Friday, October 2, 2009

It's been awhile - here's September!

These first few pictures pretty much sum up September for our family! SOCCER! Tanner's team went undefeated this season! Tanner was also like the hugest kid on any team we played! We know the parents of the other teams were asking "are you sure that kid is only 5?" Yeah like we would be having him play at this level if he wasn't. It did get a little embarrassing when he just kept scoring and scoring every game. But he really did get good at centering the ball so his teammates could score! Tanner is a great soccer player and we are really proud of him!

Dawson and Josh were on the same team this year. I love that. Not so many different games and practices to get to. Dawson rocked. He loved playing on the big fields this year. He did so well at forward and halfback. He scored several goals this year! It was really fun to watch.

Here they are together. They make a great team. One of the best memories was when Josh was playing goalie. Josh has an awesome drop kick. He kicked it way up to the center line and Dawson at forward took it and scored! It was sweet. Hanks to Hanks - and it's good!

Josh was on fire this year. I think his confidence was really strong on this team. He scored more this year than he has ever scored in all his years. He had a great time. Their team was really even so there was no "stand out" player, they were all good and played well together. And they went undefeated till the last game and then they still tied. It was an awesome season - so fun to watch.

And now - the Lost Tooth! Really lost! Here's the quick version. Tanner tackled Dawson on the trampoline and his tooth got quite loose. Well, then about a week later they were playing football in the backyard and yep the tooth got knocked out - lost in the grass! Tanner was quite upset about it but eventually was ok when we wrote the toothfairy a letter explaining the situation. Well this story isn't quite over. I walk in the door from Relief Socety General meeting and I'm met with a lot of crying - another football injury. Tanner is crying because now both his top teeth are loose from playing football with the brothers! Poor kid is going to lose all his teeth to football!

5 comments:

de Arrieta said...

You always make me smile! Thank you for the cute updates.

Breanne said...

At least Tanner's about the age where teeth start to come out anyway :)

Kelly said...

You must be so proud of those soccer kids!

emily said...

Avery would be SOOO very jealous to see that Tanner already lost a tooth. She's been asking me nonstop when she's going to lose one! Maybe I should sign her up for a tackle football league...

Hey, I need your email address for when I switch my blog over to being private (Blah!). Will you shoot me an email so I've got your address? I'm at emilypalenske AT hotmail DOT com.

Sure love keeping up with you Hankses!

Anonymous said...

Ok,I'm caught up. Loved the story about Marissa and getting ready for soccer.

Hoping to see Halloween pictures pretty soon, I heard the kids had great costumes!
Love,
Mom, Grandma, Linda, etc.