Family Home Evening

Last night for Family Home Evening, we went to the rock wall at the Rec Center. The boys have been BEGGING to go!!! Chet and I are both certified to belay them, so we jumped right in. Carter gets on (this was his second trip, he had been once before about 3 mo ago). the wall and starts climbing. He goes right up the 42 ft wall like it was nothing. Later, when it was his turn again, he cruised up another run. So when it came his turn again, he was asking me where to go. I go every Monday morning with a friend and have been working on a run, unsuccessfully to date, so I told him to try that one. He asked if I thought he could do it and I told him I would pay him $5 if he made it to the top. That little turkey flies right up until about 2 ft from the top. He worked for about 2 min to figure out how to get where he could touch the top. He was calling down for some advice, but I couldn't see up that high, so I told him to just drop. He says, "But I want my 5 bucks!" and continues to try. I told him I would pay him anyways. He immediately dropped back into his harness like it was nothing, not an ounce afraid to be hanging 40 ft up there. He was AMAZING! He is SOOOOOO strong it kills me! I told Caden that if he made it to a certain spot I would let him get the biggest ice cream DQ makes (the kid could almost conquer the world for that bribe!). He went about double farther than his personal best and made it (his fear is the repelling part. He wants to climb back down the wall). Then he was telling EVERYONE that I had to buy him the biggest thing DQ makes. It was really cute. They were very proud! I love my little boys. My life is chaos 95% of the time, and I feel like I am on the brink of going insane most of the time! But moments like these make it all worth it. To see them grow and accomplish things, and then be proud of it is really cool to see!