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SLC Digital Exclusive: The Banks Kids Are Growing Up!
Von, Caleb, Este, and Aren have charmed you all for the past few years with three seasons of The Banks Wives on SLC! Recently, they’ve aged up into teenagers and we’re doing a special blog post to highlight their interests, hopes, and dreams for their high school years!
Von is already making a splash at his high school, where he has been placed on the boys’ varsity basketball team as a freshman -- a very rare event! Let’s get caught up with him.
Producer: Von, what are you interested in besides basketball for all those families (and young ladies) asking? We’ve pretty much known you as the sports guy!
Von: (laughs) True, true. Well, I’m applying to be part of the leadership board of Oasis Christian’s branch of FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), which is an awesome org. I love to work out, eat tacos, and play SNBA with the guys!
Producer: What do you hope to achieve and do before you graduate in a few years?
Von: Well, obviously to really hone my skills in the hope of being recruited to a top-performing collegiate program, God willing. And if He has any extra time after that, Zion always talks to us guys about how amazing it is to go into your young adult years and your college years with a woman by your side, so um, my ladies who praise and worship the Most High...send an email?
Caleb is more focused on the arts while his twin dominates on the basketball court!
Producer: Caleb, do you find it hard sort of living in Von’s shadow?
Caleb: I don’t view it that way. Me and Von are our own people, and we were given our separate talents and interests so we’d shine for ourselves. I get to shine when I get to display my art, so I’m not threatened by him shining and showing his athletic ability with basketball.
Producer: What do you hope to achieve before graduation in four years?
Caleb: I’d like to build an animation portfolio in the hopes of either being hired by an animation studio or accepted into Del Sol Institute of the Arts after I finish high school.
Este is finding her voice - literally!
Producer: Este, tell us about how your the start of your singing career is going!
Este: Well, I’d hardly call it a career (laughs). I sing on Sundays at church, as well as in the gospel choir at Oasis Christian. However, I’ve been posting some secular song covers - a lot of Taylor Swift! My cover of no body, no crime has like...350k on SimTube right now!
Producer: Are you hoping to get signed to a label when you graduate?
Este: If that’s what God has in store! I’m trying to stay grounded and keep my eye on my real dreams -- to grow up, to get married, and have my own family, but obviously being able to glorify God with my music and a national platform is something to aspire to and pray for.
Aren is becoming an aspiring globetrotter!
Producer: Aren, tell us about all this travelling you’ve done over the summer!
Aren: Yeah, I went on a mission trip to Sulani with Eden, and Mom through the local. It was really an eye-opening time, just to see that even though it’s close to SimNation, really they’re still in need of street ministry and God’s presence. We also did some house building, which really sparked my interest in potentially flipping homes as a living in the future.
Producer: Wow! Think you might want to move there one day?
Aren: It’s a beautiful place, so yeah, I’d be open to it. I’m still not really sure on going to college, so learning a trade or an apprenticeship with a master carpenter is an alternative my dad and I have talked about.
See more of Von, Caleb, Este, and Aren on The Banks Wives on SLC!
(a/n: ya so i adjusted my aging settings just to help the generations pass a little faster lol,and it force aged these four, Zion, and the grownups. so yet another timeskip, but a much shorter one)
