We see the light!

We are very thankful for the place we get to call home. Yes, you did remember correctly. I was not very excited about this house when we first saw it. But I have grown to love it and am so thankful for it every day. One of the great things about it is less than a 100 yards away through the trees and down a small hill is the climbing wall. Throughout the summer Sydney would go down to the climbing wall in the afternoon and truly climb her little heart out. This has been so much fun for us to watch. The very first day she only went about a foot off the ground. Now she is doing true climbing moves and ringing the bell at the top of the climbs. Since the summer family camp season is over, she has been really missing the climbing wall. So we decided to take her and Stella climbing on real rock. We headed to Castle Rock State Park. Nate and I climbed here when we lived here before. We weren't so sure what was in store for us going back with kids.

It was such a great day, Nate and I are still talking about how much fun we had as a family. We all got a little climbing in. Even Stella put a harness on and got to about my shoulders before she was ready to get down. Sydney wanted to climb and climb and climb. She could not get enough. "More more more" she chanted. We were so proud of the both of them ,They did a great job hiking and exploring and just hanging out climbing. We have seem the light at the end of the tunnel. More climbing trips are in our future!

unfortunatly, my camera had little to no battery life left. So these are the only pictures we have of the climbing and Stella's big debute is blurry. Boo! next time check battery before leaving!