There's No Place Like Home

I landed in SLC yesterday and was thrilled to walk into my parent's perfect house. It smelled good and everything looked fabulous. Every time I go home, the beds look more tantalizing, the food smells better, the decorations are sparkling more and I feel like I never want to leave. I am so lucky to come back to such a wonderful home! My home holds so many important memories to me. I am sure anyone who knows me, realizes that my family is the most important thing and we have created so many great memories. So, it is particularly wonderful that for the first time in several years, my whole family will be around when Sam gets home from his mission this month. I couldn't be more excited.

The picture above is Sam's room as of today. Currently, my mom is having the daisy wallpaper from 1970 stripped from the closet, which is being repainted and redone. What a wonderful mom! A darling missionary only deserves the BEST!

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Do you know what this picture represents?

This picture represents the greatest fictional heroin of all time, Rebecca Bloomwood! She is the ultimate shopaholic and the girl every girl wants to be!!  Well... most of us!  

I love Becky, because she makes me laugh out loud! And I can absolutely relate to her!  As can most girls... and her love interest, Luke Brandon is perfection!  Sophie Kinsella's fabulous books will make you laugh, stay up late and read and actually hope and possibly one day get endless shopping sprees (for you and baby), traveling exotic places (and furnishing your home with foreign treasures from these places) and fabulous, luxurious surprises and excitement everyday for the rest of your life!

I just saw that this movie will be released February 13th, 2009!  And unless Nate surprises me with tickets to London for the premier (I'm assuming it will take place in Becky and Luke's hometown) I will be throwing the ultimate Confessions of a Shopaholic premier PARTY!  And if you live in Cali, ali, ali... you are invited!  This won't be a jeans and t-shirt sort of gig... Fashionistas... start your search!

Three cheers for Isla Fisher for landing the best dang role a gal can get!

  

Bridezilla

This picture just speaks for itself.  I am really sorry... EVERYONE!  I just can't help it.  I'm a total freak.  I feel like I am on crazy pills and this whole wedding thing is really throwing me over the edge.  That's all I have to say.  Please don't take it personally. 

Happy Birthday To Sam

Sam turned 21 today! Hapy Birthday Sammy. We can't wait to see you soon!

Meeting The Man Of Her Dreams

My mom met George W. the other day at an event with Mitt Romney. My dad told him of my mom's adoration. He kissed her on the forehead, she went back to her table, cried and she compared it to meeting Jesus. She really is his biggest fan and has always adored him. It is important to support the President of our Country, even if you don't agree with him.

My mom and dad both said he was eloquent and funny. My mom has said multiple times that one day people will realize all of the good things W has done for the country. Anyway George, The Cannons support you and your decisions! Thanks for keeping us safe!

Gooble Gobble

What's the weirdest, scariest and most fascinating this ever?

Freaks... and this clip! Ooh... it gives me chills. This group of people is my worst nightmare!

Nate is constantly getting mad at me for staring at freaks. There are just so many people I don't understand. I really don't understand how they were raised and why they act the way they do.

There are a couple of freaks at the gym I workout in. There is one girl with big foofy hair that she flattens out. She wears one of two outfits:

normal bra, short, stretched out white tank top and gray pants that say "Wahoo!"
or
normal bra, short, stretched out white tank top and gray pants that say "Virginia!"

Obviously, her clothes don't make her slightly off... maybe it's the fact she wears creepy makeup and never smiles... or maybe it's because of the way she folds her little newspaper and sits on the treadmill for 2 hours EVERY night, no incline, at an incredibly slow pace... UH, it just bothers me!

And don't even get me started on the people who talk to themselves (out-loud, in public.)

I guess we're all sort of freaks in our own way.
And for the most part, they're really entertaining.

Memorial Weekend on the Cape

We were VERY lucky to be able to spend Memorial Weekend on Cape Cod. We had such a great time there. On Sunday, we biked around Martha's Vineyard and enjoyed yummy food at Black Dog. It was perfect weather and it was a great group! Chet came in for the weekend and we laughed a lot while he was around.

So... now I know where another holiday will be spent:

New Years... just a nice dinner and dancing anywhere
Valentines... somewhere in Europe
Memorial Day... Cape Cod
4th of July.... Utah
My Birthday... Disneyland (at least this year!)
Halloween... Beacon Hill
Thanksgiving... New York
Christmas... in England, at the cottage in The Holiday or at the elementary school in Love Actually, with the Prime Minister