Tanner and the Nutcracker

So this was Tanner's last all school play at FDE.  He had the only solo in the entire play.  He did a fantastic job.  He can sing like nobody's business.

Click here to see the video.

Tanner's team is in the Playoffs!!!

Tanner had a great basketball game this last Saturday. He team is now in the semi-finals for the 4th grade. We like to call him "Tenacious T" because he is the best on defense - nobody scores on him. Here is some video that his coach sent him the other day. Look at the great "Pick" that Tanner does for a gaurd on his team!! Playoffs here we come!!

Nothing runs like a Deere

Tanner's class had a great thing called the "Wax Museum" and they got to select a famous person to learn about and then be that person. Tanner selected John Deere and did the early blacksmith years of John Deere. He looked great and he learned a lot about John Deere and even got some great tractor books from the John Deere Company too.

"Grumpy Scout"

Today was Shawn's first day at a Cub Scout pack meeting. While we were sewing on the patches and getting everything ready, Tanner went and found a picture of what he thought was a "Grumpy Scout". It was actually a cover from an old "Economist" magazine I had laying around...but you could see where the "Grumpy Scout" thought came from.

Tanner is great at finding these kinds of silly things.

Vote Tanner!

So after months of mud slinging, baby kissing, and promise making that most only fools would believe that a single person (regardless of party affiliations) could ever make true...election day is here!!

Last night when we were talking about voting, Tanner decided to go on and tell us about what he would do if he was President. Personally, I like all of his platform and I would vote for him.

So in the spirit of the political season here is a special announcement from candidate Tanner. It is not a 30 minute info-mercial with images of purple mountains or fields of grain, but click on the clip below for a political ad we can all agree on!

From Vote Tanner

Paid for by Vote Tanner. I am his dad and I approved this message.

South Dakota!!

Tanner loves to plan trips. He can look at travel books and maps all day long and he has already planned a trip with him and his dad to China when he is 16 and for Egypt as well. He will be a well travelled kid.

Domestically, he loves South Dakota...not sure how that happened (other then a 30 second Veggie-Tales blurb on the state). Anyway at school they are starting to talk about Flat Stanley. Flat Tanner decided to go to South Dakota and send us this postcard. I love the Mount Rushmore.

The Pumpkin Patch

This weekend, Carmel had a little (well actually it was big) Pumpkin Patch festival. It had a train ride, food, candy, games, the Colts, the obligatory realtor sponsorship balloons, etc., so it was a fun time. At the end everyone got to pick a pumpkin to take home. The pumpkins were not really anything special, but Tanner and Charlie were very excited and Tanner continues to live up to his standard of having to be in front of the camera with his little Fall Harvest pose here. The hat (which is a bat) on his head makes him just a little harder to take serious...but hey that is Tanner.