Pez Tower of Awesomeness

In Trent’s History of Creativity class he had to do a “creative” project. So Trent’s idea…build a lighthouse out of Pez. It took a few weeks, approximately 2700 pez and LOTS of Gorilla Glue. It has a light and all in it. It now resides in Cannon’s room so he can eat it when he gets hungry. And the two things Trent learned from this project Gorilla Glue is really hard to get off your hands and two, chocolate and cola flavored pez are nasty.

The Die-ers

Some of the ward at the trunk or treat thought we were a bit morbid, especially since Cannon was asleep and looked dead. Safe to say, Cannon loved his first Halloween.

Squash Sculpting

What would Halloween be without carving pumpkins or squash sculpting as Trenton likes to call it. This year we went over to our Freshman Ward Bishop’s house. We have over the years been able to maintain a great relationship with the Harwards and are so thankful for their kindness and love. It was Jane’s birthday the night before we came over so Trent made her a beautiful flower bouquet in a pumpkin. She was so thrilled to have it. And if I do say so myself Trent has quite a knack for floral design. Well, this year I really wanted to do something awesome for my pumpkin, but I’m not really an artist at all so I didn’t know what to do. But thankfully Sarah had a brilliant idea to use a drill to carve a pumpkin. So that is what I did. I used Trent’s drill and like a crazy woman I drill a bunch of holes into my pumpkin. I used all different sizes of drill bits and it turned out pretty sweet. It was amazingly a lot of fun and really messy. There is something very therapeutic about drilling into a pumpkin. Power tools are definitely a lot more fun than using a knife! Trent carved his pumpkin in symbolism of him and Cannon. They have a very tender relationship. Cannon had a great time watching everyone, but got a little sacred when he saw his mom using a drill, for a good reason to! In the end our squash sculpting was a complete success and we can’t wait for next year to do it again!

Here are the pumpkins we carved and the floral arrangement Trent made.

Grandma Dyer

In October, Renee Dyer passed away. It was a sad event to lose someone so loved by her family and friends. But we can rejoice because we have the knowledge of the plan of Salvation and know that we will see her again. We were able to drive down to her funeral in Las Vegas. Matt came with us as well. It was very special because all the Dyer siblings were able to be there except for Angela because Lindy was still so young. The funeral was beautiful. It was a day so full of love and spirit. I am so glad that we could go down and celebrate her life. She was an amazing woman. She was so full of life and love. One special memory I have of Grandma Dyer is that she came and visited Trent and I just a few days after Cannon was born. It was so special to have her come and hold her great-grandson. She also made him two fleece blankets. A gift I know Cannon will treasure. We will miss her, but we can always keep the love she shared with us.

Grandma Dyer and Cannon when she came to visit.


Us in front of the Las Vegas Temple after Grandma's funeral.

The Trenton’s Birthday

Trent just keeps getting older and older. This year was Trent’s first birthday…he got to spend with Cannon. I took Trent to Smashburger for the first time. It was one of the few hamburger places around town that Trent had not tried and he had wanted to try it for awhile. So we finally went and he LOVED it and ever since it has been his favorite hamburger place. It may have also helped that they gave Trent free drinks and fries because he was the birthday boy. We also drove around town and tried to get free things for different shops for his birthday. It was pretty much an epic failure. First off most stores just stared at him when he would ask if he could get anything for his birthday or they would say that he needed a birthday “coupon.” So I think we ended up only getting free frozen yogurt and about 7 rejections. It was a valiant effort however. We all had a great time in spite of the lack of free food. We sure love Trent and are so glad we could spend his 24th birthday with him!

Cannon James Dyer

 (he's a bit over a month old in these pictures)

born 11 August 2010, 9lbs 7oz.

We are the happiest family in the world!

 These pictures were taken by our friend Heather Mildenstein.

October Conference, Shooting and Disappointment

For October General Conference this year we went up to the Johnsons. We wanted to go up for a few reasons. One to take Cannon on his first road trip, two to see our family and three because Angela was going to have her baby at any time and we’d hope to be there for her arrival. On the way up to Idaho I joked with Trent that Angela was going to have her baby 30 minutes after we left Chubbuck, and as it turns out I wasn’t too far off when I said that. We had a very relaxing weekend with the Johnson family. Dad and Mom Dyer were there as well as Landon and Matt. We had a great time playing with the kids and visiting with each other, listening to General Conference and watching movies. Trent and the boys went shooting before Priesthood session. They had such a great time shooting things and lost track of time so they were subsequently late to Priesthood session. And mind you one of them is a Bishop and another one is in the bishopric. However, they did make it to most of the session. But mostly we were just watching Angela and waiting for her to tell us she was going into labor. Well, we waited and waited. Two days we waited and nothing. Well it was 7 pm Sunday evening and Trent and I needed to head home. So we left Chubbuck after a great weekend but still no new addition to the family. After we were 20 minutes out we received a call from Mom Dyer saying Angela just had her baby girl! We were sad that we missed seeing our new niece Lindy, but none the less were grateful to have spent the weekend with our family.

Cannon's Blessing

Over Labor Day weekend we blessed our baby boy Cannon James Dyer. We are so thankful to have had so many of our family members out here to attend the blessing. In attendance were Mom and Dad Corning, Katie, Sarah, Patrick, Bryce, Mom and Dad Dyer, Angela, Shad, Drake, Graham, Avery, Lindy (still in the Angela’s womb at the time), Nathan, Adrienne, Jayden, Landon, and Matt. We had quite the crowd and it was so fun to have everyone here. We spent a lot of time playing at Joaquin Park. We had bubbles for the kids and Frisbees for the bigger kids. On Sunday Cannon was blessed by Trent. We asked Dad Corning, Dad Dyer, Matt, Nathan, Patrick, Shad and our current Bishop Dan Snow to be in the circle. It was a beautiful blessing and such a sweet and tender experience for Trent and myself. After the blessing we came back to our apartment and somehow piled everyone inside and had a wonderful brunch. But before everyone came back to our place I was changing Cannon's outfit and my mom was helping me. That is when she informed me that we had put Cannon's outfit on backwards...oops. Sorry Cannon that your parents can't even dress you properly! Later that afternoon we went back to the park and played our own version of the game show “Minute to Win it.” We had a variety of minute to win it games. Some of the favorites were trying to move Oreo into your mouth using only your face. I found out the my face muscles are no good at moving cookies into my mouth. We also played a game that involves wearing a headband with a slinky attached to it, and then you must flip the slinky up onto head so that it rests in a stacked position on forehead. Trent, Patrick, Bryce, Mom Dyer, Landon, and Dad Corning all tried it out. Trent and Landon did it the quickest. I think this was my favorite game to watch because everyone looked so ridiculous trying to do it, but probably not as ridiculous as I looked trying to move an Oreo into my mouth using my face. All the games were tons of fun to try but the best part was just watching one another trying to accomplish the game. Trent and Matt even made up their own game of “how many ping-pong balls can we stuff in our mouth?” Matt was uncontested winner. We all had absolutely wonderful weekend with our family. Cannon had a great time too, even though he slept through most of it!

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Welcome Cannon James Dyer

Cannon James Dyer was born on August 11th 2010 and 4:39 pm. He weighed 9 lbs 7oz and was 21 inches long. We are so happy that he has finally arrived. We love our little boy and are so excited to have him here with us. A bit about the day he was born. Cannon was actually due on August 4th however he did not want to make his appearance then or for the next week in fact. So finally when I was 41 weeks my doctor decided to induce me. A side note about being induced. It was not my favorite thing ever, but I think the worst part about it was how awkward it was to walk into the hospital and have an appointment to have a baby. So not even close to my day dreams of running into the hospital because I’m in labor and this baby is coming right now!! Anyway, I had an appointment at 5 am to be induced. So Trent and I go strolling into the maternity ward at Orem Community Hospital and 5 am and the whole time I am freaking out inside NOT because I am going to have a baby that day but because I don’t know what I am supposed to say to the nurse. “Ah yes I’m here because I have an appointment to have a baby.” Yeah, so awkward. I don’t even remember what I said all I do remember is them giving me the weirdest look. And I’m thinking “Oh great! What did I say wrong.” Then finally, with much hesitancy take me back to a room and tell me to wait there. Then I start thinking did we come on the wrong day? It was 5 am not 5 pm right? Well, as it turns out I wasn’t on the schedule. HAHAHA, that would happen to me. They thankfully said I could stay because I was already a week overdue. Later we did find out that I was on the schedule sort of. A nurse had written down I was coming but forgot to input it into the computer. Moving on labor pains are not that fun hence why I gave up my resolve to try and have this baby naturally. I waited as long as I could than I got the epidural. In hind sight I’m glad I did. Well, we had some problems during labor. Cannon’s heart rate kept dropping and he was turned down like he should have been. The nurse kept telling me I might have to have a c-section. It was a little scary. But in the end I delivered a BIG healthy baby boy. He had a nice “beret” as Trent called it on his head because the doctor used a vacuum to help get him out. I fell in love with him the moment I saw him and I couldn’t believe he was ours. We love you Cannon. Thanks for joining our family. We will be eternally grateful for you.

World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight

One day I was looking on Facebook and saw that I had an event invitation. So when I opened it to see what the event was it said “World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight.” Well, that sounded intriguing. It said that BYU was trying to break the record for the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight on July 23rd. The record was currently being held by the University of Kentucky. To participate was free and you would also receive a free T-shirt and lunch. Well, the free food and shirt sold me and I told Trent about it when he got home. And of course Trent was all for going because if there is any excuse to throw water balloons he’s there. And plus I was due in about a week and we thought that it would be a good way to induce labor. We also invited our neighbors, Shaun and Lanette Nelson to come join the party with us, which they did. So when we all arrived that morning, Friday July 23rd, we got to pick either an orange, pink, blue or green t-shirt. We went for green obviously. We were then separated into two teams—pink and green and orange and blue. After which they lined us up and we went to pick up our water balloons. Each person was given a grocery sack full of 30 water balloons. They we took our positions and waited for the onslaught to begin. Then we hear 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,…1…after which complete and utter madness ensued. I have never seen such a sight as this. There was water balloons flying everywhere you looked. Half of them breaking the other half just fell on the grass unbroken. Everyone was soaked within a minute but the fight lasted for six. Trent and I were throwing our water balloons into a huge mass of people not knowing who it hit or if it hit anyone. You couldn’t even follow where your water balloon went if you wanted to. It was chaos, but really awesome chaos. Due to Trent’s placement we ended being right next to where they were handing out the bags of water balloons. So Trent kept running back for more bags of balloons. At the end we probably ended having 7 bags of water balloons. It was amazing. And after it was all over I still was unfortunately not in labor. We gave it a good try, but alas out little man was intent inside the womb. He probably really didn’t want to come out after what he just experienced. Then we took our soaking wet selves and had the free lunch they provided. We are so glad that we participated in it. It was a blast, and we would do it again in a heartbeat. The unfortunate part about the whole thing is we only held the record for a short time. Shortly after BYU secured the record the University of Kentucky stole it back. So being a part of a world record was fun while it lasted!