Cannons Celebrate In Style

Thank you, Nana, for the beautiful Christmas clothes. We look great!!!

Julie never ceases to amaze me! She and David were concerned that we don't have a fireplace for Santa to use to deliver presents, so they made their own. David made the bricks by drawing "brick" lines on red construction paper. Julie made the fire by layering papers she cut into "fire" shapes over one another. I still look at our "fireplace" in wonder - Julie is brilliant!

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Video Time!

Merry Christmas, Beloved Family and Friends!

We would like to help you celebrate the holidays with the Book of Mormon nativity. A prophet named Samuel taught the people in America that the Savior would come as a newborn babe in Bethlehem.

May the Lord bless with you peace as you rejoice in His life-giving life.

With Love from the Cannons:

Jesse, Deb, Julie, David, Josh & James

In Loving Memory

I noticed today that Elder Wirthlin passed away. I dearly loved listening to this gentle man teach at General Conference. He told great stories that often made us laugh. Without fail, his conference talk would stick with me long after conference was over. When we were in New York, I remember listening to the April 2005 conference in the mother's room when Josh was no more than a month old - Elder Wirthlin reminded us that we could all be a little more kind. As a mother with a newly born third child, I took this counsel to heart: I had to work extra hard to be kind as my two preschoolers would fight with each other while I was nursing a demanding infant. I am truly grateful for the legacy of love he has left for me and for my family as I try to apply his teachings. (Now I need to go be kind to my sons who are fighting. . . . )