Monday, December 5, 2011
Gifts of Christmas
Tonight Emma was reading in the scriptures about the Three Wise Men and the gifts they brought to the baby Jesus. In her words: "Gold, frankenstein, and myrrh." I promise we haven't watched "Nightmare Before Christmas" this year.
Es-sushi-cargot
The other day Peter came up to me and spit something out of his mouth into my hand (this is not an especially rare occurrence). The first thing I said upon looking at is was that it looked like a chewed up crustacean (although later research confirmed that I meant to say it looked like a chewed up mollusk). Here's a picture (it is small at Leslie's request, but for those of you who like looking at gross things, you can see a somewhat bigger version by clicking on the picture):
After discarding the offending mush I walked into the family room and saw a pair of Talmage's pants on the floor. I picked them up to put them away and a few small things fell out of his pocket:
Peter really had been eating snails! RAW snails! Leslie described it best as es-sushi-cargot. I guess Peter will grow up to like all sorts of fancy, expensive foods. :)
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Crazy Tarantula Migration
We ended up finding two fairly large tarantulas! Leslie's dad, Merrill, was brave enough to catch one in a large plastic cup, and Morgan caught the other one in an ice cream bucket. We watched them while we ate dinner and got brave enough to touch their back legs while they were in the bucket.
Peter loved watching them! We had to make sure that he didn't reach in and smash them. Actually he did push on them a few times with his chicken nugget. Hopefully tarantulas are sanitary!? (You might want to scroll down and pause the music on our webpage before watching the videos.)
We showed them to a few other people and then decided to walk down a trail before letting them go. When we got to a good place we decided we were brave enough to dump them out onto someone's lap. Morgan and I sat down and Merrill got ready to let the tarantulas out. Peter decided to climb onto my lap, too. One tarantula ended up on him and started crawling up his shirt toward his face. Everyone screamed and we tried to pick Peter up and brush off the tarantula, but it crawled under Peter's armpit and onto his back. It was an Indiana Jones moment as we tried to get it brushed off him as quickly as we could. I only wish we got Leslie's face on the video (but you can hear her voice)! If you watch closely you can see the spider on Peter's back for a second. This video might be worth watching full screen (click on the YouTube logo at the bottom right of the video and then a new webpage will open up; then click on the icon of the four outward pointing arrows at the very bottom right of the video).
Finally we decided the tarantula wasn't too bad and we let him crawl on our hands and arms. Merrill was the first one brave enough to try it (besides Peter, of course). Then Morgan tried it and so did I (the tarantula crawled up my arm and onto my back, touching my neck for a minute - ahhh! - before it crawled down my other arm). We even got Leslie to try it for a minute!
We ended up having a lot of fun before we let him go. We hope we didn't traumatize the poor tarantula too much!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Oh, What do you do in the Summertime?
Here's what WE did. I finally caught up on blogging about our summer. Just click the links below (or simply scroll down through the posts) to see some of what we did during the hot, hot summer.
May
Greg and Meisha's wedding
June
July
Clark and Kaylee's wedding
So there is a brief report of what we did. Don't worry this is not my journal, as so many blogs say, I keep a pen and paper version for that. Someday i will get around to catching up all the way about Back to School, etc. Enjoy this update until then.
May
Greg and Meisha's wedding
June
July
Clark and Kaylee's wedding
So there is a brief report of what we did. Don't worry this is not my journal, as so many blogs say, I keep a pen and paper version for that. Someday i will get around to catching up all the way about Back to School, etc. Enjoy this update until then.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Wedding #2
At the end of July the kids and I drove to Utah to be there for my brother Clark's wedding. How did we do it? 
Our very nice Grampa Steve flew to Oklahoma and drove with us to Colorado and then with Tutu, too, we drove on to Utah. They were so nice (and very brave) to make the drive with us. It actually went pretty well. We listened to alot of books on tape and made some long rest stops. It was a good adventure.
I didn't take as many pictures on this trip but we did have alot of fun. We stopped in Morgan, UT the first night to spend some time with Nate's sister and her family who were there visiting from North Carolina. It was fun to stay in that beautiful place and swim and have fun with cousins. Big thank you to the Thompson's for letting us stay.
Then it was on to my parents house. They were so helpful to me with the kids. We had alot of fun playing with cousins, playing at the school and park, drinking slurpees, picking apricots, and being outside in my parents' beautiful backyard. We enjoyed a huge rainstorm one day. As the kids were out playing we realized that all the garbage cans were being pushed down the street by all the water. We ran out to save the cans. We got completely soaked and all our little boys were confused and crying, but we had alot of fun and got in our good deed for the day.
We also got to see some more of Nate's side of the family. We had dinner with lots of family at Aunt Ruth's, we met our new nephew. Carrie took us to see the renovated BYU campus. And later got to go to the Discovery museum with Kamrah and her two boys.
We celebrated Emma's birthday early with a trip to the pioneer park. The kids had lots of fun playing games in the old school house, and panning for gold, and riding the horses, etc. We also got to celebrate on the actual day with the family that was still left in town. She made her own list of simple things she wanted to do for fun. She was the sweetest birthday girl. 
The night before the wedding we had a little informal party with our family and Kaylee's family and some of Clark and Kaylee's closest friends. We later dubbed it the "Pop-up Party" because we literally set everything up in about 20 min. It was so fun to meet her family and give a little advice to the couple. It was especially a great night because it was the night that everyone was finally in town. My other brother and his wife arrived during the party and Co-Nate flew in just as it started. Nate flew really late that night so he missed the party but I was soooo glad to have him with us again. Here is everyone except Nate and Peter (who had to be put to bed early).
Friday was the wedding. They got married in the Salt Lake Temple. It was wonderful to be there again. It is such a beautiful place of great strength and peace. 
It was a busy day for weddings so there was a bit of a wait for pictures. The little boys got a little tired, bored and hungry. 
Luckily the luncheon was across the street. We were delayed getting to the reception because of a major traffic jam. It was at a house near Park City. It was fabulous. My sister Karen made hundreds of mini banana creme pies and beautiful sugar cookies with edible flowers on top. She is amazing. The yard was beautiful and had a small playground to keep the kids happy. We had a good time there.
Here's the happy couple. They met before Clark's mission and when he got back in January they picked up again pretty quick. We are so happy to have Kaylee in our family. I have had fun getting to know her. She is beautiful, and positive, and so kind. (And she has been a good friend to Clark's twin sister Holly which is hugely important.) Clark has always been a cool guy. We are glad he found someone so great for him. I am excited that our "Sisters Brimhall" set is now complete. Yeah! Congrats guys.
Our very nice Grampa Steve flew to Oklahoma and drove with us to Colorado and then with Tutu, too, we drove on to Utah. They were so nice (and very brave) to make the drive with us. It actually went pretty well. We listened to alot of books on tape and made some long rest stops. It was a good adventure.I didn't take as many pictures on this trip but we did have alot of fun. We stopped in Morgan, UT the first night to spend some time with Nate's sister and her family who were there visiting from North Carolina. It was fun to stay in that beautiful place and swim and have fun with cousins. Big thank you to the Thompson's for letting us stay.
Then it was on to my parents house. They were so helpful to me with the kids. We had alot of fun playing with cousins, playing at the school and park, drinking slurpees, picking apricots, and being outside in my parents' beautiful backyard. We enjoyed a huge rainstorm one day. As the kids were out playing we realized that all the garbage cans were being pushed down the street by all the water. We ran out to save the cans. We got completely soaked and all our little boys were confused and crying, but we had alot of fun and got in our good deed for the day.
We also got to see some more of Nate's side of the family. We had dinner with lots of family at Aunt Ruth's, we met our new nephew. Carrie took us to see the renovated BYU campus. And later got to go to the Discovery museum with Kamrah and her two boys.
We celebrated Emma's birthday early with a trip to the pioneer park. The kids had lots of fun playing games in the old school house, and panning for gold, and riding the horses, etc. We also got to celebrate on the actual day with the family that was still left in town. She made her own list of simple things she wanted to do for fun. She was the sweetest birthday girl. 
The night before the wedding we had a little informal party with our family and Kaylee's family and some of Clark and Kaylee's closest friends. We later dubbed it the "Pop-up Party" because we literally set everything up in about 20 min. It was so fun to meet her family and give a little advice to the couple. It was especially a great night because it was the night that everyone was finally in town. My other brother and his wife arrived during the party and Co-Nate flew in just as it started. Nate flew really late that night so he missed the party but I was soooo glad to have him with us again. Here is everyone except Nate and Peter (who had to be put to bed early).
Friday was the wedding. They got married in the Salt Lake Temple. It was wonderful to be there again. It is such a beautiful place of great strength and peace. 
It was a busy day for weddings so there was a bit of a wait for pictures. The little boys got a little tired, bored and hungry. 
Luckily the luncheon was across the street. We were delayed getting to the reception because of a major traffic jam. It was at a house near Park City. It was fabulous. My sister Karen made hundreds of mini banana creme pies and beautiful sugar cookies with edible flowers on top. She is amazing. The yard was beautiful and had a small playground to keep the kids happy. We had a good time there. 
Here's the happy couple. They met before Clark's mission and when he got back in January they picked up again pretty quick. We are so happy to have Kaylee in our family. I have had fun getting to know her. She is beautiful, and positive, and so kind. (And she has been a good friend to Clark's twin sister Holly which is hugely important.) Clark has always been a cool guy. We are glad he found someone so great for him. I am excited that our "Sisters Brimhall" set is now complete. Yeah! Congrats guys.
July
July is a month of Celebrations. There is Independence Day and Pioneer Day (my favorite!), plus my birthday and Nate's, and lots of other family birthdays. We had a good month partying and just trying to stay cool in the long string of over 100* days.
At the Vaclaw Family Fireworks. It was awesome as always!
Hiking on Turkey Mountain (or at least as close as we get to mountains around here)
My birthday! I made a list of things i wanted to do on my birthday and I accomplished all of them. The list included play outside, swing really high, wear a bow in my hair, and take treats to friends, etc. It was a great day!
Our very special visitors from Taiwan. Nate's best friend from school, Forrest, came with his wife and cute baby for dinner when they were in Tulsa visiting family. It was great to see them.
Pioneer Day tri-ward activity (notice that we are all dressed up and other people - not so much. I am a little nutty when it comes to Pioneers).
Just hanging out. Peter potato face (I think this was the same night that Talmage and Emma had a heated discussion about whether they were called "Smashatatoes" or "Buh-tatoes")
Emma's teddy bear hair.
Snuggling boys on a blanket made by their great-grandma.
Talmage and Peter singing a duet.
Unfortunately we have no pictures of Nate's birthday because the kids and I were gone in Utah. We celebrated with him before leaving and he was happy to spend his day with some good friends.
Hiking on Turkey Mountain (or at least as close as we get to mountains around here)
My birthday! I made a list of things i wanted to do on my birthday and I accomplished all of them. The list included play outside, swing really high, wear a bow in my hair, and take treats to friends, etc. It was a great day!
Our very special visitors from Taiwan. Nate's best friend from school, Forrest, came with his wife and cute baby for dinner when they were in Tulsa visiting family. It was great to see them.
Pioneer Day tri-ward activity (notice that we are all dressed up and other people - not so much. I am a little nutty when it comes to Pioneers).
Just hanging out. Peter potato face (I think this was the same night that Talmage and Emma had a heated discussion about whether they were called "Smashatatoes" or "Buh-tatoes")
Emma's teddy bear hair.
Snuggling boys on a blanket made by their great-grandma.
Talmage and Peter singing a duet.
Unfortunately we have no pictures of Nate's birthday because the kids and I were gone in Utah. We celebrated with him before leaving and he was happy to spend his day with some good friends.June (lots of pictures)
In June the big kids took swim lessons. They did a great job and advanced to the Seahorse and Dolphin classes. We were lucky enough to do them at the same time as several of our friends and had a fun time playing in the plaza after lessons and i had a great time talking to the other Moms.
We missed our Dad while he was at fire school in Nevada for a week but we were glad we got to see him in his gear before he left.
Morgan started a collection of cicada skins. These are the skins they shed when they come up out of the ground after hiding our for 13 years. He found them stuck to trees, bushes, flowers and even blades of grass. He filled a large bucket with them. Crazy! (the picture would not load)
We also enjoyed playing and reading at the park, spending time with friends, and even the splash pad by the zoo (when we found we had chosen the one day the zoo closes for the year to drive down to Tulsa).
And Peter got his first haircut! That was a hard thing for me. I felt so sad afterwards - it just made him instantly grow up. But I really like it now. (this picture is the before
Wedding #1
Once upon a time there was my brother, Greg. Goofy, quotable, techy, friendly, determined and tall. Then he found Meisha. Fashionable, practical, happy, good and not-so-tall. And they fit together. Really well. And at the end of May they went to the Bountiful Temple and got married. The temple sealing was beautiful, inspired, wonderful. And we celebrated. They had two receptions: one in Tremonton, UT and one the next night in my parents yard. Their colors were red, black, and grey. The receptions were just like them - playful, happy, fun, wonderful. (My talented little sisters made the very cool cake.)
We also got to enjoy Camp Sparkle. We debated if we should go up to our traditional Heber Valley Camp because it was still covered in snow. We decided to go just for the day. I am so glad we did. We felt SO happy to be in a familiar place filled with happy memories. We hiked and paddled boats on the lake.
We spent some time in our beloved mountains. Millcreek Canyon. My Mom, sisters, and I went out to breakfast to welcome our next sister into the family. We went downtown and toured the Conference Center, and Temple Square (Have you seen the detailed model of the SL temple? Awesome), and the Church History Museum (I found a painting that i absolutely love; now i just need to find out how to buy a print.) I got to spend a lovely evening chatting with my Jill. It was good for my soul. Katie and Co-Nate blessed their cute, new baby.
It was a wonderful week with family. Gosh, I love those people.
May
I'll spare you the details since this is long overdue. But i just wanted to post some pictures and a little of what we did in May.
Cute Peter turned ONE year old. We kept our celebration simple. He is getting so big! Peter eats everything - mud! He has not been our easiest child, but he loves to give hugs and kisses, and he has really great hair.
We celebrated Mother's day and attempted to get our traditional picture of me and the kids. Unfortunately these are the best we got.
This was one of my favorite days. We took an early trip to the temple then came home and worked hard in the yard all together. It was just so full of joy.
Nate made a long due quick decision to get laser eye surgery in Kansas City. He loves being contact/ glasses free. While up there we took a peek at the temple under construction there.
Morgan and Emma finished school. They have had a great school year. They both enjoyed their teachers. Morgan really got the hang of reading this year. He loves books and it is difficult to get him to stop reading when we need him. Emma learned a lot and made some really good friends. She was a good missionary too, telling her friends about the Church and taking her Book of Mormon to show them at recess.
(We actually missed the last day, which was moved later because of unplanned snow days, so we could attend my brother's wedding. More on this next post)
Cute Peter turned ONE year old. We kept our celebration simple. He is getting so big! Peter eats everything - mud! He has not been our easiest child, but he loves to give hugs and kisses, and he has really great hair.
We celebrated Mother's day and attempted to get our traditional picture of me and the kids. Unfortunately these are the best we got.
This was one of my favorite days. We took an early trip to the temple then came home and worked hard in the yard all together. It was just so full of joy.
Nate made a long due quick decision to get laser eye surgery in Kansas City. He loves being contact/ glasses free. While up there we took a peek at the temple under construction there.
Morgan and Emma finished school. They have had a great school year. They both enjoyed their teachers. Morgan really got the hang of reading this year. He loves books and it is difficult to get him to stop reading when we need him. Emma learned a lot and made some really good friends. She was a good missionary too, telling her friends about the Church and taking her Book of Mormon to show them at recess.
(We actually missed the last day, which was moved later because of unplanned snow days, so we could attend my brother's wedding. More on this next post)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Culinary Adventures with the Kings
In today's installment we have two options for your culinary excitement.
1. If your resident cook is feeling a bit lazy you may choose to eat out on a Holiday weekend. This can be an exciting and comical event if you follow these instructions. Take your four small children who rarely go out to eat and do not know how to act at a restaurant. {We chose a small chinese restaurant.} If you are lucky you will start out as the only customers in the place and will be able to let your two year old run over to watch the fish while waiting. Place your order while your kids continuosly ask "do i like that?" Once your food arrives at the table put some on your two-year-old's plate. He should exclaim loudly "I don't want this! It's yucky!!!" for the restaurant staff and newly arrived guests to hear. Let him eat the plain rice instead. It will get everywhere - on the floor, the table, his chair, and even smashed into the knees of his pants when he kneels in it to reach the table. If all goes according to plan your baby will now be climbing out of his highchair and onto the table while your two-year old hides in the window curtains and your 5 and 7 year old beg for more fortune cookies. While this is happening try to be charming as you meet husbands co-workers at the next table. Now, two-year-old should catch the bottom of the 12 foot store front curtains under his feet and pull the whole thing down. Rod and all. With flair. As you turn red {because now there are several others families in the restaurant} and try to gather everyone nicely husband will try to pick up the rice on the floor. He won't have to get it all though because the manager lady will come over and tell him {in a quaint chinese accent} "No, no don't do that. . . That is your wife's job!" Pay a generous tip and leave as quickly as you can.
2. If the cook is feeling more ambitious attempt an Easter feast complete with Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, and some vegetable that that healthy easter bunny left for your kids to find. Except forget to put out the frozen roll dough before church so no rolls. Over boil the potatoes so they are lumpy and starchy. Burn the boiling turkey giblets {because you are getting everyone dressed} so your house will have a lovely burnt smell all day. Now for the gravy. Painstakingly extract the juice from the hot, heavy roasting pan. Remember everything your dad taught you about thickening gravy . . . it still won't work. Now season gently. Shake in some salt then take your newly refilled pepper shaker and start shaking. Make sure the lid is not screwed on correctly. Dump the entire contents into the pot. {Next exclaim "Blast! Blast!" and two-year-old will come running to see "what blasted off!?!"} Strain out as much pepper as you can. Find the lid in the bottom. When you eat it your sinuses will be thoroughly cleared out.
Bon Apetit!
1. If your resident cook is feeling a bit lazy you may choose to eat out on a Holiday weekend. This can be an exciting and comical event if you follow these instructions. Take your four small children who rarely go out to eat and do not know how to act at a restaurant. {We chose a small chinese restaurant.} If you are lucky you will start out as the only customers in the place and will be able to let your two year old run over to watch the fish while waiting. Place your order while your kids continuosly ask "do i like that?" Once your food arrives at the table put some on your two-year-old's plate. He should exclaim loudly "I don't want this! It's yucky!!!" for the restaurant staff and newly arrived guests to hear. Let him eat the plain rice instead. It will get everywhere - on the floor, the table, his chair, and even smashed into the knees of his pants when he kneels in it to reach the table. If all goes according to plan your baby will now be climbing out of his highchair and onto the table while your two-year old hides in the window curtains and your 5 and 7 year old beg for more fortune cookies. While this is happening try to be charming as you meet husbands co-workers at the next table. Now, two-year-old should catch the bottom of the 12 foot store front curtains under his feet and pull the whole thing down. Rod and all. With flair. As you turn red {because now there are several others families in the restaurant} and try to gather everyone nicely husband will try to pick up the rice on the floor. He won't have to get it all though because the manager lady will come over and tell him {in a quaint chinese accent} "No, no don't do that. . . That is your wife's job!" Pay a generous tip and leave as quickly as you can.
2. If the cook is feeling more ambitious attempt an Easter feast complete with Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, and some vegetable that that healthy easter bunny left for your kids to find. Except forget to put out the frozen roll dough before church so no rolls. Over boil the potatoes so they are lumpy and starchy. Burn the boiling turkey giblets {because you are getting everyone dressed} so your house will have a lovely burnt smell all day. Now for the gravy. Painstakingly extract the juice from the hot, heavy roasting pan. Remember everything your dad taught you about thickening gravy . . . it still won't work. Now season gently. Shake in some salt then take your newly refilled pepper shaker and start shaking. Make sure the lid is not screwed on correctly. Dump the entire contents into the pot. {Next exclaim "Blast! Blast!" and two-year-old will come running to see "what blasted off!?!"} Strain out as much pepper as you can. Find the lid in the bottom. When you eat it your sinuses will be thoroughly cleared out.
Bon Apetit!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Boys
At our house we have "the parents" (affectionately or unaffectionately known as Mom and Dad), "the kids" (Morgan and Emma), and "the boys" (Talmage and Peter). It has been so fun lately to see these two boys having fun together. Peter is starting to really have fun playing with Talmage. One of his favorite games is actually to try to steal Talmage's binky when he is going to bed or has just woken up. Peter will crawl over to Talmage, pluck his binky out of his mouth and then look at it and smack his lips while Talmage laughs! Talmage enjoys giving Peter hugs and saying "Petey" with a wry smile, or "Sorry-I-yuv-you" if he has made Peter cry.
Recently Peter has developed a really good smile. He kind of throws his head back, closes his eyes most of the way, and gives a wide, toothy grin. Then he will throw his head forward again and his somewhat long hair will swing wildly around his head.
This morning we caught Peter learning how to climb up onto Talmage's bed. Here's the video we took of them having fun together. Enjoy! (Warning: this movie has a sad ending.)
Recently Peter has developed a really good smile. He kind of throws his head back, closes his eyes most of the way, and gives a wide, toothy grin. Then he will throw his head forward again and his somewhat long hair will swing wildly around his head.
This morning we caught Peter learning how to climb up onto Talmage's bed. Here's the video we took of them having fun together. Enjoy! (Warning: this movie has a sad ending.)
Rappelling Adventure
Several weeks ago I got to help out with the Scouts by taking them rappelling at the nearby state park which has a cliff that's about 35-40 feet high. It was pretty fun for me and made me remember being the Scoutmaster when we were still in Provo. However, even more fun was that Leslie and the kids met me afterwards and we had a family rappelling activity!
When we first moved here we went rappelling with some friends and I managed to convince Morgan to try it. This time we got everybody down except for Peter (he'll have to wait until he's a little older). And no, I'm not forgetting about Talmage - he went down too! Of course everybody had a belay rope that I worked from the top, and I rigged up a chest harness for the kids, just in case they decided to get a little crazy and tip upside down.
This time I let Morgan control his descent. He used a rack and did quite well. Emma was a little scared since she had never done it before, but she also did great! She was so brave and once she was over the edge she got the hang of it pretty quickly. When it came to Talmage's turn, he just wriggled right over the edge of the cliff like there was no 40 foot drop below him. He kept asking Leslie if she was seeing him coming down. He looks pretty cute in a harness!
Here's a video of Morgan, Emma, and Talmage going down. It's not great quality (it's just from our phone), and some of it reminds me of when my dad tried to film my wrestling matches in high school (you could never see much of the match because he was mostly busy cheering me on - although in Leslie's defense, she was holding a baby while filming):
Sadly, I couldn't take a video while belaying and we didn't want to have one of the kids try doing it, so we only have a picture of the most beautiful person to jump off the cliff :)
You may wonder how we accomplished this amazing feet with four kids and no other adults. At the top of the cliff is a little picnic area. Before Leslie went down we got out the food and helped the kids to start eating lunch. We put Peter in his car seat and asked Emma to feed him an oyster cracker every few seconds. We were most worried about Talmage, so we got a little creative (you have to click on this picture to see it bigger):
But, it didn't work out so well. Even the extra small harness was still easy for him to slip out of. I didn't know what he was doing until Leslie was halfway down the cliff and Talmage showed up next to me to see how she was doing! I quickly yelled for Morgan to help keep him by the picnic table. Luckily, that worked.
Well, our blog post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the rigging master. He may be too small to go down the cliff, but's he's a master of knots (usually tying us into knots, but hey).
When we first moved here we went rappelling with some friends and I managed to convince Morgan to try it. This time we got everybody down except for Peter (he'll have to wait until he's a little older). And no, I'm not forgetting about Talmage - he went down too! Of course everybody had a belay rope that I worked from the top, and I rigged up a chest harness for the kids, just in case they decided to get a little crazy and tip upside down.
This time I let Morgan control his descent. He used a rack and did quite well. Emma was a little scared since she had never done it before, but she also did great! She was so brave and once she was over the edge she got the hang of it pretty quickly. When it came to Talmage's turn, he just wriggled right over the edge of the cliff like there was no 40 foot drop below him. He kept asking Leslie if she was seeing him coming down. He looks pretty cute in a harness!
Here's a video of Morgan, Emma, and Talmage going down. It's not great quality (it's just from our phone), and some of it reminds me of when my dad tried to film my wrestling matches in high school (you could never see much of the match because he was mostly busy cheering me on - although in Leslie's defense, she was holding a baby while filming):
Sadly, I couldn't take a video while belaying and we didn't want to have one of the kids try doing it, so we only have a picture of the most beautiful person to jump off the cliff :)
You may wonder how we accomplished this amazing feet with four kids and no other adults. At the top of the cliff is a little picnic area. Before Leslie went down we got out the food and helped the kids to start eating lunch. We put Peter in his car seat and asked Emma to feed him an oyster cracker every few seconds. We were most worried about Talmage, so we got a little creative (you have to click on this picture to see it bigger):
But, it didn't work out so well. Even the extra small harness was still easy for him to slip out of. I didn't know what he was doing until Leslie was halfway down the cliff and Talmage showed up next to me to see how she was doing! I quickly yelled for Morgan to help keep him by the picnic table. Luckily, that worked.
Well, our blog post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the rigging master. He may be too small to go down the cliff, but's he's a master of knots (usually tying us into knots, but hey).
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