Sunday Shenanigins

We spend a lot of Sundays up in American Fork Canyon with our family.  I love the time we get to spend together.  Our cell phones don't work, so everyone talks and enjoys each other.  It's peaceful with no distractions.

I love that these two are buddies.

Jason decided it would be fun to see if Lauren could climb up a very steep mountain with loose rocks!  I'm known to worry, but decided to stay out of it and just be quiet.  Lauren is always up for anything!  It is one of the things that makes her really fun to hang out with.

It was a STRUGGLE to sit quietly and not tell her to be careful or tell Jason to stop encouraging her to go higher or that she  just needed to come back down.  I could just envision her tumbling down the hill like the rocks that came crashing down when they broke loose as she climbed over them.  The kids thought it was pretty funny to see me squirm and knew I was trying so hard to not say anything.

Somehow, she made it to the destination tree.  The problem now was getting down!  Jason's response? "Just surf!  Ride the rocks down!".   They were all laughing and having a great time.  I took a deep breath and bit my tongue so I wouldn't ruin the fun.  My heart was pounding and I silently prayed she wouldn't break anything on the way down.  She managed to get from tree to tree and did a little surfing on the loose rocks, but made it down in one piece.  I can't say the same for her knew boots.

Within minutes, Jason was egging the other kids on!  They were unsure, but Jessica wasn't about to get shown up by her little sister and decided to try.  I couldn't help the "Oh!" that slipped out of my mouth.  I caught myself there and tried to look calm while Jessica attempted to climb the mountain.

 Austin thought it was so funny to watch me say nothing.  "This is killing you isn't it?!"
Me, "Nope.  I'm good.  Looks like fun."  He just laughed and went back and forth between watching me and watching Jessica.

She got about 5 feet from the tree, but the rocks kept slipping out from under her.  Much to my relief, she decided it was a bad idea to go the rest of the way and worked her way back down.  They tried to get Austin to try.  "I'm not crazy!  That's sketchy!"

I was so glad it was getting dark as Ashlyn volunteered to try next!  Luckily, she wasn't too disappointed when I said no because it was getting dark and it was time to make s'mores.