week 5
Caden Tanner
#3
Our Basketball Star!
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Are you ready for some football?
Don't you LOVE fall?
Caden does!
Wanna know why? Yep. Football.
Its his life, his love, his heart and soul.
Something I can't quite understand...
but nevertheless, we support him and his dreams
to one day play for the University of Florida and then onto the NFL
so here we are again -
another season of football!
I have to admit, I have a love/hate relationship with it.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how much he LOVES it!
I love that he puts in hours and hours and hours practicing.
I love that he trains his body so hard that every night he comes home sore and bruised.
(He gets ripped too, you should see his six pack! Me=jealous.)
I love seeing him in his uniform (so dang cute!) and I love watching him play!
I am one proud mama.
The hate part - worrying he might get hurt.
Yes - Me=protective mama!
Here he is - #2.
And yes ~ he is as tall as his coach!
CRAZY.
He has had some really hard hits and amazing blocks!
He plays wide receiver. He has had some great catches!
And some great runs!
Wide receiver!
Caden Tanner
#2
Weber Warriors
Wide Receiver
Wide Receiver
My (not so) little Man!
Are you ready for some football?
Good News.
Good News!
If my little man doesn't make it in the NFL,
then his back up plan is the NBA.
Nothing wrong with keeping your options open!
Speed Stack (future) World Champ.
Meet the future Speed Stacking World Champ.
He lives with me.
I love him.
I think he is cool.
He stacks cups really fast.
He thinks I'm weird.
I'm fine with that.
He still holds my hand.
I love that.
He thinks I'm funny.
I'm glad someone does.
This is getting random.
Good thing I like randomness.
Here he is:
The Awesome Speed Stacker!
Watch out World Champs...
Here He Comes!
(current personal record is: 12.28 seconds.)
Go Gators!
UPDATE!
Gators win it 24-14!
WAHOO!
In honor of our little man, who happens to love Florida University - he wants to attend college there (which now by the way, puts one son in Hawaii for college and one in Florida for college - oh my. help me now...) we all dressed up tonight for the big championship game! Go Gators!!
A Night To Remember.
Last month, before Chad's job got absolutely insane,
he was able to take our little man out for a fun night,
just the two of them. It's important, don't you think,
to have those one on one experiences with your Dad?
I know the few times that I had my Dad alone,
paying attention to me and only me,
are some of my most treasured experiences!
(It didn't happen too often - I am one of 7 children
but when it did, I felt really special!)
So off they went, to have some fun together!
Chad took him to a Jazz Game.
Their 2nd row tickets included a fancy candlelight dinner.
I am so proud.
He was even brave enough to try his first crab leg.
(He hated it, by the way.) What can I say?
He takes after his mom.
And much to our little man's enjoyment
the Jazz Bear was hanging out at the dinner.
Chad said the Jazz Bear kept taking Cade's hat
and ruffling up his hair.
Cade and the Jazz Bear are old friends.
When Cade was in 2nd Grade, the Bear picked him up
and carried him across the stage at an awards show we were attending.
They have been buddies ever since.
Here's what second row at the game looks like.
Wow. So much different than up in the nosebleed sections!
SO MUCH FUN! GO JAZZ!
The private snack bar was open to them
all during the game for unlimited soda's and snacks.
The Jazz Bear found where they were sitting
and continued his playing and pestering.
I think Cade was loving every minute of it!
Yes, I definitely think this will be a fun memory for the 2 of them,
and I can't wait to see what their next adventure together brings.
Warriors Win It.
Since football started up again last August, it has been a major part of our lives. Practices, Practices, Practices and Games, Games, Games (despite my best efforts of trying to talk my little man out of playing...). No, there was no talking him out of it... his heart is in the game. And my heart is his, so for now, we are enjoying this fun football ride for as long as it lasts.
And it has been fun. Really fun.
Last night, we watched our little man and his team,
play under the lights on the big field at the new REAL Stadium.
Our little underdog team, played incredibly well and pulled out a win
against a team that everyone warned us was really, really tough.
It was so exciting to watch and it was such a great win for us!
And, how awesome to be able to play here at the big stadium!
The boys absolutely loved it.
My little man, and a few others have been together
on the same team for 3 years now.
This is their 3 years together picture.
And, my heart exploded again with pride and joy,
as it always does every time I watch him play.
Yep, I'm one proud mama.
Way To Go Warriors!
YOU ROCK!
Watch Out Williams Sisters!
Guess who's been playing Tennis this summer?
(photo credit goes to my 5 year old...)
Any guesses?
It's me and my sis!
We make a pretty dynamic duo.
I mean, just look at her!
Who would want to go up against her?!
She's got some serious game...
(and those striped pants -
pretty intimidating, don't ya think?)
and speaking of dynamic duos...
check out these 2 cuties.
Betcha you've never seen cuter ball girls.
What? You've never seen a ball girl
make dead eyes at the crowd before?
Well, you've never been to one of our games, then!
And with any luck,
these two cuties have inherited some
of their mothers skills of the court...
Watch out Williams sisters!
If you're ever in town, you'll have a match on your hands!
(Now if you'll excuse me,
I am going to go pray that the Williams sisters never see this post,
and never come to my town.)
Soccer filled Saturdays.
Our Saturdays consist of at least 3 soccer games and 1 football game (among all the other Saturday must-do's). Are we crazy? Yes. Crazy about our darling and talented cuties! Yes, we would have more money in our pocket and more free time (free time? what's that?) if they had no interest in playing sports, but, I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing we love more than watching our cuties play. Nothing. They truly love it and are so good at it!! Our hearts explode with pride as we watch them progress and have fun with it. I am often overcome with emotion during the games (jenny emotional? shocking I know.) as I find myself reflecting on how fast they grow up. (yes this is why I am in dark sun glasses at the games. and because it's sunny. I know, I know - I need some serious help.) Does anyone else out there tear up at their kids games? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I mean come on!
Who wouldn't tear up at this?
I'm tearing up just reliving it!!
And this girl has a serious power kick!
She's famous for it.
Does anyone have any kleenex?
*sniff*
And, oh my little man.
He has some serious moves.
*sigh*
Pure joy. It can do strange things to a person.
Tearing up as I watch them - it must be completely normal!
At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Cade + Football = Love.
When I went in to say good night
and tuck my little man into bed
a few nights ago,
this is what I found...
What am I going to do with
my little football lovin' man?
He makes my heart smile.
LOVE. HATE.
I have a love/hate relationship with football. Actually, now that I think about it - it's mostly a hate relationship with football with a huge amount of love for the little man in my life that insists on playing the game. He, on the other hand, has a LOVE/LOVE relationship with the game - and why he does, I'll never know... But, because he lives and breathes football, we support him and his dreams to one day play in the NFL. (Lord help me...) But, I have to say, my little man playing football has benefited me in a few ways. One benefit is the knowledge I now have that my heart is in good cardiac condition. I know this, because my heart pounds 100 miles a minute out of my chest, during his games. It is good to know that I won't soon die of a heart attack, (even though it feels like it), every time they send my little man into a battle zone.
Here's my little man, #28, wide receiver,
heading out to battle.
Here comes the beating heart...
Breathe, Jenny, Breathe!
It's OK.
Maybe they won't send the play his way.
Maybe they'll just forget he's even out there!
Maybe he will develop magical powers
and become invisible, and. and. and.
Oh no.
Oh no. no. no!
#6 what do you think you are doing?
Don't give him that ball!!!
OK #6. You are in so much trouble after the game.
Run, little man, Run!!
Breathe, Jenny, Breathe!!
Wait. a. second.
Who was supposed to be blocking #92?!!!!
And, what the heck are they feeding that kid?!!!
Alright, I want to see some papers on this kid.
NO WAY he is 11 years old!!
Help!
Someone wearing red - please help my little man!
ANYONE?!
OK - WHEW! Thank you red!
Wait a minute...
WHO HAS #92?!!!
Magical Powers... Magical Powers... Magical Powers...
Invisible... Invisible... Invisible...
How is my heart not exploding?!!
It has exploded.
It has exploded with pride and joy
for my SUPER TOUGH little man,
who took one of the hardest hits I have ever seen,
by 2 or 3 kids triple his size,
held onto the ball,
and got up,
and still (don't ask me why)
LOVES THE GAME.
#28.
The cutest and toughest wide receiver
to ever play football.
a little side note: no, I don't have any photos of the hit that Cade took from the huge X-men. I saw it all through my zoom lens, and I think I actually did have a heart attack at that point, and pressing the shutter button as you are having a heart attack is more difficult than you might think... this problem of being too nervous and too excited to take pictures of him during his shining moments has made him a little mad at me. What can I say? I'll try to do better next time... if I can just remember to breathe...
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