Lions and Tigers and....Fish? OH MY!

We had a ridiculously fun weekend. So prepare yourself for picture overload!

Friday night we chilled at home, ate pizza and hot wings, watched a movie and got plenty of sleep for our big adventure the next day.
Tanner loves hot stuff. Its so weird.
Yummy Wings!



We woke up on Saturday morning, ate breakfast and loaded up the car for our first official family fishing trip. We drove out to Amon's lake- about 10 mins from our house and got all set up. Chris immediately cast his line in the lake and got a bite. Sadly, the fish got away before he could reel it in. And that was the only bite we got all morning. Sad! Then Chris helped Tanner use his little "Nemo" rod. Tanner loved it- he really liked turning the reel to get the fish to come back in.

Then we let him cast his own line from the shore of the lake. He was mostly just dipping the end of the rod in the water and playing.



Tanner yelling at the fish. He kept saying "GO GO" I'm not sure he quite grasps the whole concept of fishing. No Tanner- we want the fish to come to us- not go away.

He was having a great time yelling at the fish and playing in the water and then all of the sudden he was head first in the water. I was about 12 feet away taking pictures and it happened in slow motion. He was fine. The water was all over 4 inches deep at the shore so there wasn't really any danger. He just got soaked!!! He didn't even cry. We had been at the lake for maybe 15 minutes and Tanner was already soaking wet.
Tanner after his dip in the lake

But we just stripped him down and he kept on playing.


Taking a break to have a snack

Tanner and Dad after their turtle hunting adventure

Quality Dad Time



Then we came home and Tanner took his morning nap. After his nap we ate lunch and then drove to my parent's house. My parents have an inflatable kiddie pool and since it was almost 90 degrees yesterday we figured we should take advantage and take our little guy swimming.


HE LOVED IT! I think he'd forgotten how much he loved being in the water.
Cousin Clark got to swim too. These boys had so much fun.

Clark mostly just chilled in the cool water and Tanner busied himself splashing Clark as much as possible.


Aren't these two sooo cute? Love these little boys!

They swam for about 45 mins and then we took the boys in. Both were so tired they took their milk and went down for their afternoon naps. I took Tanner home and he slept until it was time to leave for the circus.
The Twin Lakes Shriner Circus was in town this weekend and we were so excited to take Tanner. We had wanted to go last year but Tanner was so young and he got sick that weekend, so we didn't go. This year he was the perfect age to the AWED!
I don't have any pictures of Tanner and the animals... but I have a ton of his awesome expressions as he watched the performers.
No circus is complete without cotton candy

"YEAH- Cotton Candy"

Here is one of the acrobats...he was fun to watch.

Tanner's cheesey smile- This is the smile I get when I say "Tanner, say cheese"


Here are some of the animals we saw




Tanner and Dad watching the clowns


Mom and Tanner during intermission.

Those elephants are so cool! Oh my!!!

Tanner's favorite part of the show- the fire breathers


After the circus was over we walked around the grounds and then rode an elephant. Tanner loved the elephant. He was laughing and smiling during our ride, but he kept trying to look over the side so I had to hold on to him so tight. Little dare devil!





Then we headed over to Sonic to get dinner. By that time we were all so tired that as soon as we had eaten dinner, I bathed Tanner and he went right to sleep. Chris and I soon followed. It was such a fun day and we were totally worn out.
I don't know how we are ever going to top this weekend, because it was awesome!

Hello .49 cent Ice Cream Cones.

The weather turned nice again. It must be spring because we've been having the craziest weather. Over the weekend it was in the high 70's and even low 80's. Then yesterday we had a huge thunderstorm and it was cold- in the 40's. Today its 65 and sunny. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE a good thunderstorm every now and then, but we're enjoying the sunshine.
Today we went to the park and met some friends for a picnic. It was the perfect day for a picnic. Tanner has so much fun at the park and that makes it even more fun for me.
I didn't take any pictures today but here are a few from our park trip on Saturday after conference.


Yeah- Tanner goes up and down the slide all by himself.




The weather was so nice on Saturday, it was almost a shame to watch conference indoors. But Conference was amazing and it was a great weekend.
This is Tanner playing his new favorite game at Nanny's house. She doesn't mind the noise or the mess, so HE LOVES IT! He takes all her metal mixing bowls and some pots out and then puts the different lids on them. Its quite loud-which is probably why he loves it so much!



Here is Tanner taking his bath in the sink (don't mind that he's pretty much way too big for the sink). He is doing his "coy" look. Its one of my favorite "tricks" he does. We just say "Tanner be coy" and he does this pose. Its so cute. This picture melts my heart.


Doing another one of his "tricks"- Tanner blowing kisses.


Here are a few of Tanner on his Dad's motorcycle. He didn't want to get off it. He probably sat up there for 10 minutes just pushing buttons and smiling.




Oh how this little boy loves his Dad. Everyday when Chris gets home, Tanner runs to the door and yells "DAAAAAAD!" Its so adorable!

He's also discovered our "flowers" or weeds growing in the backyard. He loves picking the little yellow flowers and bringing them to me.


Finally- here are the pictures that inspired the title of this post.
Is there anything better than a .49 cent ice cream cone on a warm sunny day?
Today Tanner had this very first ice cream cone all to himself. In one word -it was AWESOME. He devoured that thing.

"whoa- this is the best thing ever"

"Yum- Thanks mom"



There are so many nice things about warm weather- the park, ice cream cones, picnics, going to the pool or lake, sprinklers...the list goes on and on.
WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS WONDERFUL WEATHER!