Learning to Walk

Watch out world here I come!!!

Hannah is currently working really hard at walking. I have tried to discourage this as much as possible for two reasons: ONE, Brent does not want to miss out on it. TWO, I can hardly keep up with her now. My only complaint in all of this is that she mainly performs for Grandpa and no one else. NOT FAIR!!!!

Hogle Zoo

Hannah the Turtle
Jenna thought she was being "scary"
Queen of the Spiders--Hannah is preparing for her role in "Hannah Potter"
Oh how cute: Sisterly love

Jenna did NOT like the sound of the Elephant

Jenna is riding her giraffe, "Aurora"
Ashlee and Tate Tanner
Jenna and Libby

Libby Tanner and Jenna
Tate Tanner and Hannah
Oh wait!!!That's not one of ours!!
This is Hannah very emphatically explaining to me about the monkeys jumping in the trees.
These are two little monkeys climbing on the railings.

A couple of weeks ago, on October 2nd, Ashlee Tanner and I decided to be somewhat crazy and take our four children to the zoo. Although Ashlee and I might have been a little disappointed (the zoo just ain't what it used to be), the kids definitely were not. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather for viewing animals.

OK so I totally reversed the order of the pictures. SORRY

Playing with Pictures

Hannah Jenna
Kara
Tyler

Ok, so I started playing around with fixing pictures. I don't have a fancy Photoshop or anything, but I thought these pictures looked cool. I took my family pictures and cropped them and turned them into black and whites.

Firestation Fieldtrip

Jenna's class inside the ambulance.
Here they are in the Firetruck.

As I was preparing to leave for my conference at Snowbird, I was talking with Jenna about her upcoming fieldtip and how sad I was that I couldn't go with her. She was ok with that, but she kept telling me that she wasn't sure if she should go. She told me she didn't want to wear the "lifejacket". Confused, I kept telling her that she didn't have to wear her lifejacket to go to the firestation. I thought maybe she was worried they would spray the water hose or something else.



I was talking with Ashlee Tanner, who so willingly agreed to take and chaperone Jenna, when she told me some of their activities, one of which was wearing the fireman's Jacket. Then it hit me---that was the "lifejacket". So I told Jenna that she coculd still go on the field trip and she did not have to wear the Fireman's Jacket. My usually brave enthusiast was not so brave at this particular fieldtrip and I can't help but wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I really encourage her to wear her seatbelt so that she or mommy won't have to go to jail.



Well, thanks to Ashlee, here are a couple of pictures of Jenna on her first fieldtrip. And many thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for getting her ready for school and loving her and Hannah while I was away.

Snowbird, UTAH

Me and the girls on the edge of the earth
Grandpa and Grandma
Jenna overlooking the scenery-I was a little nervous that she had no fear of being near the edge.
Jenna and Mom (me)

This past week, I had the opportunity to attend a conference on Economics and the Environment at "The Cliff" Lodge at Snowbird ski resort. I learned alot and had a great deal of fun, however, the highlight of my trip was the last day when Mom and Dad brought Jenna and Hannah up to see me. We took the tram up to the top of the mountain and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Apparently Grandma had taught Jenna about Coniferous and Deciduous trees and the differences between them because Jenna kept telling me that the "ciduous" trees were "beautiful" and "gorgeous." She wasn't kidding. Here are a few pictures.

Libby Tanner making her way down the slip n' slide
Jenna
Olivia Leifson

The Three Amigos: Livia, Libby, and Jenna making their way into the record books for slip n' sliding all the way down the Tanner Hill at the end of September. Way to go Girls!!!!

Summer Fun in September???

Last week on September 27th, Ashlee Tanner and I decided that it was warm enough to have one last day of summer. The girls had a blast playing in 85 + degree weather. The slip n' slide was great fun this summer and did not disappoint on this day.