Rock Climbing

Matt has been begging me to write a blog post about our family rock climbing FHE.  To say that Matthew loves rock climbing is an understatement.   He is basically obsessed with it.  He must take after his Uncle Ryan who lives and breaths it.  Look at Ryan's family picture I took recently.  Here it is below as evidence. (See all the rock climbing gear?  It is a family affair and they love to do it together.  They are a pretty awesome, outdoor family!)

If only Ryan lived here so he could take Matt all the time and he would stop bugging asking us to go all the time. ;) 

So, we went a few weeks ago.  Everyone enjoyed it.  I was a little busy watching Kellen as he jumped around like a little mountain goat on the big rocks and boulders at the base of the cliffs we were climbing. 

Matt was so happy because he got to lead climb a route.  We went to a place called the Black Cliffs.  They are less then 10 minutes from us.  That is one of the reason's I love where we live.  Lots of fun outdoor things are super close.  Here are some pictures from our evening of climbing.

Trying to stay cool.  The sun was pretty hot.

Matt was ready to go with all his gear.  He actually saved his money and bought most of this on his own over time.  You can't see it in the picture too well, or at all, but in the distance is downtown Boise.  It's a pretty neat view from this spot.

Kaleb wanted a picture of the water in the background.  That's part of the Boise River off of Highway 21.

He's handsome. :)

I love his smile!

He enjoyed wearing my sunglasses to keep the sun out of his eyes.  They look great don't they? :)

Tyson getting ready to belay Matt.

Trying to get the lead climb going.

Potty break.  Boys have it easy!

Kellen getting ready to "climb" for a bit.  He looks like he only has one leg but he has it up against the rock behind him.

He kept asking, "Where do I put my foot now?"  He loved it!  That's about as far as he got.

Kaleb was a great helper.

Can you see Ian in this picture?