Peter and Beverly Cannon

I Heard Lord Christopher Monckton

2010-05-16T20:47:00.002-06:00

I had the fascinating privilege of hearing Lord Christopher Monckton speak at Utah Valley University. He is the world's foremost authority and touring speaker debunking the conclusions of the global warming community. He is highly articulate, deeply understanding of complex scientific issues and downright humorous. Bev and I were privileged to also attend a dinner at the Provo City library where he spoke.

Did I tell you I had a talk with Governor Herbert?

2010-05-16T20:29:00.002-06:00

At the end of the 2010 Utah legislative session I asked Governor Herbert's secretary for an appointment to meet with the Governor for 30 minutes with several of my close political associates from the Davis County 9/12 project and Utah Rising. We wanted to encourage him to sign SB 251 Verification of Employment Eligibility which has just passed in the legislature.

We had a pleasant and productive visit with Governor Herbert and he did sign the bill.

Grandpa Goes Punk Rocker

2009-11-30T20:14:00.004-07:00

Halloween found Grandpa celebrating as a different character. Gracie wouldn't even give me a hug. I think Spencer was jealous of my tatts. Candee was afraid a ward member's boyfriend was coming to see the bishop for help or revenge. I think Josh was envious of the earring.

I must admit I have trouble seeing grandpa in that costume.

After a while I got the kids to have their picture taken with me.

Peter I and II Protest in D.C.

2009-10-10T13:35:00.005-06:00

On September 12, 2009 the Washington, D.C. Subway was jammed.

Peter II protested with hundreds of thousands of like-minded citizens.
He found others with his 2nd amendment concern.
Peter I protested on the west lawn of the US Capitol against excessive government spending.
We were about 100 yards from the speakers podium.
Even the statues were covered with protesters.
Pennsylvania Ave. was crowded with a river of protesters for 4 hours all the way to the capitol building.
Peter II joined as they came from near the White House for 4 hours.
Peter I marched with the river of protesters.
Probably 15,000 protesters per hour marched to the Capitol.
We traveled to the protest by D.C. subway. It was incredibly crowded.
Watch this video clip to see what our protest area looked and sounded like.

Laura Graduates and Goes to Seek Her Fortune

2009-08-29T21:05:00.003-06:00

Lots of family gathered for a photo after Laura's graduation.

Seven of Laura's 10 siblings gathered to celebrate her achievement.
Here the happy little family is happy for Laura's persistence.
Here's the happy young family at the airport on August 24, 2009 ready to strike out into the world.

Mom and Dad drop off Peter, Laura and Kaylee at the airport. We didn't even cry, because we know they'll do well in their great life adventure, and we hope to see them again soon.

Siblings United Aug 29, 2009

2009-08-29T20:55:00.003-06:00

Finally, the children of Glen and Joyce Cannon found a time with their spouses to all get together for some fun. We went up to Jen and Ray Paul's cabin at Lava Hot Springs, Idaho for a Friday evening and Saturday get away. We soaked in the the hot springs, ate a great steak dinner, Ate a waffle breakfast, played golf and rode ATVs. There is no group I feel more comfortable with in the world. These are choice people.

Grandma and Grandpa Do Lagoon

2009-06-07T18:07:00.015-06:00

Welcome to the Jumping Dragon! This is where we spent 12 days in May 2009 working at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington. What an awesome Grandma!

The first thing we did in the morning was check the ride, give it a test run without passengers, wipe the seats clean and sweep the walks and entrances of the ride. Here Grandpa checks the checklist.

Of course we had to close and check all the lap bars before we could start the ride. Doing this 80 times a day was a good workout for us. The walking alone totaled about 1 1/2 miles while checking lap bars.

This is where Grandpa stood all day while he operated the Jumping Dragon.

Grandpa stood guard over the dragon while the riders got into their seats. Or was the Dragon guarding Grandpa?

Do you believe Grandma really rode the Jumping Dragon?

This is what the riders saw as they approached the ride. The pagoda was impressive. We were very fortunate to be located in a wonderfully shaded area with gardens surrounding us where the miniature golf used to be.

Grandma at her post while the Jumping Dragon does his thing.

We think the Jumping Dragon liked us. Here he gives us a kiss goodbye.

The artwork surrounding the ride was just astounding. There were two of these bronze Chinese guard dog statues at the entrance to the ride.

This time working at Lagoon has been challenging, but rewarding, fun but a little too much. We are tired and ready to do other things this summer.

Clark and Andrew's Tibble Fork Fishing Adventure

2009-05-24T20:02:00.004-06:00

Cousins Clark Fox and Andrew Tesch were the next to experience an overnight with Grandma and Grandpa Cannon. The photographer failed to keep a proper record of the event, but there is much to tell. We started by eating dinner at Chuck-a-Rama in Draper. After dinner we went to the campground at Willow Park in Lehi. We were surprised to find the large camping area filled with Fathers and Sons campers and no room for us. After much consultation, we decided to camp in the wild national forest near Tibble Fork so we could get on the water early the next morning.

We brought all the necessary camping gear except for any flashlight. Fortunately we got the tent set up just as it got dark. The boys were happy to sleep under the stars, but Grandma thought there would be a little more safety from the bears if they slept in the tent with us.

We woke up a little after 5:00 am and started getting read to go fishing. We knew it was cold when we found frost all over the tent as we took it down. We got to the lake before anyone else around 6:00 am. We got the boat inflated and were on the lake by shortly after 7:00 am. But...we were frozen. Luckily the sun soon came up and we thawed out. We fished for about 5 hours and had great success. Everyone but Grandpa started with worms for bait. But when Grandpa caught three fish in a row on a spinner, everyone changed to using spinners. Grandma caught the biggest fish. Everyone caught several. We counted a total of 20 fish brought into the boat. We only kept the 9 biggest.

We found time on the way home to eat at Chuck-a-Rama again. Clark and Andrew enthusiastically cleaned the whole stringer of fish together at Clark's house. Betsy was such a good sport to let that happen in her kitchen sink.

We have such a good time doing these overnights with the grandkids. They are all gems and we look forward to overnights with every one of them.

Lizzie and Elinor Party at Grandma's House

2009-03-19T13:25:00.004-06:00

Lizzie brought the flute so Grandpa contributed the harmonica and concertina. What a band! Talk about starting off with a bang!

The jam session tired old grandpa right out, so we put Princess Diary in the DVD player, Grandma made up a big batch of popcorn and we just relaxed.

In the morning before our pancake breakfast, the two little pigs held off the big bad wolf with some tough looks.

Then the girls got serious about searching for treasures in the great outdoors

What a haul! Everywhere they looked was another treasure. Grandpa tried to talk Lizzie out of the big rotten piece of landscape timber, but she was sure she needed it in their lumber pile at home. I don't think they realized the layer of ice from the fountain with a stick frozen in it would soon be just a puddle of water.

Lizzie found unlimited rocks to climb, or was she leading the choir?

What beautiful spring flowers we have growing in our yard. We especially love the Elinor and Lizzie flowers!
We love our sleep overs with each of the grandchildren. It is the highlight of our month.

My Brother, Tony, Is Home From Afghanistan

2009-03-05T10:28:00.005-07:00

Early Friday morning, February 27, 2009, my youngest brother, Tony, returned home from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan with his National Guard Military Intelligence Battalion. We were so excited to see him again.

Finally, he came down the red carpet between the two rows of welcoming flag bearers to the arms of his beloved Carolyn and their beautiful daughters.

We were all honored that Uncle John, our WWII and Vietnam era veteran, came out early on a snowy cold morning to welcome home our new hero.

The home ward Scouts flooded Tony and Carolyn's yard with flags to welcome him back to Draper. A beautiful family was reunited.

Tony and Carolyn look good together at home again.

Finally able to relax, Tony and Corinne crash in each others arms while visitors chat around them.

It is great to have another patriot back home safely.

Bethany and Evie Party with Grandparents

2009-02-08T19:34:00.005-07:00

What were Grandpa and Grandma thinking? Well, let me tell you.

1. We love every one of our grandchildren, and wanted a chance play with them without having so many together that we couldn't play much with any of them.

2. We wanted to provide an opportunity for cousins who don't see each other very often, to get better acquainted.

3. We wanted to build close relationship with them which may prove helpful in future teenage or young adult years.

These pictures are not all in order. We made fun pancakes for breakfast on Saturday morning.

After we watched a movie on Friday night, a spontaneous pillow and stuffed animal free-for-all broke out. Maybe that was because we had pumped them full of tootsie rolls.

Things really got silly when the girls discovered how to use grandma's hair clips as nose jewelry.

Evie and Bethany were very helpful in disposing of a large bag of old tootsie rolls left over from last Halloween. Grandpa had to be very strict by not allowing them to eat any tootsie rolls in the morning until we had eaten breakfast.

There was time for playing with petshop toys. We even found time to play a game of Mexican Train Dominos and one game of Candyland.

Before we settled in for movies, Grandma guided a project to make homemade Oreo cookies. It all started with the girls mixing the cookie dough and then rolling it into perfect little balls. Then they baked during the movie.

After breakfast the next morning the girls artistically frosted the chocolate sandwiches.

Then the cookies were packaged for the trip back home.
Grandpa and Grandma were surprised that we accomplished one unexpected purpose with this overnighter: We really had a lot of fun too. Thank you Bethany and Evie for helping us have such a good time!

Noah Gets a Blessing and Vale Puts on a Show

2009-02-04T22:37:00.007-07:00

Jared and Leslie blessed their new son Noah Isaac Behunin this last Sunday. Noah cried for the photo, but was a perfect gentleman for the blessing itself. It is hard to tell from this photo, but he is the spitting image of his Dad, Jared, and his big brother, Vale.

We made a refreshing outing to Alkai beach in the Puget Sound near Seattle on the Saturday before the blessing. We all posed while Jared took the picture.

After romping and playing with Dad on the beach and on the beach walk, Jared and Vale stopped 10 seconds to rest and soak up the view.

Back at home in the backyard on the next Monday, Vale demonstrated how he could do a somersault over the exercise ball.

This fun-loving 3-year old found it too boring to eat his oatmeal at the table with Grandma and Grandpa. So, he took his bowl to the kitchen floor to eat. While eating he wanted to show how he could wink and blink. What a firecracker!

Watch this little video clip Grandpa took of Jared and Vale jumping from post to post on the Alkai beach walk.

Grandma and Grandpa loved every minute of our 5-day visit in Maple Valley, Washington. Little Noah is a handsome little guy. Vale was a laugh a minute. Jared is still running the show for FedEx while excelling at two more college classes. Leslie has great control of the whole family show, even with a new little newborn. We'll miss them until we get back up to Washington, but we are pleased they are doing so well.

Clark and Grandpa Explored the Jordan River

2009-01-10T18:58:00.004-07:00

One day in December, Clark Fox and Grandpa went on a reconnaissance exploration of the Jordan River in Bluffdale. We had to see if it is navigable by rubber boat for a possible future water expedition. In this picture, Clark tests the thickness of the ice on a shallow pond beside the Jordan.

Deep in the woods we discovered a patch of mysterious orange mushrooms.

Of course, Dr. Fox had to collect samples of the extraordinary specimens.

Upon collecting the specimens, he astutely noticed that the stump at the base of which he was collecting his mushrooms had indeed been created by beavers. This called for more investigation and a thorough scientific report.

Dr. Fox immediately pulled out his sketch book to record his findings. He then continued on his search for more evidence of the beavers.

In this photo you see that Dr. Fox was successful in finding and identifying the remnants of the beaver's work. A substantial though probably

unfinished beaver lodge in the middle of the Jordan River. What a fascinating expedition we had.

Now we know to beware of the beaver lodges when we navigate the Jordan River in grandpa's rubber boat.

Thanksgiving in Farmington 2008

2008-12-01T18:21:00.000-07:00

It's primitive but it is a start.

Peter, Laura and Kaylee

They played a tough new game of Munchkin Booty with Ashley, Lennie, Kristie and John.

Ashley, Lennie, Malachi and Grace after a hard afternoon of newspaper shopping, Munchkin playing and running the halls of the church.

Abe, Betsy, Clark, Bethany, Elinor, Faith and Cannon chuck full after a big Thanksgiving day meal followed by lots of playing.

The big Munchkin game in progress

Right after the big dinner, the serious research of the newspapers in preparation for the assault on the stores on Black Friday.

Welcome to our first posting

2008-09-05T17:53:00.000-06:00

We are happy to be entering the new world of Blogging. We came within a stone's throw of Microsoft's offices in Washington and had the urge to create a blog.