Gators

Many of you know Tanner has been playing baseball on a traveling team for quite awhile. He was playing with the Rebels. However the Rebels had been together for 2 years as a team when Tanner joined, thus being the case he was the low man on the totem pole, he always was the one sitting on the bench, playing in the outfield, last on the batting order, that kind of thing. He liked it but we were ready to move on. During little league the league commissioner decided he was going to create his own traveling team, and he really wanted Tanner to be on it. We debated but finally decided to have him switch over to the new team. So he is now a St. George Gator. He isn't the last man any longer. He pitches or plays third most of the time, sometimes he is shortstop. He isn't last on the batting order, and he doesn't sit on the bench very much. The team had their first tournament as a team this weekend. Though they didn't win any of there games (nobody really expects a new team to), they improved so much every game and did some really awesome stuff. Tanner pitched the first game, and in the last game he had back to back outs throwing from third to first. Grandpa and Grandma Ellison were able to come down to his game on Thursday-which was very nice of them. Tanner likes the new team because he has friends on it and gets to do more, but he is also a little frustrated because it is hard coming from a winning established team to one that is just starting up. We are pretty sure that with some hard work and dedication this team will soon be able to compete with the best of them, but we have to remind Tanner that it will take time and patience, and in the end it will be for the best.