First Day of School!

Today was Siena's first day of school! Twice a week, she will be attending the preschool where I work. I can't believe she is old enough for school already (3 years old!). Even though I was with her all day, it was still a little emotional for me to see my little girl going to school. She LOVED it though! And it took so much out of her, she slept for 3 hours straight right after!

This is the Place & Hogle zoo

I had never been the the "This is The Place"
Park, where Brigham Young first announced to the Mormon Pioneers that they had arrived in the 'Zion,' so we checked out the park, then spent the day at the zoo. The girls are such animal lovers, they couldn't get enough!
When I asked Siena what her favorite animal was, expecting one of the African animals or reptiles or something, she responded with "the chicken.' Huh...
Tessa's favorite was the iguana. She got really excited when she saw the iguana, and kept running back to it long after we had moved on (or tried to). Fun day!

Lehman Caves

After the last Cedar City trip, my mom and I decided to take the girls to Lehman Caves, in Great Basin Nation Park, near Baker, NV. I remembered going there as a child and being in complete awe of the formations there. It was a really neat experience to see the caves again with my girls, and they loved it!

naptime

Siena and her cousin Jairus pretend napping in the closet in Cedar City this summer.

playing with Grandpa

The girls love to play with the grandpas (all 3 of them). Grandpa John likes to swing them around, and play on the ground and the girls just eat it up!

Reunionmania

I'm back! It's been about 16 years since I went to a Tanner Reunion, and I escaped with only MINOR cuts and bruises....

Actually, I had a GREAT time with my brother, dad, and all of my 10638 cousins again! My grandma Bev, mother of 14, is something of a celeb, having been on the Letterman show 9 times, Wayne Brady 5 times, and Donny & Marie. We were celebrating her 90th birthday, complete with a bright pink present pinata and $2 bills galore. It was the first time the girls ever met their great grandma. We went to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho- a fun tiny town with a river running through it. Our first day there, we tubed down the river and capsized twice. A little scary, considering Siena was with us. She panicked a little, but held it together pretty well until we got out and said, "Mommy I was so scared!" A couple days after the fact, my bruising has come to full fruition, and likes to tell me "Mommy, your rainbow skins are so pretty!"