I love this double stroller. Peter slept the whole time in it.
Grandma and Grandpa Cannon came with us, but last minute plans took them away early.
Benjamin loved the 3D African Safari movie (after I made him sit through the first half). It was kind of funny...a lot of build up to events that could happen, and then they didn't. So it was mostly long footage of rowing boats through swamps and walking through the Savannah with a few cool shots of animals. 
Classic vacation scruff.
Paul's sister, Abby and Peter.
Benjamin enjoyed being the only kid around at Grandma and Grandpa Cannon's. He also enjoyed pushing the buttons on these singing snowman decorations over and over and over...
...and playing foosball by himself. "YAY! Bennamin got a point!"
We got to say goodbye to Paul's sister Katie before she headed off to her first semester at BYU-I. Benjamin and she really get along. It must be the red hair!
Bad picture, I know. Katie is amazing!
A couple of random photos I took of the boys.
My sister, Jeannine and Peter. She lives nearby Paul's family, so she dropped in one afternoon to hang out. She's applying to the creative track of BYU's advertising program, and is officially all done with the application process as of yesterday. HOORAY! (I'm crossing my fingers for you!)
"Thumbs up!" Benjamin learned how to give a thumbs up during this trip. It still takes him a few seconds to get the right digit up. It's cute.
Paul and I wanted to walk around BYU while we were there. We really miss it! It was interesting though how this time, we finally felt like we didn't belong (at least as students). We walked through the new Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni Center, which I thought would be weird since we're not wealthy philanthropists, but we felt much more at place there. It's a really great building! 
Grandma Cannon took Benjamin up to the Monte L. Bean Museum while we walked around campus, and they had a good time.
This is Peter in the airport on our trip home. He sure grew up a lot over the break!
My brother, Nathan and Benjamin. 
So many pretty sunsets in Utah! This is the view from the back of my parent's new house.
My brother and sister-in-law were in charge of organizing the reunion this year, and so we held "Lowe University" while the kids were down for their naps. We had a few mini lessons about people's jobs and theses, and a few more interactive ones where we learned country swing dancing, dance aerobics and how to use poi balls. These turned out to be some of the greatest highlights from the week.
My sister-in-law Jeni, my brother Bryan, their daughter Bonnie, Paul and Peter.
My sister Miriam's little girl is 5 1/2 months here, and my sister-in-law, Jeni's little girl is 6 months. So Peter is just a few months younger than them.
My sister, Jeannine and Peter.
Benjamin and Sarah are just three weeks apart. They were good buddies most of the time!
My Mom makes a cute Grandma! Here she is with Rachel's girls, Natalie and Lucy.
The three youngest cousins.
My brother, David and Benjamin.
Story time with my sister, Michelle and my Mom.
Story time with my brother, Bryan.
We all went to the local rec. center one afternoon to go swimming. It's probably for the best that I couldn't find any pictures of Benjamin in the blue swim diaper covered by the flowery hot pink diaper cover they made us buy. It was hilarious, but even more so that he didn't have a clue how ridiculous he looked. I felt bad that I had forgotten his swimsuit! 
The proud 28-year-old Papa.
We had a nice dinner afterwards for our families and friends, celebrating both Peter's blessing and Paul's birthday. Here is Great-Grandma Cannon with Peter.
This was my birthday gift for Paul. I compiled all the pictures from our first two years of marriage and had it made into a book. I really liked how it turned out. I love you, Paul!
Benjamin was so excited that Santa had brought him a fire engine with a ladder and opening doors and flashing lights and sirens and even a little firefighter. He walked away with his fire engine in hand and a big grin on his face saying, "Thank you, Santa!" We had to ask him to come back each time it was his turn to open another present. He would have been happy with just the fire engine, I think! That, and the yogurt. Santa filled his stocking with a few cups of yogurt, and Benjamin thought that was the coolest thing ever. He couldn't stop talking about it.
Aunt Katie gave him a backpack, which was another favorite. It's a Thomas the Train backpack, which naturally makes him enviable among his peers. He loves it! 
This was another hit- a magnifying glass. He knew exactly what it was, and ran around the house shouting, "It's a magnifying glass!" and examining everything through it.
That was ok. We were still looking forward to our trip to Utah, where we’d be able to have a break for a few weeks and spend time with family. The weekend before we were going to leave, Benjamin and Peter were both coughing, and Peter had a pathetic little silent cry. I thought nothing of it. I would just ask the pediatrician at Peter’s 2 month checkup on Monday if she had any tips for traveling with a baby with a cold. But Peter’s well-child checkup was quickly switched to a sick child checkup when the doctor listened to his breathing and told me he had RSV. She said there was no way he could fly to such a high altitude the next day since he was borderline-emergency room bad, and put him on a nebulizer with some albuterol to clear up his tiny airways and help him breathe. Peter immediately relaxed and fell asleep in my arms, sucking the steroids and oxygen in. I felt awful! Here I hadn’t even noticed his heaving chest because I had been keeping him so layered in our chilly house. I hadn’t even picked up on the wheezing because I was so preoccupied with getting everything done before we left home for three weeks. All of our presents had been ordered through Amazon and had been shipped directly to Utah. We had even timed the food perfectly so we wouldn’t have anything gross sitting in our house while we were gone. I was sick about not being able to go, which made me feel like a terrible mom for not worrying more about my sick baby. I needed this break!