More Swim class

Tyler was able to come to swim class with us last week so we were able to take more pictures. The picture above is Tanner and I working on rotating in the water and swimming back to where we came from.


Tanner and Tyler were able to go on some swims together.

We discovered during this swim class that Tanner swims with his mouth open and his tongue out, which is pretty funny to watch.

Tanner loves the water so much that we bought a small pool for him to play in at home. He can't "swim" in it but he loves crawling around and splashing. Below is a short video clip of Tanner and I swimming together in class. It is really close up but if you look closely you can see his arms moving through the water.

Swim Class...underwater photos

Tanner and I have been taking swim classes for a couple of weeks now. This week we took some underwater photos. The picture above is Tanner and I on a swim together.

Today in class Tanner was loving floating on his back. Any time that we weren't swimming we were floating around the pool together.

Tanner about to come out of his swim into a back float.

Tanner coming up towards the surface after a swim.

Tanner's new talents...

Tanner is showing off new talents daily. I tried to capture some video, so enjoy!

4th of July

For Tanner's first 4th of July we weren't sure how he would react to the fireworks so we decided to keep it more low key and our neighbors graciously allowed us to join their celebrations. Tanner enjoyed watching the kids get all excited. He liked the fireworks and did amazingly well with the noise.

Our Trip Up North

This trip up North was filled with lots of activity and a little bit of work. Our family was putting in hay so we were recruited to help. Here is a picture of all the cousins before hay we started putting in bales.

Our traditional picture of all the grandkids and great grandkids with Grandpa on the hay wagon. We had so many cameras snapping that we figured we were bound to get a decent picture of all of us.
Grandma Mary and Tanner hanging out in the barn while the wagon was being unloaded.
After we put in our hard owrk of putting in the hay, we were able to spend some time playing with Grandpa Mike and his hot rods.

We also were able to spend time with two of our favorite people Jaclyn and Nayeli. We had an amazing morning walk along the waterfront and then hung out at the park. I thought this picture was way too cute not to post. Tanner rolled himself into Nayeli's lap and she wrapped her arm around him. They stayed that way for quite awhile. Overall our trip North was a success and we had fun spending time with family and friends.

Summer Fun!

Tyler is a huge Cubs fan but never had the chance to see a live game. Well...we finally saw one and he was able to share the experience with Tanner. With Cubs gear on we made the trek to Seattle to watch the Cubs play the Mariners. Above Tanner was being silly for the camera. Once the first flash happens he turns it on and smiles pictures.

Tanner and Tyler before the game starts.

I think this is one of my favorite pictures.


Tanner experienced his first rodeo this past weekend. He loved watching all the animals and paid most attention to the calf roping.

Uncle Brian decided that Tanner needed to taste the kettle corn because it was so delicious. Tanner stuck his tongue out and licked all the flavor off of it.