, Gracie and Hannah

Blogging Slump

Wow...I haven't blogged forever!! I do, however, keep looking at all the friends and family blogs to see what's going on...so I decided to get with and add a post. The sad thing is, I don't really have anything going on to blog about :( I am glad that January is over and done with!! It's always waaaayyyy toooo long. Work has been insanely busy. The girls are back in school and moaning every day about it. The both did great on there report cards which is cool (math is still the only holdout for and "A" for both of them) They are good students and good kids. Maybe one day they will understand all the nagging about good study habits,good grades etc.,they got from their parents. We can only hope! I've taken them up skiing a couple of times since Christmas. One of the resorts does "ski free after 3" everyday. So on their early out day, we head up there and they can ski free for about 2 hours. Its a nice escape from the city, even if its only a couple of hours.
Hannah is in the school play...they are doing "Mulan" and she is having a great time being part of it. One day, she'll be the STAR!!
Gracie started back at piano after a month off. She is learning some new pieces and she asked me to get her the music from "Pride and Predjudice" and she is working on that ...its really beautiful music.
Lots of happy birthdays in January and February..so to Joseph,Mike, Emily, Ellen, Wendy, Erin and George..Happy Birthday.
For any of you readers out there I picked up a "readers choice" book at our local library called 'Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen" by Susan Gregg Gilmore. It was a fun and easy read. Its set in the Ringgold, Georgia in the 1970's. To all my Southern in-laws, I think you'd really like it..its along the line of "Cold Sassy Tree" and "Fried Green Tomatoes".
So, not too exciting of a blog...hopefully the slump is over and I'll be better about it!!!

Good Times (*sigh*)

Arizona Summer

Hey guys, it's Hannah. Good news. I'M MOST LIKELY COMING DOWN FOR THE SUMMER!!! Woo Hoo!! Be prepared, it's gonna be fun with me there!!! love you guys so much!!! can't wait to see you in aproximitly 5 1/2 months!!!!
HaNnAh BaNaNa

Long time,No Blog

With all the holiday stuff going on I haven't blogged forever...so here is a little catch-up. We had an amazing Christmas in Arizona with family. The girls cried half the way home and Hannah still wanders around saying "I wanna move to Arizona". It was so much fun to have everyone all together for Christmas and Casey and Natalie's wedding..So now its back to school and work and regular life, oh boy!!. Thanks to Mike, Kelly and Emily for allowing us (and our dogs) to stay with them and invade their Christmas. You guys are the greatest!! Wendy and Dave everything turned out great. You are the most amazing parents I know...one down 3 to go!! Gram, thanks for the fun family pizza party and the sleep over..the girls can't waint to come again. To Cathi, Joseph and Meagan, belated birthday wishes to Meagan and Joseph, your cards are in the mail today. Thanks for always making it fun for Gracie and Hannah, they love to hang out with you guys. Cathi, thanks for laughing at the same things I do!! Holly you play sooo beautifully, I wish we could see and hear you perform more. Lucy you are the photogenic beauty of the family. Blake have you worn out the key pads on your phone yet? We miss you all and hope we can all be together soon!!!