Talkin' Turtle

Another fun experience for me at Disneyland: Both my Mom and I got to talk to Crush the Turtle in Turtle Talk with Crush at Disney's California Adventure. Here's the full video:

Jedi Training

While I was at Disneyland celebrating my birthday, I got to get some more Jedi training and actually fight Darth Maul. It was cool! Here is the full adventure in today's video:

It's My Birthday! I'm 9!

It's my birthday and I am now nine. Yay! We got to go to Disneyland for the weekend of my birthday. It was a cool way to celebrate. Here is the video of our weekend so you can see many of the things we got to do while we were there.

Almost Birthday Time!

It's almost my birthday! This year we are doing something different. Instead of having a normal birthday party with my friends, I am going on.. an adventure. Watch the plan in today's episode of Tanner's Summer Adventures!

And check back soon, as we'll be posting a lot more coverage of my birthday adventure!

The Summer Routine

Now that our vacations are over, each day is starting to feel like the same thing. In today's episode, you can watch what I do each day.

Oh, my dad got a job again, so it is making it hard to do a video episode each day, but we'll keep making videos this summer, just not every day. And soon, "Tanner's Summer Adventures" Season 1, will be ready for DVD!

Relay for Life

Tonight we went to the Relay for Life in Eugene. We went to honor Grandma Green and my friend Abbi's aunt. They lit candles around the track and we got to walk around it. People were playing music. It was something I'd never seen before. My dad tried to get some video so you could see the highlights:

Special Episode: Family Vacation 2009

Sorry this took so long to get done and post, my Dad has been extra busy getting work caught up after vacation. But here is our Family Vacation episode of Tanner's Summer Adventures, where you can see some of the cool things we did. We'll get back to more regular blogs soon.

I WON!

Quick note from "Dad":

It's official! Tanner won the Youtube Harry potter contest! His video is now up on the Youtube home page as part of their Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince opening day celebration coverage. Just go to http://www.youtube.com and watch the giant Harry
Potter ad at the top.

Congrats to Tanner! Good job!

In case you missed it, or are hitting the blog after July 15, you can scroll down to watch it, or find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIFMvC-JBX4

Grandma & Grandpa are Here!

Today my Grandma and Grandpa Barth got here from Colorado. Watch the video for all the details! This weekend we leave for a week on the Oregon Coast, so there will be lots of cool things to see next week, so check back then!

New Episode: Hangin' Out

It's been a quieter few days in our house, so we have combined a few days of stuff into one video. Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Our poll for the film festival is finally up, so you can now start voting for your favorite. The poll is right over there.. to the right. If you haven't seen the videos yet, just scroll down to watch them.

Family Film Festival, Day 3: Tanner

And finally.. here's my entry into the family film festival! Hope you enjoy it. Special thanks to my friends Maxx and Sydney for helping me to film my entry!

Don't worry, it might look scary at first, but its not so bad. We'll open the voting so that you can help us choose a winner for our film festival on Monday. Everyone have a great weekend and don't blow up with fireworks.

Family Film Festival, Day 2: Tyler

It's day 2 of the film festival and time to reveal Tyler's entry into the contest.

One quick note: It was really hard to make Tyler's video this year since he is in Colorado this week visiting Grandma and Grandpa. But.. we figured out a way to make sure he was part of the festival and not missing out!

Family Film Festival, Day 1: Amanda

It's time for the first entry in the family film festival from Amanda. Remember, watch each entry and then at the end of the week, we'll put up the poll so you can vote for the winner. If you are confused as to what this is, or why I am not in today's episode, watch yesterdays episode and it will explain what this is all about!

Soooo... Here's Amanda's video:

Introducing the Barth Family Film Festival

Today we are going to start something called the Barth Family Film Festival. In this episode my dad is going to tell you the rules, how we do it, and how you can participate in helping us choose the winner.

I hope you like it!

Monday Special: Harry Potter Potions

Today's episode is a little different, but still fun. We discovered a video contest on Youtube to invent a Harry Potter style potion. We have to show what the potion is called, how to make it and what its does. So we filmed this today in order to meet the deadline. So make sure to click below to watch it and pass it on in case we can win. Then I could be Youtube's featured video for the day and that would be cool.

In case you are wondering... when we had the idea, we wanted someone to play the part of "my sisters first date". We tried very hard to find a teenage boy, but all of them we knew were at scout camp. And none of the neighbors were home. We even rode our bikes around to try to find a teenager, but we didn't find any. So my dad had to play the role, which is really weird. But only people that know us would know its my dad.

So here is my harry potter potion:

Friday the 26th: Swim Time!

Today it finally started to get hot and feel like summer time. So we went swimming. I am glad mom and dad got a pass so we can go alot.

A Simple Summer Day

Today's just a simple summer day, playing with my best friend Maxx.

Tanner's Summer Adventures: Max

Today there is some good news and some bad news. Check it all out on today's video:

Wipeout Time

Sometimes its fun to pretend we are in our favorite TV shows. Here is an example in today's video. Hope you like it (and don't wipeout!)

Video Wacky Wednesday

As promised, here is my first video Wacky Wednesday! Good luck everyone!



And for those that can't watch the videos, here are this week's science related questions:

1. In most states, it is illegal to paint a vehicle bright yellow unless it is a school bus. When did most school buses become yellow?
A. 1939
B. 1921
C. 1951

2. What is the southern most state?
A. California
B. Hawaii
C. Florida

3. True/False: The Nevada State Bird is the Mockingbird.

Put your answers in the comments!

Tuesday Errands

Time for today's installment of "Tanner's Summer Adventures". Hope you like it!

Summer Adventures: Day 1

Today was my first day of summer vacation and how did I get to spend it? By going to the dentist to have one of my molars removed! Fun for me! It was totally easy because the dentist made me really numb... and I got goofy with the laughing gas. The tooth they pulled out of my was HUGE.. the roots were bigger than the tooth, but it needed to come out.

To give us something to work on, my dad and I are going to do a video journal to document the summer break. It will just be a short little video to show you what I am up to each day... but it should be a lot of fun.

Click below to watch today's entry and then check back for more. And who knows.. maybe we'll even do a video version of Wacky Wednesday!

It's Wednesday and you know what that means!

Today is finally a another Wacky Wednesday! We are going to do a 3 joke special and a true or false game. But first lets see if anyone got last times jokes right.

#1 What do you call a fairy that hasn't taken a bath?
It looks like Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev got it right. The answer was it is a stinkerbell.

#2 What do you call a scared dinosaur?
Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev got it right again with the answer "nervous rex". So Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev are now level 2 "jokesters". Now Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev have to get all three right to move up to the "smarty pants" level.

Here are the newest jokes, remember to leave what you think the answers are in the comments. (No googling, Grandma!!!)

1.Where's a monster's favorite place to swim?

2.What happens to a mummy when it falls into the Nile River?

3.Why did the two cyclops get into a fight?

Everyone guess lucky!

Bonus Question: Here is one more true/false question:
The South Dakota state bird is the Willow Goldfinch.


Have fun! love, wacky poster.

It's Another Wacky Wednesday!

Hello everyone!
It's Wednesday, which means it's time to tell you who won last weeks Wacky Wednesday contest. Here are at the questions and the answers and who won:

#1 How are football players and airplane pilots alike? This joke did not get any right answers. The right answer was: they both like to make safe touchdowns.

#2 What animal can jump higher than a house? It seems that Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev got it right. Any animal can jump higher than a house because a house can't jump.

So since Grandma Barth was the first to guess half the correct answers, we'll call her the half-winner. And Grandma Barth and Aunt Bev have gotten to "Level 1: Beginner". But making it to level 2 may be a lot tougher! Grandpa Chuck.. keep guessing. You'll get there!

Ready to try again?

The new jokes are:

#1 What do you call a fairy that hasn't taken a bath?

#2 What do you call a scared dinosaur?

OK, have a wacky Wednesday!

Love, Tanner

Wacky Wednesday

It's Wacky Wednesday! The week is half over and we're getting close to Friday! To celebrate today being a wacky day, I am starting something new. Each Wednesday I will post two jokes, but I wont give the answer just yet. I want you to try to figure out the answer and put your guesses in the comments. The first person to get it right, wins! Next Wednesday I will tell you the answers, who wins and then do more jokes for next week.

Ready to play with me?

Here are this weeks jokes. Remember to post your guesses in the comments!

#1 how are airplane pilots and football players alike?

#2 what animal can jump higher then a house?

Have a Wacky Wednesday! 

Aaron Stone

One of my favorite TV shows is Aaron Stone on the Disney XD network. Aaron Stone is about a kid named Charlie who thought this game, Hero Rising, was awesome and his avatars name was Aaron Stone. But one day a person named Mr. Hall, the creater of hero rising, asked him if he wanted to become the real life crime fighter Aaron Stone and he said yes. The day after that, Mr. Hall had made Aaron Stone's costume and it looked like this.

Charlie's brothers name is Jason. Here is a picture of them playing Hero Rising together:

Aaron's boss's friend S.T.A.N. (Sentient Tactical Assisting Neo-human) is who tells aaron what to do. Here is a picture of them together:

Also, here is a picture of Aaron in action:

Here is a quick look at the show so that you can see kind of what it is like:

So i love Aaron Stone. You should watch it and let me know what you think! New episodes are on at 4 PM each Monday.

Introducing My "War" Podcast

War is a thing where people fight. Well thats not all. It's also a Podcast series that I am making. It is like Star Wars, The Clone Wars, but not totally like it. There is lots of new things. Also it will teach you that little things can help big things. And the strongest thing that it is about is the key of death. It can control anybody whenever it wants, so if you discover it, you can control anybody. Also it can make the strongest person on your team kill everybody, if you discover it. Take a look at this diagram to see the difference between war and Star Wars.

Also, please show the podcast to your kids.. they will like it!


Click here to listen to Episode 1

Click here to listen to Episode 2

My Temple Adventures

This last weekend I got to take a special trip to Utah. My mom wanted me to be able to see the inside of a temple even before I turned 12 so we made a trip to Utah to see the inside of the Draper Temple.. They just finished building it.

While we were there we also saw the Oquirrh Mt. Temple, which they are still building. I also got to go see the Salt Lake Temple from way up high in the Church Office Building. We ate lunch in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and I had a great quesedilla at a restaurant called the Nauvoo cafe. It was yummy. Then we went to the Jordan River Temple.

If I keep this up, soon I will have seen all the Utah Temples! How cool is that?

I love seeing the temples. They are all very pretty and it was really cool being able to see what they look like inside. I especially liked the mirrors in the sealing room, the Celestial Room and the baptismal font. Here is a list of all the temples I have seen so far. (I am just posting pictures from this trip here.. Scroll down for more pictures of me and the temple)

• Logan Temple
• Salt Lake Temple (at night)
• Provo Temple
• Mt. Timpanogos Temple (at night)
• Portland Temple
• Draper Temple
• Salt Lake Temple (in day)
• Jordan River Temple
• Oquirrh Mt. Temple
• Mt. Timpanogos Temple (in day)

please click on one to see it bigger and drag it to your desktop and then open up iphoto and drag the ones you like into iphoto. If you don't have iphoto... buy a Mac. They are much better! Just ask my Dad.

Draper Utah Temple

Salt Lake City Utah Temple

Jordan River Temple

Oquirrh Mt. Utah Temple

My Trip to Idaho and Utah

One day me and my mom went to Idaho. When we got to the airport we got picked up by Aunt JoLynn. We got to spend the night at her house. The next day we went to a family feast together. There were a lot of people and good food.



One of the days I got to stay at my Aunt JoLynn's house with my cousin Katie. And I got to play guitar hero and I played the super hero game with Marvel super heroes.



It got to go see the play "The Forgotten Carols". It was cool.


On a cold day I got to go ride a 4 wheeler with my cousin Damon for about 3 hours. I got to go really fast. I saw some rats in the field and I hit one of them on accident because I was going to fast. At first I was really nervous and had a hard time turning so I crashed into the fence. Later in the day when I was doing really good and going really fast and turning better, I got to go on the pee wee track. I was doing really good on it and it was fun.

There was a big track that is used for races and it looked cool to go on. So, they let me go on it and on a really sharp turn I crashed into a creek and almost ran over my foot.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was visiting lots of temples and taking pictures of them. I learned that some temples have a statue of Moroni on top and some don't. I had my own camera and my mom let me take pictures. These are the pictures I took.

I saw the Logan temple first.
Then we went to see the lights at temple square at the Salt Lake City temple.
Then we went to visit the Provo temple.
Then we went to the Mt. Timpanogos temple where my mom and dad got married.
On this trip we also got to visit my Burdett relatives; Kevin, Bev, Eric, Thomas and Copper. They let us stay at their house and took us back to the airport. I had a lot of fun playing with Eric and Thomas. I also got to meet my Grandpa Chuck for the first time.

I got to visit lots of family, see lots of cool things and had a good time. THE END