The Cannon Family

R.I.P. my little hairy sister

2009-08-21T23:48:00.000-07:00

Dear Bailers...
You were the cutest dog ever. I love you and will miss you sitting on moms lap while she went to the bathroom. Or sitting on her head when she was laying on the couch. I dont care what Jamie or Jake thinks you were a great dog. I remember when you were a little puppy and you'd hide under my bed and bite my feet. I loved that you would bite Jamies nose cause it was HILARIOUS. And i will miss when you'd get so excited when someone came home you'd run around the house and your feet would slip all over the wood. I also will miss when you barked whenever someone would yell "COME IN". I wont miss your really stinky farts and your bad breath, though. Keep little Dagger company and we will see you in the after life. xoxoxoxoxoxox.

Love,
Jessica

WoW i LoVe CrAigsList

2009-07-15T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hi. A couple months ago i wrote this guy on Craigslist who was looking for a hairstylist here in town. I didnt know what i was really getting myself into (as usual) but apparently this guy has a business making haircutting DVDs and they were looking for a new Stylist to put up on the site. (ME) So they sent me all the info on how they wanted me to cut the hair and sent 4 models to the Salon. Might i add that the descriptions of the hair cuts were AWFUL and everyone in the salon was giving me nasty looks the whole time i was doing this! Anywho... I got to shave one of the girls heads, which was interesting. haha.. and the rest basically got this hair cut. :( Every time a new model would come in i'd put my arm around them and ask nicely.. "ok do you know what you're getting yourself into today?" and the reply was "no". None of them really cared about their hair except this poor girl. Her mom sat in the corner and cried as i cut off all her hair. But we bleached it out and made it all funky so she'd feel a little better. I wonder how she's doing with it now?!? Eric got to work with me on this one as well as the Cameraman. We havent seen the actual DVD but we stole these pics off the website. In the description below they put i was a "NEW STYLIST"..i hope they mean new to their website. At least they said i was Cute! :) Anyway i thought id share that with you. Pretty Funny Stuff i must say! P.S. her hair is in little pony tails at first because she wanted to donate them to Locks Of Love. ENJOY!

Hair And Makeup By. Jessica Cannon

2009-07-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

If you look closely you can see Erics head in the background!

Can you see that cute Hand Bag?!?! Super Cute!
Im sorry but i did great!
Behind the scenes, Yo!
Changing film.
Touching up the Make Up.
Only a camera and a little light.
This was the room @ the Flamingo....and my wierd looking butt.
Love this Picture!
Hi. So...i replied to this post on Craigslist.com for a hair/makeup artist. I ended up getting called back by this Photographer James Van Alden (JamesVanAldenPhotography.com) and he says he needs a hair/makeup artist for a shoot he's doing for a friend of his, Lesa Wallace (LesaWallaceHandbags.com) who designs amazing handbags. So long story short i met with him and showed him some of the hair and makeup i've done and Friday we shot Lesa and her Handbags in a suite at the Flamingo. It was amazing. I had lots of fun. The best part was that Lesa wanted to shoot a "behind the scenes" and so we called Eric and he got to come shoot with us. Super Fun!! When i see the final pics i'll post them up on here!!

Jessica

2009-07-08T23:14:00.001-07:00

is all talk and wont punch anyone.

This is What we've Done so Far this Summer.....

2009-06-20T20:45:00.001-07:00

Is this Strange To anyone Else!??!?

2009-04-10T10:13:00.001-07:00

SLASH
DAGGER

Sorry to post two days in a row BUT this morning i was going through my Photobooth pictures and was looking at a picture of Slash i took yesterday while he was cutely laying across my shoulder.

So anyways while i was looking at that picture, i then came across one from months ago where Dagger is laying on my shoulder...SAME shoulder....SAME spot on the couch....DOING the same thing. Is this creepy or what? I swear Slash, sometimes, is Dagger reincarnated.

Was This an April Fools Joke?!

2009-04-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

So i meant to post this amazing moment in my life, last week ,but i didnt get around to it till today. And I had to draw a lovely picture so that you'd understand exactly what it looked like. SO heres what happened...

Its April Fools 2009...i've been working all morning and i'm starving!!!! My friend Julia had come in to get her hair done but i told her i was so hungry so she had to come get a smoothie with me before we started her hair. We hopped in my car and were driving down Town Center. We reached the light at D.I. and as we're talking i look over and see a Creeper (man) in the left turn lane looking over at us. Of course i'm thinking "oh gross, get a life & stop looking at us creepy man!". The light turns green and from D.I. all the way to Charleston i realize this man has been following us. So he made an effort to get out of the left turn lane at D.I. and follow us. Whenever i'd speed up, he'd speed up, when i'd slow down,...well he'd slow down!!! I was starting to get really mad! I dont like Creepy Men! So as i turn onto Charleston and proceed into the left far lane he pulls up right next to us...and as i look over to give him a horrible nasty look...i see it...

YES, The creepy man was pukering his lips and had his leg kicked up on the dash so we could see his fishnet stockings and black pumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Julia and I saw it at the same time and couldnt help but to start screaming!!!!! What in the World?!? Who does that?!? Julias theory was that he was going to abduct us and before he gruesomely killed us, he was going to paint our toenails.

Was someone playing a joke on me? Cause if you were, you've tramatized me for life! I thought these things only happen in movies!

Taking it E.Z. (An Eric C Weekly Section)

2009-03-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

So, being that right now i am sitting in a chapel, getting everything ready for a week-long tour shooting Gladys Knight and the Saints Unified Voices choir, i figured it would only be appropriate to talk about my career and where i am headed these days with it.
As you probably already know, i have been on my own trying to get things going for my own 'company' Illmatic Productions (which is just a fancy freelance title so far). The difficult part of finding work and getting started in this industry(video/film) is finding the demographic or niche that you want to hit. My dream, that i always expressed, was to make snowboard/skateboard videos. NOW, my mind has changed, although i am not at all opposed to shooting skate and snowboard stuff. In school they glamorize and make everything seem that FEATURE FILMS are what everyone is going to be making, but it's damn obvious that 90% of the people in film classes will probably not have anything to do with the industry upon completion of their degrees. The reality of film school is very grim. You're being taught film basics from instructors that have not made it in the industry themselves, therefore can't tell you what they KNOW in getting your career going. I was lucky enough to work with a production company for over a year shooting/editing/directing a monthly 30 minute program that was only shown on local access television, but taught me many valuable lessons that i needed to realize how to plan and carry out deadlines for things. The show wasn't good, but definately gave me a good foundation of things that i needed to have under my belt to work in this career.
I have a new dream in film/video... I would love to spend my life making documentaries. Right now i am in the beginning process of planning my first doc, and to make it happen, im going to have to score some funds(like a grant). If i can manage this, then ill be on the road to work full time on this documentary. The thing i love about documentary is the realities of life that they portray and the things about life that i can learn and experience in the process of shooting and editing. They still contain the basic storytelling characteristics of a feature film, but have more of a challenge to form out of real footage from someone's life. To pay the bills, i am taking on other video, such as corporate and even WEDDINGS(something i never thought i could do). I have to say i am very lucky that i have a rad wife that will support me in this whole difficult venture, but she has a good attitude which is definately helpful. Anyways, that's all i got for now.

Taking it E.Z. (An Eric C Weekly Section)

2009-03-08T01:32:00.000-08:00

So i figured i would start trying to throw down a weekly blog section with me just rambling some thoughts and goals and things, so that people could realize what life affords me these days.
1 week ago i had my 3rd Muay Thai fight (being my 6th legit fight of my 'career'). I decided to fight 1 month before the fight and i hadn't trained for a month and a half prior to taking the fight. The gym i fight out of is Master Toddy's, but i do have some friends i enjoy training with from the Warrior Training Center, which is kind of like our sister gym. Well this fight in particular was to be against a guy from Warrior, which kind of sucks, because sparring with those guys is one thing i like to do pre-fight. The next thing was this guy has more experience then me AND is a fellow southpaw(left-handed stance). I felt good about taking it, because from what i knew he is a really nice guy and sportsman, so i trained. When the fight arrived, i wasn't as conditioned as i have been in the past, which usually is one of my strong points, but getting laid off really has messed with my normal routine in things(mentally and physically). Anyways, my technique has gotten better over time and i went into this fight thinking about trying to work technically and try kicks and things that don't favor my trademark 'boxing and brawling' method, but could be beneficial to my progress as a fighter. So i went in and fought... This guy hit HARD and was a good fighter. Needless to say, we pounded on each other for almost 3 full rounds, back and forth. His conditioning was better than mine and being hit that hard enough times takes more wind out of you than normal. With about 10 seconds left he hit me with a hard knee to the body with the ref separating us when he came back in my guard wsn't quite up and he hit me with a hard straight left, bouncing me off balance off the ropes and buckling me to a knee and the ref called it with SECONDS left in the fight. I won't say premature stoppage because im not a ref, and i know i got hit hard. So i took a TKO loss. My point is not to relate the fight to everyone, but to let everyone hear out my thoughts on the aftermath, SO HERE IT IS.
Never in my fight career have i learned soo much from a fight. I was able to do things more technically than i ever had before in a fight. I had ONLY a tiny bit of nervousness right before, but was thinking clearly the entire fight. I had conversatons with my corners and stayed calm throughout the whole thing. Every new technique i had practiced was the basis for how i fought. I scrapped my old methods and did the new things my instructors told me. The only thing i didn't do were the things that i was too tired to do the last minute(due to conditioning). I have never been more proud of myself. Now if i can step up my conditioning and mix my old style with my new found technique, i know i have some good fights ahead of me.
Why i do Muay Thai(Thai Kickboxing) now and not MMA(cage fighting/ufc style) are 2 important reasons to me. When i moved back to Las Vegas to marry my wife i tried a few different training facilities and they all had similar vibes to them. Everyone's goal was to be a proclaimed "hard-ass". This can be a difficult thing, when you are a team and are there to make each other better. I experienced my first INJURY from someone i was training with, because he cranked an armbar SOO hard on me that it tore my pectoral muscle. If you want to know the lesson i learned that day, it sure as hell wasn't that he was really good... It was that people lack control and are stupid. I've never been a big trash talker with fighting sports, IT'S A SPORT!, not a rule-bound, legal version of Gangland®. So the MMA community got to me, and i was on a search to find something more my style. My borther and I checked out Master Toddy's Muay Thai and decided it was the spot. Muay Thai is an asian cultured martial art, with Thai instructor that emphasize respect and control. Master Toddy hasn't trained over 30 world champions for nothing. I now train as much as i can and have 2 specific goals in mind. 1) I want to win a belt(of any kind) and 2) I want to fight a full rules fight in Thailand. I dont plan on making a career of fighting, and i dont have anything to prove to anyone. I dont hate the world and i dont take ultimate pleasure in beating people up. For me the sport is a physical chess match and a good way to stay more relaxed in normal life situations and physically fit. Too many people talk trash about the way people perform in the ring, my only thought is if you're not going in the ring yourself, keep your damn mouth shut, cuz it takes quite a person just getting to the point where you're ABOUT to even get in and fight. As far as anyone who has a "LOSERS SUCK" attitude, i have no use for them. We all lose in life, it's what we take from our losses that matters. Anyways, i've rambled enough for now. I'll change the subject next week.

--Eric C

THE LOST BRIDE by: Jessica Cannon

2009-02-21T23:46:00.000-08:00

Oh, The Golden Gate bridge!

2009-01-02T11:04:00.000-08:00

Eatin at Mels Diner!

This day was self explanatory. Woke up, Ate Breakfast, went and saw the Golden Gate Bridge, walked 50 bajillion miles and flew home! WE LOVED SAN FRANCISCO!

Fishermans Warf and Alcatraz

2009-01-02T09:28:00.000-08:00

Me getting ready for the day...duh!
Waiting for the Cable Car
oh dear....
Eric insisted on going to the Cable Car Museum...
It was so interesting........................................................
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Well at least Eric enjoyed it.
Look how excited he is about the Cable Car parts.
I liked this picture of back in the day.
Waiting for another cable car.
This should be a Bobizzo.com ad
We made in to Fisher Mans Warf..finally!
It was pretty awesome.

We really liked the Sea Lions and hope to have one of our own some day!

On our way to Alcatraz.

This was the Morgue.

Famous Prisoners..

San Francisco at night.
"I wanna go to Prison!" -Eric Cannon

The Day After Christmas!!

2008-12-27T08:18:00.001-08:00

Ok so another day of SUNSHINE!
We took the bus toward The Exploratorium and stopped to hike up Lombard St.

We saw this house on the way that we wanna buy.....one day when we're rich.

this was our view ontop of Lombard St. I love it.
I found this bum on the street and i thought he was really sexy. So i picked him up and we went to Ghirardelli Square.
see.

This is for my Michele Bogren....Ghirardelli Hot Chocolate.
on the way to the bus i saw this window and wanted to do a quick photo shoot of eric.....
but while take his picture we almost missed the bus.. Look at Eric Run!

We made it to the exploratorium with time to explore before our reservations at The Tactile Dome.

The Tactile Dome was SOOOOOOOOOO much fun!!
Turn up my headphones... for real.

I found Eric carved on the street.

This lady cracked me up. She has huge headphones on and shes trying to dance. The video doesn't really do the experience justice.

After some bus transferring, we finally reached our nighttime destination(since we hadnt had a legit meal all day) CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN! Not only is the food there absolutely delicious, but that's where Eric and I went on our first date. Anyways, we ate well and then went back to the hotel to relax and pass out.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-26T10:50:00.000-08:00

On Christmas morning we went to Mels Diner.
I liked it.
and i like Erics face here.
Then we tried to find the Cable Cars but instead found some very interesting people.
And this cool wall.
And this "dead" homeless man.
and The Best Nuts in town.
We finally caught the bus after hours of walking around San Fran.
and i found my underwear in China Town.
and a really sexy man.
i caught you old man!!!!
We walked around China Town for awhile..
it was like being in China. ?
Eric took this picture that i really really like.
We took the Cable Cars back to the hotel.

and ate Thai Food for lunch! :)

Later we went and had dinner at Chevy's and saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and i really loved it. The End.

Christmas Eve in San Francisco

2008-12-24T23:15:00.001-08:00

Yes, Eric has come Out Of The Closet.
I really like this picture!
We ate breakfast at some random restaurant...It wasnt very good! :( but oh well. We were STARVING!
Then we bought a 7 day cable car/bus pass and decided to go explore.
The man on the Cable Car made us do this. But i like it.
We made our way to Union Square.
It was really fun.
We shopped and explored.

Then we hung up our Christmas lights in our hotel room, thanks to jilly (my mom), and cuddled and watched t.v.

WE enjoyed our CHRISTMAS EVE!

Oh Slash.....

2008-12-19T12:20:00.000-08:00

This morning i was cuddled up next to the tree on Facebook (of course) and little SLashy-Poo was running wild as usual. I heard him under the tree shaking things around and thought nothing of it UNTIL i looked over and saw his furry little head sticking out of the branches. I was freaking out. It was hilarious. I called for Eric and he came running in and we sat and giggled for a while about how CRAZY our cat is. He's a cute little ornament isnt he?

To: My Hair SkOol Friends! Merry Christmas!

2008-12-14T21:05:00.000-08:00

click on me:
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/HaYOvljXdbi9t4GQb866

2008-12-04T14:03:00.000-08:00

50 WoNDeRFuL things about my WiFee

I thought i'd respond to Jessica's post with one of my own geared to her.

1. She's tall and lanky
2. She's sensitive
3. She is always thinking about something nice she can do for someone
4. She loves the gospel
5. She is cute
6. She loves to eat
7. She's supportive of me always
8. She isn't anal about things
9. She plays xbox with me
10. She BEATS me at Call Of Duty on xbox
11. She tries really hard when preparing lessons for primary
12. She lies and says she's offended sometimes when she thinks something is funny
13. She likes to cuddle in bed, but also wants some space while actually sleeping.
14. She has a ridiculous metabolism.
15. She's a good painter.
16. She loves to take pictures.
17. She gets mad at me when i try to teach her photography.
18. When i force her to do things when she's feeling lazy, she has fun.
19. She sticks up for me NO matter what!
20.She puts up with alot of my crap!
21. She lets me hit E drinks, just cuz i want to.
22. She cleans the house and does the laundry and stuff.
23. She can appreciate a good fart.
24. She likes to try and eat healthy, but know when to say screw it and binge from time to time.
25. She tries to find production flaws in films.
26. She can talk good trash.
27. She refuses to step on the scale at times.
28. She has a wicked sense of style.
29. She doesn't mind that im a way better dancer than her.
30. One word, tektonic!
31. She stays on the toilet for long periods of time on the laptop.
32. She sleeps with the banket.
33. She plays with our baby and gets scratched up.
34. She dangles her hand over my face while im asleep to try and get the cat to attack her hand and land on my face.
35. I can count on the house smelling good.
36. She understands my need for equipment.
37. She has built her running endurance up to a solid, what is it, 20 minutes straight now.
38. She tries to cut my hair too short.
39. She works 2 jobs when i am trying to make my dreams come true.
40. She encourages me to proceed with my gnarly ideas.
41. She loves bottled water.
42. She wanted to drop into the mini on a razor scooter.
43. She does pilates with a cat attacking her.
44. She loves to leave town and wants to travel.
45. She is afraid of cockroaches has lived in vegas and hawaii(where they are EVERYWHERE)
46. She hits that queso.
47. She's soo beautiful.
48. She's impatient with learning(i feel that)
49. She smells good.
50. She's fragile and let's me take care of her.

I love her.

50 WonDerFul things about my HusBand

2008-12-02T19:39:00.000-08:00

While pulling into my apartments tonight i saw a cute OLD OLD couple getting out of their car. I assume they were married..either way, they were cute and old and both had walkers to get around. It broke my little heart and immediatly i thought "i hope me and eric can get old and cripple together." So then i decided i wanted to dedicate a blog to him. These are the many reasons WHY he makes my life so great!!!

1. He's sexy!
2. He's Funny!
3. He's very smart!
4. He's sensitive!
5. He's Crazy!
6. He's outgoing!
7. People LOVE him!
8. He likes animals and babies!
9. He lets me do cool things with his hair!
10 He's ambitious!
11. He acts like a little boy!
12. He likes watching Paris Hilton's my new BFF and Scream Queens with me.
13. He likes getting pedicures!
14. He's a good teacher!
15. He's very creative!
16. He likes decorating for Holidays!
17. He buys me really good presents!
18. He likes going on Vacation!
19. He sticks up for me NO matter what!
20. He puts up with alot of my crap!
21. He comforts me when i'm sad!
22. He'll do anything to try and make me happy!
23. He cleans the house when i'm at work.
24. He lets me buy clothes!
25. He likes to cook!
26. He makes up really funny Songs!
27. He had a really cute laugh!
28. He's unpredictable!
29. He dresses cute.
30. He loves his family and my family!
31. I come first!
32. He still sleeps with his baby blanket!
33. He likes to dance and sing!
34. He plays the guitar!
35. He makes me feel safe!
36. He punches me in the face when i ask him to! hahaha.
37. He thinks i'm funny.. and i like that.
38. He Loves chips and salsa!
39. He puts Murrays in his hair! (if you know what that is you put in your hair too)
40. He does the laundry with his xbox headset on!
41. He trys to pop my zits. And that means alot to me that he's worried about my complexion too.:(
42. He pushes me to do my best.
43. He doesnt care what people think!
44. He does pilates when he goes out of town!
45. He calls me a lot during the day to make sure i'm ok!
46. He loves to swim and tan with me in the summer!
47. He can Skateboard, Snowboard, and Wakeboard!
48. He loves the gospel as much as me and teaches me alot about the church! Plus, he went on a mission!
49. He makes me feel good about myself!
50. And I LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE'S MY HERO!

The 50 Things we're Thankful For (not in order)

2008-11-27T12:22:00.001-08:00

1. OUR WeIRDo Families!
2. Our WeirDo BesteSt FRiendS
3. Our Talents
4. Bathrooms and going #2
5. Tampons
6. HVX Cameras
7. Christmas Trees
8. The mini aka Smalls
9. Paris Hiltons My new Bff
10. Luk Chang
11. Floss
12. XBox
13. Zelda
14. Cool Guy at the Club dance
15. weird people
16. being poor
17. neighbors who care about our cat
18. Dagger
19. Slash
20. Photos
21. Plastic Surgery
22. Target
23. Baby wipes
24. Crying
25. Banana Cream Pie
26. Hair Spray
27. Our Jobs
28. Pocket Knives
29. The Rain
30. Text Messaging
31. Fabric Boots
32. Glade plug ins
33. Craigslist.com
34. Facebook
35. Erics Confederate Flag speedo
36. The Banket.
37. The USA but not for Terroists.
38. the Clark mouth twitch
39. Family fights
40. energy drinks
41. Hawaii
42. Good Movies
43. Naps... oh naps.. how i love you
44. Chocolate
45. Our Religion
46. Our Primary kids
47. Laughter
48. Tacos el Yaqi
49. Chips and Salsa
50. My Apartment

InTroDuciNg...

2008-11-21T10:12:00.000-08:00

SLASH!

Oh HoW i MisS YoU

2008-11-15T23:11:00.000-08:00

Dear Dagnar,
I love you SO much. I miss you with all my heart and soul. I miss the way you'd greet me when i'd come home from work. I miss you crawling into the fridge every time i opened it. I miss feeding you pepperonis and fruit loops. I miss you attacking me whenever i sat on the couch. I miss when you jumped on me with both arms and legs wrapped around my head and knocked my glasses off. I miss watching you eat crickets. I miss you pooping in the litter boxes when i was trying to clean it out. I miss you attacking my feet from underneath the bed. I miss you following me around EVERYWHERE. I miss you sitting by the toilet whenever i went to the bathroom. I miss you waiting by the bedroom door in the morning for me to open it. I miss you sleeping on my face in the middle of the night. I miss you biting through erics xbox headset and cell phone charger. I miss you running on the side of the couch like you were in the matrix. I miss the way you smell. And miss you climbing up on my chest when i was on the computer or watching tv and rubbing your head against my neck. And i miss you biting my neck to let me know how much you loved me. I miss you jumping on my back and hanging there...even though it really hurt. I miss you chasing lily around the house. I miss you dragging trash into the house. I miss you attacking me while i did pilates. I miss the way you'd play with our shoes and stick your head inside them. I miss wiping your little butt. I miss picking the sleepies out of your eyes. I miss when you'd slap bailey in the face. I miss when youd follow us out to the car and hop in and come with us while we ran errands. I miss when we accidently locked you and the keys in the car. I miss sharing Eric's energy drinks with him. I miss when your teeth would get caught on your collar. I miss when you'd sleep in the laundry. i miss when you'd hang on walls and trees. I miss you sitting on the porch in the sun for hours. I miss you SOOOO much it HURTS. Me and Eric love you baby!! You were the bestest baby in the whole world! xoxoxoxoooxoox. Thanks for making us so happy.

Love,
Your Mommy and Daddy

MiNi RaMp (project smalls)

2008-11-10T11:56:00.000-08:00

All Right! Eric and his friends decided they wanted to build a mini ramp so they have started and almost finished it in just 2 weeks. They've put tons of time into it & I'm very very impressed! Its not finished yet..probably one more day of work and it will be done, but its getting there. Then after they've applied the masonite, Josh, our amazing artist-adopted-son, is going to paint the whole thing. Its gonna be awesome. I'm thinkin about dropping in on my razor scooter! :) We'll see. I dont want to embarrass the boys by being so awesomely good on my razor. Anyways...Me, josh, and Michele spent hours being supportive of our friends/husbands by sitting in the living room and watching tv...for hours...and hours....and hours.The End.

HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY to ME AND ERIC!!!

2008-10-28T11:05:00.000-07:00

I love you, Eric! You're the bestest friend/husband anyone could ever ask for! You're perfect in every way. Thank you for making me laugh ALWAYS.. and Thank you for putting up with me through all my stomach aches and weird emotional attacks! :) Youre the handsomest man in the world! XOxoxoxoXOxoxoOXOx

TWINKLE IS HERE

2008-10-23T10:23:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Eric and I spent the day with jamie and jake at the hospital until jamie had her wonderful little baby! Let me tell you, having a baby does not look fun but its so amazing im gonna do it anyway! I'm SO EXCITED to have a new neice! Eric also captured the whole day on his awesome new camera.. if you want to see child birth in HD, you've come to the right place! :)

THE WORST WEEKEND EVER!!!

2008-10-23T09:50:00.001-07:00

So....this past weekend was the worst ever! Let me count the ways:

1. Eric left town on Thursday night and didn't get home till Monday! i hate it when he's gone!

2. The night he left i spent the whole night and the next day having diarrhea and vomiting my brains out. (Food Poisoning from In N' Out) Ive never had food poisoning before and i only wish it upon those who deserve it!

3. I had to get up the next day after feeling like i'm going to die and do hair and i almost passed out/threw up on my clients head and had to have Julia finish it for me..

4. I was PMSing BAD!

5. After spending 2 days away from home i came home to no baby kitten!! I couldnt find him anywhere. My stomach hurt from being sick and it hurt worse from worrying about my baby. He never came home that night! i thought he was dead or someone stole him. I was hysterical...literally. I've never cried so hard.

Of course i called Eric while he was on his work trip and told him our baby was gone and we were never going to see him again ..so he made flyers on his break and emailed them to me and told me to print them out and put them all over our complex. So i started at the mail room and guess what? Some one had posted a note saying they had found our kitten.

From then on my weekend got a little bit better!

I know it doesnt sound that bad but it was seriously the most emotional, stressful, nauseating weekend i've ever had and i hope it never happens again!

This is Dagger after i found him on Sunday. I wouldnt leave his side, so i took him to my parents house for dinner!

And this of course was the Lost Kitten sign. I'm so glad he's home!!!! and THANKS jamie and jake and lily for buying him a tag. Now he'll never be lost again!

First Session

2008-10-05T13:49:00.001-07:00

Casey Treese and I made a plan to go out and skate, which we hadn't done proper-like in years, and wanted an opportunity to play with my new camera. This is just a fun vid... Too bad i didnt get a shot of the security guard booting us mid-session.
After this, we decided it's time to start skating again.

Camera Test - Little Skate Sesh from Eric Cannon on Vimeo.

Why do i Love this devil so much?

2008-10-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

These are just a couple of pictures i took of our baby yesterday. It was making me laugh so hard. He honestly is a nut case. I guess he fits into the family well! :)

Do i look legit or What?!

2008-09-17T09:01:00.001-07:00

ok..but honestly...who isn't trying to act like they're a photographer??

OUR NEW BABY!!

2008-09-02T22:43:00.000-07:00

We have a new edition to our family. His name is Dagger! (like a dagger you stab someone with!) :) He is 9 weeks old and we found him off of Craigslist. WE LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM! he is really funny, playful, and cuddly. He was meant for our little family.

oh and also...

2008-08-29T09:13:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to show off my cousins AWESOME pink hair that i did!!!!

And let you know how OBSESSED i am with this child! The End.

I miss my friends!

2008-08-29T08:52:00.000-07:00

These Girls are my Besties. I love them so much! We all live in different places and are somewhat different in things we like and such, but we will always Love each other no matter where we are and what we're doing!

A MAGIC WEEKEND!

2008-07-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

HEY HEY! Time to Update our blog!! Last weekend Eric and I went to Six Flags Magic Mountain with some of our good friends. We had planned to go on this trip awhile ago, but then we decided not to go, AND then last minute Eric decides he wants to go again. So early, early saturday morning...around 5am we (keifer, megan, josh, lindsay, eric and i) pile in to Big Ron C's truck and make our way to California. Were were all so tired when we got to Six Flags but Luckily theres this thing called caffeine..it helps keep you awake when your tired! :) Eric loves Caffeine! OH I FORGOT TO TELL YOU.. Eric has never been to Six Flags and this was his first time ever. It was so exciting.

The Park was really crowded, however, we were able to ride a good amount of rides. We only waited 2 hours in ONE line. The rest of them were only about 30 min - 1 hour. :) The day was sunny and hot but it was so much fun. At the end of the day we went to Chili's and indulged. By that time it was 10pm and we were all SOOOOOOOOOOO tired we wanted to die. We had planned to camp out at the beach or maybe even in a canyon but after driving another hour after eating we were all were getting so grumpy. We passed a hotel on our way and i just couldnt hold it in. I BEGGED to stay at the hotel and we did. It was great. It was the last available room and it just happened to be a suite. It was really skanky. There was a hot tub not only in the bathroom but in the middle of the room. Keifer and Eric of course decided it would be a great idea to bathe together. Unfortunatley i dont have those pictures! :( Dont worry though, they had their swim suits on.

In the morning and after a FABULOUS sleep...we headed to the beach. It was a good day. The weather was nice but a little over cast. I saw like 5 dolphins and a sea lion. Thats more than i've ever saw when i lived in Hawaii or when we went to Costa Rica. Um...it really bugs me that California's ocean water is SO cold. I didnt even go in.. I just cared about my tan. Everyone else went in, though. (cuz they're weird). Then we headed home. It was A grand time. ENJOY OUR PICTURES!

Costa Rica - Day 5

2008-06-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

ok day 5 was again a mellow day. In the morning we woke up and laid around until 1. Then we headed over to a new beach called Playa Grande where the surfers like to go. WE LOVE THIS BEACH. My pictures of it arent that great but it really is cool. The waves were going crazy, i dont know how anyone could surf in them..but it was fun to play in. We just got our tan on and body boarded and read our books. Just our everyday activities. Then we went out to eat at one of our favorite places-Maries. Clark and Kathleen and Eric went out fishing outside of our condo. Kathweiner got some really awesome pictures. Anyways thats all. Adios.

Erica is really good at surfing..look at that wave!
Costa Rica at Sunset
Husband and Wife
Playa Grande
mmmhm.

Clark fishing
Eric and the Wein kayaking.
nice pic huh?
Beautiful Sunset outside our place.
The backyard/pool/ beach

This was taken right before me and weiner were swept away, literally, by a wave
hahah..im retarded
Playing in the waves!
Clark about to get a wave!

There is my handsome husband having fun. ...whoops just kidding thats Cade.

Costa Rica - Day 4

2008-06-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

DAY 4! Quite fun. We all woke up at the crack of dawn (4:30), got dressed and headed out the door and on the road by 5am. We were all very tired and groggy. The drive was 2 and half hours long, and so we were able to see alot of Costa Rica. It was a super nice day. Really really sunny. Too bad we werent going to the beach,though..nope..we were headed to the zip lines!!!!!! Im not going to lie..the drive wasnt half bad but the other half was. We ended up driving for an hour on the bumpiest road in all the world, i kid you not. I don't get motion sickness at all, but i really thought i was going to vomit everywhere. We were all getting kinda pissed. Now looking back on it, it makes me laugh and makes the even more memorable. We also hit a really huge speed bump on the way, that got all of us in the back air born and slammed little michele into the roof of the car. HAHAHAHAHA. She was in the very back asleep when it happened and we were all pretty sure it knocked her out. FINALLY we arrived out our destination. We got all strapped up in our gear, played with the peoples dog (who's eyes are like erics), and headed up the mountain. We followed the guides behind in our car, then stopped half way and hopped into the back of a truck with everyone else. That was a bumpy ride too. The zip lines were so fun! Eric and I got to go together once and we went really fast. At the end of the zip lines we hiked down to a water fall and swam in it. The water was reallybrown ,but we were so sweaty it felt great to jump in. After that we finished one more line and rode back to our car and went home. I guess i don't make it sound as fun as it really was. The drive back home sucked just as much as the way there. When we got back to our place we all passed out for a couple hours, then went and ate and passed out for the night. We were beat. It was a perfect day.. and we got to eat at Burger King for lunch, which made it so much better. Anyways the concludes day 4!

i look hot in my helmet, i know!
i look hot with sweaty bangs, i know!
walking back from the waterfall!
The first zip line of the day!

aww!
People playing in the waterfall.
Eric and I in the water..
Kathleen and Michele getting strapped up.

the Cute puppy with Erics eyeballs!
Michele and Kathleen!
The Cannons!
Our crew!

My Boyfriend sending me off on my first zip line ride EVER!

Costa Rica - Day 3

2008-06-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

Alrighty! Its day 3. The morning was beautiful. Me and Eric started play fighting and i hit him many times too hard so he punched me in the arm really hard back and i fell to the ground and started to cry. But after that i found this really awesome wet suit thingy and put it on. I look really hot in the pictures. Anyway after the whole exciting morning we headed to Sugar Beach to boogie board. Its located right outside a tiny hotel but it was really rocky and the boys didn't like it. We stayed for about an hour and a half and left. I tried to get some cool pictures of the boys boarding with Clarks water proof camera case but they're only alright. After the rain started we left and went back to our place and laid out by the pool, while Eric and Cade went out on the kayak again. Very mellow day. We took naps and lounged around for a while and then went out to eat at Outback Jacks. It was actually really good and really cute! I liked it alot. Its supposed to have a Australian Outback feel to it. its awesome. We were visited by another big dog while eating. Its crazy how much of a wonderland this place is for Cats and Dogs. Almost every night at dinner we are greated by some kind of animal. They just waltz right into the restaurants and no one cares. Its kinda funny...yet kinda gross. Anyway that was day 4. Peace out.

Front shot of the wet suit
Back side of the wet suit
The Cannons.

Cute girls.

This was the sunset for the day.

Eric Body boarding.
SHA BRA!!!!!!!!!!!
hahaha. Me under water!
Some Costa Rican land.

Kathleen and I hanging out.

Eating out!
He's Really Selxy!
Me and The Wein trying to figure out what to eat.OutBack Jacks!

GET IT. GET IT. GET IT.

Costa Rica- Day 2

2008-06-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK so yesterday was a really mellow day. In the morning everyone but ME went on a walk up and down the beach..i just sat on the beach and read. I'm not a walker. When they got back we swam for a little bit..but the weather was getting really really cloudy so we headed inside. Then Cade and Eric decided to take the kayak out and explore. I sat on the balcony and updated our blog spot while everyone else just kinda lounged around, read their books, and ate. After about an hour of cade and eric being gone it started to down pour. HARD! It was pretty awesome but eric and cade werent back yet. Finally eric and cade found their way back and they loved that it started to rain on their voyage. Later we headed down town a ways to the super market. (A bigger super market). We just bought a lot of snack food to make us fat during the day. After that we came back and were lazy again for hours and then the boys decided they wanted to boogie board before it got dark so i decided to go with them. It was fun..kinda cold..and still very cloudy. It rained off and on all day. When we got back and showered the lights went out EVERYWHERE! we decided that would be the best time for us to go out to eat. Unfortunatly the restaurant also lost power but that didnt stop us. WE WERE HUNGRY. The food was the best we've had so far..and it was kinda fun eating in the dark. Right when we finished our meal all the power came back on. hahah..whatevs. We came back to our humble abode and we unintentionally had a Barry White dance party. Um...it was really funny and fun. (i'm with a bunch of wierdo's that i really really like. ) Not a very interesting day but it was still fun.
cade and eric after their kayak trip
erics "cool guy at the club" face/dance
Barry White dance party. No mom, erics not really drinking!
DANCE! DANCE!

Gnarly stink bug at the store.
The rain storm
This is where i get my prozac.
Costa rica

Costa Rica - Day 1

2008-06-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

ok So Eric and I have had some trouble with this dumb blog. Bare with us as we try to learn how to use it. We would have posted more pics last night but we were getting too frustrated. So...heres a re-cap of our day yesterday. We woke up early. At least i did..i couldnt wait to see what Costa Rica looked like in the sunlight. It is beautiful. It reminds me of a more junglier Hawaii. It was really sunny and hot. PERFECT! if you ask me. Around 10am Eric, Clark, Cade, Michele and I made a trip to the only little super market open on Sunday to pick up a few things to eat. Kathleen wanted to stay back and walk up and down the beach. Anyway it was pretty cute..(the super market)..VERY HOT inside and everything had dust on it. haha. At least you could still buy cereal and milk. Thats all i need to survive a week. :)We then came back to our condo and swam in the pool in the back yard. The Pool is so nice! i'm obsessed. Anyway..the boys tried blowing up our kayak but that was unsuccessful. Later in the day we made our way over to Playa Flamingo (a beach) where we laid out and boogie boarded. It Was SOOOOOOOOOOOO fun. The water was so warm. Me and Eric started getting carried away and i ended up riding on his back..on the boogie board...into shore. Funny Funny Stuff! We ate that night at some restaurant thing on the beach. It was ghetto but nice at the same time. They set us out so we were all facing the water but we couldnt see it cause it was too dark. Then we were visited by a stray dog, then a stray cat. ..Which i fed bread and then got yelled at for. It was just chillin under our table with big huge Lily eyes. I couldnt resist. Before and after we ate our meal a lady came around with a bowl with water and hibiscus flowers and made us all wash our hands..then she would wipe them off for us. It was kinda wierd. Then she gave us girls flowers for our hair ....so it seemed nice but the food sucked. :( oh Well. Then we came home and went to bed. It was a really great first day. I loved it. It thunder stormed all night which kinda scared me but its expected since its the rainy season. <3>
this was last nights sunset
Us at the wierd/sucky restuarant

eric catching a sick wave, bra!
After we ate. I look tattered and torn!
This is where we are staying and this is the backyard.
Cade.

The cat who joined us for dinner. I think he's eating a crab.

My precious Eric and I after attempting the kyak.

Getting our Tan on!

Pool TIME!

Yes, these are our manly husbands!

The grocery store.

Michele and I (my fav pic)

View from the balcony!

Costa Rica-Travel

2008-06-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

Goodness,

That would definately be a good word for anyone to use when describing taking a little over a week with some best friends to relax and think about nothing. Well our "goodness" for this year is consisting of a trip to Costa Rica and JUNE 21st was the start of our journey.

Friday night, we(Cade & Michele Bogren, Clark, Kathleen, Jessica, and Eric Cannon(me) got together to try and take our bags to the airport to check at around midnight, so that we'd have nothing to worry about for our 7am flight on Saturday. They informed us that we couldn't check our bags until 4:30am, so we went back to Big Ron C's to have a little 4.5 hour sleep over before going to the airport.
In the morning we rolled to the airport, checked the stuff and started our flight to Atlanta. In McCarran i threw down a pretzel dog and cheese while the ladies and Cade hit that Cinnabun.

After a 2 hours lay over we jumped on a plane down to Liberia, Costa Rica. We were greeted by all the Costa Ricans trying to taxi us or rent us a car, but we had someone waiting for us that we had planned in advance to take us to get our Montero for the week.

It was a crazy drive trying to find our Penthouse in Playa Potrero, but a nice restaurant/bar had some very inviting Karaoke when we rolled in that Clark just had to get down on. My headache definately made me feel like waiting until next time though.

Erics 26th Birthday Bash!

2008-05-22T20:01:00.000-07:00

K so Erics real birthday is on the 15th of May, but that was on a Thursday. So... we threw him a party on Sunday. Who doesn't like get togethers on Sunday? I know i do! Anyway it was pirate themed, and i mailed out pirate invitations like he was a 5 year old, but that made it even funner. ALMOST everyone we invited came, so it was a great party! Here are some pics to enjoy.

!!!!!CLICK ON THE PIC FOR THE LARGE VERSION OF IT!!!!!

Eric's 2nd Muay Thai Fight

2008-05-22T13:41:00.000-07:00

Weiner, Big Ron C, and CAC on support

Pre-Fight Bob Marley

To start off this blog proper-like i thought a recent experience should do just fine.
On Saturday, May 17th, i had my 2nd muay thai fight. Since this was my 5th organized fight, my pre-fight comfort level was at an all-time high. That doesn't mean that i was REALLY over confident, it's just that after a few fights, you realize that stressing and getting too much anxiety doesn't really help OR hinder in a fight. To me it all comes down to personal will power and effective training. Whether you trained great or not, pre-fight nerves should be the same, because you're at a point that you can't change your preparation. All the nervousness that i've had in the past has always just disappeared when the officials hand goes down to motion that the fight is on, so i think my brain is now trained to just get in and do what I know how to do.
This particular fight was the first time i had an opponent that generally seemed to be a really nice guy in the weigh-ins and actually made me think, "Man, i don't want to REALLY hurt this guy." I guess you can only control those thoughts to an extent when your goal is to win a fight.
The fight started off with some good action... I caught him with a big left hand and put him into the ropes. I flurried and got into a great combination until the ref jumped in and gave him a standing count, then i got kicked in the balls twice and got him in another flurry before the round ended. Second round i caught him hard with a combo and he ducked his head, trying to avoid a flurry... I popped his head up with an uppercut tried for a left but he moved his head over, so i landed a hard right hook, until he got one more count. He threw a few hard 'emergency' right hands that got me solid, so i decided to just see if i could end it. I got him into the corner and just let loose until the ref ended the fight. TKO second round... WOO-HOO. I went over and talked to my opponent for a minute while he was being cleaned up. It was then that i noticed his nose was bleeding pretty bad and his face was really marked up and bruised. He was a nice guy and i appreciate that he came from Arizona to fight... Losing a fight really is the best way to learn what needs work in your game, i hope my opponent can learn and get stronger in his skills for his next match.
I plan on staying in good fighting shape so that i can do, hopefully, once a month from now on, but we'll see how that all goes.
Anyways, here's some pics to keep this story lively.