on belay

with the cold weather we have been getting

we have been trying to find ways to keep the boys busy

we decided that going to the Y and playing basketball

would be a good thing for everyone

while we were there a few weeks ago

they opened up the rock climbing wall

for open climbing

we decided it might be fun to try

so we gave it a whirl

at first drew, alex, and stacey tried it out

THEN ...

they told stacey that he could learn to belay

and if he learned,

he could belay for any of us anytime the wall was open

SO ...

drew was a perfect and very brave guinea pig ;)

stacey figured it out in no time

and when we went back a week later

ben got brave enough to climb

and he even went all the way to the top and rang the bell!

stacey got a little more adventurous

and showed the girl next to him

a thing or two about how it's done ;)

although i would rather it was 80 degrees and sunny

i'm glad that we've at least found something to do

on our rare 'nights off'