Life with the Tanners: 2007-01

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Resolutions for the New Year!

I resolved to be a better Blogger. At minimum I will make at least one new post per week. Yes, per week, people!! Now, let's see if I can stick to that as well as I have stuck to the diet! HA!

Monday, January 08, 2007

Over the holiday, we took probably close to 1,000 pictures (no exaggerating). So, as you can imagine, it's been quite a chore going through all of them, picking out the good ones, deleting the bad ones, and we haven't even had time yet to touch up the just okay ones. So some of these still have red eye and I apologize. I just couldn't wait any longer to get them posted.

Starting with Christmas at Grandmommy's house (Katie's mom)...

Cousin Gregg and Aunt Martha....

Yes, that's a toy vacuum in his hand... we're teaching him early how to clean the house....

His very own recliner... where he can watch his football!

He and Grandmommy are watching his new Thomas the Tank Engine video!

And a Lion rocking chair - shortly after this picture, he fell right off. So, I don't think we're quite ready for the Lion just yet. Maybe next Christmas we'll get it back out and it will be new again!

Christmas at the Tanners (just before the long trip to Miami)...

I love this picture...

with Aunt Joy...

Here we are opening out stockings...

He's enamored with the cordless drill...

Christmas with Grampa Brian.....

Ooh... a big truck to push around!!!

But this was a HUGE hit... it's a singing, dancing penguin from the movie "Happy Feet." As soon as Luke saw it dancing, he got up to groove with him. Thankfully, I got it all on video. And one of these days when I learn how to post video to the Blog, I will share it with you.

Saturday, January 06, 2007

First time ever at the Beach

We took I-75 all the way down past Ocala and hopped on the Turnpike, and took it down around Delray Beach. By that time, we were itching to see the ocean. So we drove through Delray Beach (which was really nice - I loved the downtown area -- Maybe we will go back and visit sometime). Anyway, it turned out to be a great place to stretch our legs. This was Luke's first time to see the ocean and experience the sand between his toes -- wasn't too crazy about the sand. And he hated the water, perhaps it was a little chilly.

Then, on Wednesday, we had a little free time in the morning, so we headed out again to find the beach! (Actually, we first headed out to go to the Miami Seaquarium, but when we got there and found out that it was $35 per person + $7 for parking, we quickly turned around and came up with a Plan B... why? well, - One, we only had about 2 hours before we needed to be back and Two, it's not Sea World - it's just a seaquarium - not worth $77 for 2 hours, in my opinion.) Anyway, we just kept driving down the Causeway and we ended up at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. As you can see, it's really pretty, and the lighthouse made for some great photo opps.

(above) This lighthouse looks like the Leaning Tower of Piza... here I was trying to be a professional photographer, and I lined it up the camera with the palm tree on the left. Perhaps the palm tree is leaning....

(above) Here's that darn lighthouse again, and I think it really IS leaning... or are my pictures just crooked???

He really didn't like the sand sticking to his hands...

And that's Miami!!

Christmas in Miami

After driving for what seemed like days (oh, wait a minute - it was days), we finally arrived in Miami! I wish we had taken a picture of the car and us packed like sardines! Luke did awesome. Granted, he had his moments - we all did. But the little guy was a trooper! Thankfully we had Aunt Joy in the backseat to help keep him entertained.

Here are some pictures from the days we spent in Miami. There weren't a lot of "extra-cirricular" activities, except for a very short little visit to the beach. (Those pictures will follow).

Family photos... 4 generations....