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
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
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!
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!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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
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
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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/
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Daniel's Birthday Party
Rocking it with the kids... Daniel and 50 of his best friends partied down today in the backyard. The party went off without a hitch. Karen put together a table full of food with chicken salad sandwiches, ham sandwiches, shrimp cocktail, fruit, veggies, cheese, dip, chips... need I say more?
Our awesome new neighbors, the Clarks loaned their inflatable bouncer. It was a huge hit.
Daniel took in more presents than he got at Christmas and has been checking them out all night.
More photos are available in our photos section.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wheeltags... Matt's new little project
We finally got the new product idea off the ground. For those of you that have no idea what I'm talking about, Kevin, Jenn and I started a company making after market decals for high end bicycle wheels. The company is called Wheeltags.
Interest has been through the roof. We've already had a meeting with a large bike company from Philly that wants us to do a custom job for 2 athletes going to the Olympics and 1 going to Ironman Hawaii. We've been asked to be featured in Triathlete Magazine. And finally, we've been approached by the largest wheel manufacturer to discuss a "business partnership". Things are looking good.
Check out the site here and let us know what you think! http://www.wheeltags.com
Interest has been through the roof. We've already had a meeting with a large bike company from Philly that wants us to do a custom job for 2 athletes going to the Olympics and 1 going to Ironman Hawaii. We've been asked to be featured in Triathlete Magazine. And finally, we've been approached by the largest wheel manufacturer to discuss a "business partnership". Things are looking good.
Check out the site here and let us know what you think! http://www.wheeltags.com
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Daniel Montana
Another video for your dancing entertainment. Tonight it is Daniel dancing to the smash hit "Nobody's Perfect" by Hannah Montana.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Daniel Idol
So lately Daniel has been dancing non-stop. Last night we captured a
little video but pulling it off the camera requires some serious new hi-tech computer hardware. So tonight during the "results" show on American Idol, I captured a little on my mobile phone. Enjoy...
little video but pulling it off the camera requires some serious new hi-tech computer hardware. So tonight during the "results" show on American Idol, I captured a little on my mobile phone. Enjoy...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Daniel pays Santa a visit
Tonight we had the joy of taking our son to see Santa. This is the first year that he's been really hyped up for Christmas. He went right up to Santa and jumped on his lap. Then he cheesed for the camera. What a kid. Even the lady taking the photo was smiling as the photos came up on the computer screen. More photos should be available in the photos section to the right.
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