CA State Fair

At the end of August we went to the California State Fair. I have always loved going to the San Diego County Fair, so when Casey told me about this one, I of course wanted to go. It was a little disappointing to say the least and a little overpriced. I might be a little biased, but the San Diego County Fair was WAY better. It probably didn't help that it was super hot, but even Casey remembered it being different and was a little disappointed with the animal selection (his favorite part). I'm glad we went and it was fun showing Weston the animals, but I don''t think we'll venture back again.

Weston petting the chinchilla with "only two fingers"

This was made entirely out of toothpicks and was a tribute to the San Francisco sights.
Posing with the bear statue. Always a must with Casey.

Weston cooling off with Dad.

Yet another bear statue.

Jonathan's Visit

At the end of August, my brother, Jonathan, came for a week-long visit. Two of his good friends were getting married, so he drove out with them and stayed with us for the week while he helped them set up for the wedding. It was so good to see him and spend time with him. We took him to the Forresthill Bridge, played mini golf (I dominated both him and Casey :) ), took him on his first trip to San Francisco, and just enjoyed his company. The picture below is from San Francisco when we made the oblagatory stop at Ghiradelli square and indulged in some ice cream. Thanks for coming to see us Bud!

My Inferior Recap of Hawaii

Jenna did a great job with the post about our Hawaii trip, but I also wanted to share some of my favorite pictures and memories.

This is from Diamondhead. It served as a navy post during WWII, and it's on the rim of an old valcano. It overlooks the city of Honolulu. It was hard finding a competent person to take a decent picture.Thos shaved ice things were much better than a typical snow cone as you can tell by me double fisting below. The lines were crazy long. They put ice cream in the bottom and some weird sweet Japanese beans. I'm sure JD knows what they were.
This is us at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It is run by BYU-Hawaii, and let me just say, the salespeople are ruthless, everything has a price. There were tiki statues everywhere and we took turns imitating the statues. I think I'm a little more committed to my pose, but Jenna definitely looks cuter.

And this is my favorite picture of the trip. I took this candid picture of Jenna on a remote beach. I think the picture sums up my trip nicely - I was in paradise with a beautiful woman. It was one of the best weeks of my life. Thank you Jenna and Happy Birthday!
p.s. Pearl Harbor was a touching experience and one of the biggest reasons why we chose to visit Oahu. Snorkeling was also a lot of fun but we didn't get any pictures of it for obvious reasons.

Little Tannerino

We're proud to announce that we're expecting Baby #2. I'm due March 5, 2010. I've already had two sonograms. The first one I had at 10 1/2 weeks and the baby waved at us and Weston waved back. It was too cute! The picture up above is around 14 1/2 weeks. I'm now 19 weeks along, way past the morning sickness, and feeling good. We are really excited to extend our family and feel extremely blessed. I think Weston is going to make a great big brother too! Whenever he sees the sonogram pictures on our fridge, he points and says "Baby!" We find out what we're having next week, so stay tuned...

Charity's Birthday

Charity turned 33 and we celebrated with dinner and cupcakes: her favorite. I made chocolate cream-filled and lemon cupcakes and Ashley made coconut. Then we spent the night eating cupcakes and being entertained by Weston and Paisley. Happy Birthday Charity!

Her cupcake 3's Blowing out her candles

Still blowing out her candles. I think it took her about eight tries. It was funny!
Weston and Paisley had fun playing under the tablecloth

4th of July!

We got back from Hawaii the morning of the 4th of July, so we picked up Weston and headed home to relax again before going over the J and Ashley's for a BBQ and some swimming. When it got dark we went to a parking lot and lit some fireworks that Jason had bought. It was a fun and relaxing day!

My All-American Dude smiling for the camera

Watching the fireworks. Weston would run away from them everytime they went off :)
Family picture in our Red, White and Blue

Happy Birthday to Me!

For my birthday, Casey took me to Oahu, Hi...without Weston. I know, I pretty much have the best husband ever :) We found a great deal and Jason and Ashley were nice enough/willing to watch Weston for 5 days while we soaked up the sun. We had such a fun trip and were able to do and see so many things that we couldn't have done with Weston there, but luckily he was doing just fine without us back home. I don't even think he missed us. I'm going to warn you that this is a REALLY LONG post of pictures, but it is per Casey's request. I like to fully document an event and this is how he thought I should do it. Enjoy!

Our first picture on the beach

After a few hours of snorkeling we took a break for lunch and had the famous Matsumoto's shaved ice. I had shaved ice another time we were there, but this was the best by a long shot. It was so smooth and just melted in your mouth. Yum!

Just in case you were wondering how a pineapple grows. This was at the Dole Plantation.

Waimea Beach Park. This was a great beach with this rock that everyone jumps off of, which we did.

Casey making the jump

Waikiki Beach

We would often go down to Waikiki beach to watch the locals boogie board. They were very entertaining since they didn't boogie board the typical way.

This is a plumeria tree. The flowers smelled so good and I would always pick one up on our walks on the beach.

Nu'u'anu Pali lookout. It was really windy up there.

A pagoda at the Valley of the Temples

Casey banging the gong. It is customary to do this before you enter.

A view at the Valley of the Temples. It was a huge graveyard that featured many different religions.

Some piled rocks we saw on the way to the Polynesian Cultural Center The Laie, HI temple For lunch we stopped by a shrimp truck (which are all over the island) that was right next to the fruit stand owned my Reno Mahe's dad (played for BYU and the Eagles). The owner lets everyone write on his truck.

The coconut shrimp Casey got at one of the shrimp trucks. It was so yummy!

At the Tongan village at the Polynesian Cultural Center. I got Casey to go up and play the drums. It was pretty funny and I wish I had gotten a video of it. Getting his special headdress at the end.

At the Samoa Village they have a tree climbing demonstration that is really cool. This was our favorite village. The guys were so funny.

One of the Samoans striking a pose on the tree

Getting my Lei right before the Luau.

Bringing our the roasted pig from the ground

Casey got me a pineapple smoothie and it was delicious!

We went on the Diamond Head Crater hike and you had to go up 100+ stairs.My Jellyfish sting. Both Casey and I got stung by a dead Bubble Jellyfish that had crazy long. tenticles. I got the worst of it as you can tell. It stung a lot at first, but dulled after 30 minutes or so. You could still see where the barbs went in my skin for a few days though

Pearl Harbor. We loved it here and it makes you even more appreciative for the men that serve our country and those that lost their lives so many years ago. I got a little teary-eyed in the video beforehand.

The memorial over the USS Arizona.

The ship still leaks oil after all these years

Some of the burnt steel