http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml Cannon Family Webpage (Phil, Kate, & Madeleine): Blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:39:55 -0500 http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/9d525c40832d3f70c94eac9f52897493_47fd9a1b.writeback Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:39:55 -0500 Hello! Yes, I have neglected the website, and I'm going to do my best not to do that again! Life has been crazy, and now that Madeleine is two, it's amazing how time flies! She is such a great kid, although facinated with water and climbing. Can't decide whether she wants to be a fish or a monkey. Either way, she's stinking cute! And way too smart for us. She's a tricky kid, but that means she's just like her parents! She's awesome. Wish we could share her with you more often! Blessings on you all! Kate http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/bf4b95750a4e6d297d27d56521aaf284_472b92e1.writeback Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:13:08 -0500 Introducing our new basement! I know it was finished a while ago, but we've just now posted pictures. Its amazing! Apparently the church has decided to re-do our laundry room/bathroom/hallway, which is the remainder of the basement. They were going to get started today, but its been raining and snowing off and on. Also new to the picture gallery are photos of Madeleine in the snow for the first time this year and halloween photos. I had to work at the Fitness Club that night so we both had to dress up. I was a bumblebee (you can't see my antenae in the photo, sorry) and Madeleine was my little flower. It was a lot of fun, lots of kids. One of her best friends showed up as a pumpkin so that was fun. Madeleine and I are on our own this weekend as Phil and April, the new youth intern, head up to Golovin, Alaska (North of where we were at camp this summer). They'll be back Sunday or Monday depending on weather. Madeleine and I have lots planned for the weekend, including getting ready for Christmas, which means I'll be cleaning all the stuff piled in the living room (left over from basement remodeling). We are excited in that my parents are coming to visit mid-December, its been a while since we've seen them, well, not too long, but long enough. We sincerely regret that we cannot come down to the lower 48 for the holidays, but between money and schedules, it just won't work out this year. We are hoping to get down to see Phil's family maybe sometime next year, but that all depends on money as well. Especially since Madeleine will no longer be able to fly for free after March 1st. Guess you'll all have to come up here! I was blessed to be able to speak with my sisters in Ethiopia last weekend, its great to hear about their adventures, they're joys and even the struggles. I miss them dearly but know they are in the Lord's capable hands. Well, we are off to work now, so time to go fold bulletins, love you all! Kate (and Madeleine) http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/f6c593408cc965ee888501d6ddf6e81d_46bce5e7.writeback Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:25:43 -0500 Hey, all. This has been an absolutely crazy summer. I can't even begin to describe it. We are both so stressed out this summer, especially Phil. We are in the process of having the basement redone, a wonderful group from Colorado came and got it started, a huge start, and now that they're gone, there's a lot left for Phil to do. He's great, but doesn't know a lot about construction so he's feeling alone. The church is asking a lot of him lately, on top of trying to finish the house, its been a bit much. We really need to get out as a family for a weekend. Maybe we will be able to soon. On the upside, the basement does look fantastic, but has a long way to go, and my dad comes up this weekend. He'll be speaking at Alaska Christian College, so we won't get him the whole time, but we're so grateful for the time we're getting. Keep us in your prayers! PS. Sorry about the lack of pictures, we're having difficulty with the connection between camera and computer. Hopefully we'll get that all worked out soon. Kate http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/7324443a0504fd62b2b03e6df4d2854f_46a4daeb.writeback Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:44:27 -0500 I am so sorry that I've really let the website back up! There is so much that has happened since I logged on last. Its been a crazy busy summer, not that its a good excuse for keeping you out of the loop. I'll try to update you as best I can! First of all, and most importantly, I'd like to thank you for your prayers and support regarding my Uncle Cully and his bout with cancer. Cully passed away on July 12th. He was able to spend his last few weeks at home surrounded by family and friends. He passed peacefully and pain free at his home on the morning of the 12th. This has been a crazy time for us and our family. On the 12th I was enroute to Chicago for a family wedding on my mom's side, when we got word that Cully, my dad's brother, had died. So, that weekend was filled with much joy and much sorrow! We celebrated with my cousin Heather and her daughter Hayley and we welcomed Jason into our family. My dad was able to meet with his sister and mother the day they found out about Cully, and that was a healing time for them. After the wedding, at which all of my family was able to attend(except my wonderful husband who had a youth event with kids from our Anchorage youth group that weekend. Mom, Dad, Sarah, Maren, Madeleine, and I all headed up to the family cabin in Upper Michigan. We were there for about four days and then all but Mom drove back to Chicago. Madeleine, Dad, and I flew back home to Anchorage to attend the memorial service for Cully. We were accompanied by my Grandma Mylander, Aunt Carolyn, and Uncle John & Aunt Cathy. Cully's memorial service was on Saturday, July 21st, a beautiful cloudless day. The service was beautiful was well. It was evident that God was a big part of Cully's life and that he had impacted many with his faith and his positive, accepting, attitude. We will miss him greatly, but we rejoice in the fact that he is waiting for us to join him in heaven! Other things that have happened since I last wrote on the website: 1. Both Phil and I had our birthdays for this year, Phil turning 31, and me 28. 2. In June, Phil was ordained by our church denomination. He is now the REVEREND Philip Paul Cannon II. So cool! We traveled to Portland, Oregon, where the service was being held, and were met there by all of my immediate family (with the exception of Sarah, who could not get off of work). 3. We have been blessed to have Phil's sister Elizabeth staying with us! We were so excited to get here up to be with us and we've had such a wonderful time with her while she's been here. 4. Shortly after Liz got up to Anchorage, she, Phil, and I headed up to Covenant Bible Camp in Unalakleet, AK, a long plane ride NorthWest of here. Phil spent two weeks at the camp, while Liz and I were there for just senior high week. I had the joy of being a counselor to a bunch of great girls, and Liz joined a cabin as a student. The week went great and we had so much fun at the camp, getting to know the people and enjoying the beauty of God's creation. It truly is an amazing place! 5. Currently we are in the process of getting our basement renovated. Hopefully sometime in the next week or two we'll have two bedrooms downstairs and we can move our stuff downstairs as well as give Madeleine her very first bedroom. I have been saving all the Classic Pooh decorations and items from when she was born so that when she got a room, I could decorate it. I can't wait. It will also be nice to have her bed out of the living room, for added space, yes, but it will be easier to stay up at night while she's not sleeping in the living room. Anyway, I think that's my update for now, I know its a lot to take in, but thanks for hanging in there with me! Grace and Peace to you! Kate http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/b6ed55dee067bb9c0a89e231acc1bcfa_465696b3.writeback Fri, 25 May 2007 02:56:35 -0500 Madeleine and I went to the zoo last weekend, it was so much fun, she made all of her animal noises, it was so cute! She meowed at the tigers until I told her what they were (they were far away) and then she roared at them. We had a blast by the black bears because they come about 5 feet away from the trail. The polar bears were fascinating, but never went for a swim so that was disappointing, and the elephant was sick so we didn't get to see that one, but all in all, it was a great day! See pictures! http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/03914f42cf57b73aae53ff7cc7460c3c_46398fbb.writeback Thu, 03 May 2007 02:31:07 -0500 Oh how we love it here! We miss you all terribly, but it is absolutely amazing here. It is so crazy to me how light its getting up here so fast! The sun starts to come up between 4-5am and its still going down between 10-11pm. Crazy! It makes it a little harder to sleep until 8am in the morning because it looks like so much later if you wake up, poor Madeleine doesn't understand time yet, she just knows its light out so its time to get up. We're working on that! Some time this summer we're hopefully getting our basement remodeled so we can move down there. That should help with the light a little. I'm so excited for that too! I think our house is going to get painted this summer as well. That, is super exciting because the paint job on our house is really bad, its just been a LONG time since it was painted last. It will look 100% better when its painted. Any ideas on paint color (mostly for those of you who've been here and have seen the house). But I guess most of you have seen pictures from the website (most recently the pictures with the moose in the yard). I'm really excited about the idea of having a room for Madeleine. Its so cramped up here with all her stuff in one place. When she has a room I'll be able to put her crib and dresser downstairs and then we can put a bookshelf up here with a few toys, some books, our books, and then we'll have so much more room in our living room. For those of you who've been here, we'll then make our room upstairs into a guest bedroom for those who like to stay with us (Liz, that will be you, and Aune, I'm sure you'll be staying in there sometime soon too). In our guest room (it will be so nice to have one of those) we'll have a futon (hopefully, working on that tomorrow, freecycle.org is a wonderful thing), and a desk and a wardrobe. So much fun. I could tell you all my plans for the basement too, but that depends on how much money the church can raise, so for now, I'm trying not to dream too far ahead of myself for the basement. We know there will be one new window and some walls, other than that, not sure. Anyway, just thought we'd give an update. I can't wait for the summer though, I'm itching to get down to that basement. Oh yeah, prayer request, we're trying to find a shed that won't cost us too much money. Believe it or not, but there are NO closets in the entire house. They had to build a place in our bedroom to store clothes. Its crazy! So, we need a place to store stuff that's been in our basement, like snow tires, bikes, gardening stuff, extra furniture, christmas decorations, etc. Ok, I think I'm done, hope you enjoy all the new pictures and videos! Kate http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/6af105f3679c11b377e47c2b40df3f3c_462c06a5.writeback Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:06:45 -0500 Yesterday was so much fun! Of course, other than the fact that Phil is out of town for the weekend! He'll be back today (Sunday) though! Yesterday was fun because it was filled with new things for Madeleine. First of all she said two new things yesterday for the first time!!! She said, "hi." And she said, "night, night." So cute! What a great kid! The other super fun things yesterday were unexpected as well. On our way to the grocery store we stopped because there were pony rides! I decided that she's still to little to actually ride the pony, so we watched, and she neighed. It was great. After watching for a while we went and pet one of the ponies. I wish I had my camera with me, but all I had was my cell phone camera. I'll see if I can get that on my computer, but I doubt it! Later that afternoon I took Madeleine to the pool for the first time. We were there for two hours! She had so much fun. She wasn't afraid (she loves baths, so I didn't think she would be), and she had SO much fun. We went with a friend from work and her daughter, and the four of us had so much fun. Its been a long time since I've been in a pool. I think we're going again this coming weekend. I don't know why it took me this long to get her to a pool! She looked so cute in her little blue swimsuit with cherries (thank you grandpa & grandma mylander)! Today, Sunday, we headed to work for a friend's birthday party. I took some pictures of her and some friends and just where I work so you know! Hope you like the pictures! http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/87bbb781ff313da39e1e07216b00e802_46232b18.writeback Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:51:52 -0500 Today we waited for Phil to get home from Soldatna where he was at a retreat with some high schoolers. It was a long weekend, but Madeleine got to play outside for the firs time this weekend! On Friday I stopped by my cousin's house to visit and she promptly fell in a wet & muddy yard, so we stopped that right away, but today, when Phil got home, we let her wander around the yard for a bit. Wow, could we see the wheels in her head spinning! She was learning and discovering so much. She found dirt, she found rocks, and lo and behold, she found puddles! She knows what puddles are already. There's always a HUGE puddle in front of the house when it rains or thaws, which has been a lot lately. We've been dodging that puddle for a couple weeks. So, when we leave the house, Madeleine says "water." Of course, now that she can say water really well, the puddle's all dry. Oh the irony. Anyway, she saw some puddles in the alley and started to play, you'll have to check out the pictures! It was a fun afternoon. We're glad Dad's home. ps, Elizabeth, we love you, lots! http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/01ec66e7a7e8fa457e7bd0476780eb31_461b26be.writeback Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:55:10 -0500 Sunday was a wonderful day. After the services we came home and just relaxed. I took a long nap, Phil and Madeleine played, then we ate Caribou stew. I've never had it before so I didn't know what to expect, but it was really good. Phil's had it before and he really enjoyed the one he made. He also made frybread, and I'm definitely hooked on that! It was really good. Granted, he burnt the first batch so we only had one piece each, but it was great! Today was Phil's day off so we spent the morning running some errands and then Madeleine and I went to work tonight. I've been at work a lot lately, I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but my boss has been really sick, please pray for her, her name is Kasia. She's supposed to be back next week, but she's been in and out of the hospital the last two weeks. So, I've been filling in where needed. Well, I've got a mostly naked baby wandering around the living room waiting for her bath, so I should get going. Nothing better than breathing in that clean baby smell! So, goodnight and Easter Blessings on all! You are loved, and missed, especially at holidays! Kate http://cannonfamily.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/a8a736c500c4f187ed40821470c4eec7_46189a84.writeback Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:32:20 -0500 Happy Easter to our family and friends! We wish we could spend the holiday with each of you, but we're gonna have a fun Easter with just the three of us. After both services we're headed to our house for Phil's caribou stew. He's been slaving all night getting it ready for the crockpot! There's so much stuff in that pot. I'm excited. He's also planning to make fry bread. He gets it during his trips up north and loves it, so he wanted me to have a taste of the bush for Easter. We're excited to have dinner just as a family. I must admit, I'm apprehensive, only because I'm used to big family get-togethers. I have a hard time convincing myself that even though its just the three of us, its just as special, in fact, even more special. Something I have to learn, something my wonderful husband is teaching me. Anyway, with my family all over the place, mom & dad in Florida visiting my grandparents, sarah & maren in Seattle chillin', and my brother Jarrett tromping all over Europe, its a little wierd to be just at home. Regardless, know that you are loved, missed, and thought of often!