Halloween 2009

Halloween 2009

The Wizard of Oz crew...

R.I.P. Buster "Jimmy" Tanner

Saturday we found out that Buster our cat had been attacked and killed by Coyotes in the neighborhood. He had been missing for about a week. He was an awesome cat and will be missed. We love you Buster!

Off to school...

Yesterday was a historical day at our home. Daniel went to his first day of Kindergarten. We took some photos the night before and shot a little video asking him if he was excited. Of course he was.

In the morning Karen made his lunch and I loaded up his backpack. Karen and I drove him to school and walked him to class. He was on fire with excitement.

After school we picked him up and got all the details of his day. It sounds like the playground was a hit and he learned to play "color tag". If a color is called that you are wearing you have to run from whoever is "it".

Daniel also told us that he knew several kids from Goddard and had a few in his class. Sounds like we are off to a great year at Woodbrook.

Spring Update

Lots of fun stuff going on this spring! Daniel turned 5 on May 1st and we had a party with some of his good friends. Below are some pics from the party.

Daniel with Santa 2008

Disney Family Videos

I finally got the tapes from our trip digitized and uploaded to YouTube. Check them out below if you are bored!

Driving into the park


Goofy's Roller Coaster


Main Street Parade

Orlando Trip Update

We landed in Orlando yesterday and made our way to the condo in the rental car. Once at the condo we went straight to the pool.

I told Daniel to make sure he didn't pee in the pool because they had chemicals in it that would turn the water blue. He said... "OK Daddy, I won't pee in the pool." quickly followed by "Daddy is the water blue around me?".Today we went out on a morning airboat ride with Big Toho Airboat Rides. We saw an alligator and some endangered birds. After the ride, Daniel and I got to hold a 1 year old alligator. It was pretty cool.



After the ride, we headed off to the House of Blues for the Gospel Brunch. Daniel had a great time and the food was good.


Tomorrow we head off for the Magic Kingdom!

Ribfest 2008

It's almost Labor Day and that can mean only one thing... it's just about time for the 4th Annual Tanner RibFest!


The competition will be fierce with a few newcomers as well as the normal competition. Blake threw down a trial run last weekend at the lake on his new smoker. They were pretty good, but he already has some ideas for improvements.

Karen and I have a recipe from her Dad, but we are going to be winging it on Sunday!

In addition to the rib competition, this year we are having a competition for best side dish and best dessert. It should be a great weekend.

Bonnethead Shark Action

Yesterday while I was snoozing on the patio Karen saw a dolphin swim right up to the dock. Shortly there after, I was standing on the boat trying to spot him and he shot up out of the water. It was something like you'd see at Sea World without the flaming hoops. It was pretty clear that the dolphins were hunting fish in the inter coastal. I immediately said "We should be fishing right now."

Today Karen bought some bait. Good old frozen squid. I baited up 3 rods and shortly there after we had our first catfish on the line. This was quite encouraging since the past three years down here they have had the "red tide" and fishing has been poor.


While Karen was feeding Daniel lunch inside, I landed what I thought was a huge cat. Until I got it close to the surface... it was actually a shark! Sweeeeet! I thought it was a hammerhead. But when Marnie got home she quickly pointed out that it was a Shovelhead (also known as a Bonnethead Shark).


We released it, but it came back up to the seawall and was just kind of floating around. I poked it with the net and it swam away - then it came back... It was dying. I pulled it back out of the water and had a talk with him. He said it was cool and that we could smoke him. So Brad gutted the dude and we put him on ice to be cut into steaks later tonight.

More photos of the catch: http://picasaweb.google.com/mtanner242/FloridaFishing2008

Man Babies

I found a hilarious site today while at work (working very hard). It's called Man Babies... Check it out and look for my submission below. http://www.manbabies.com/