Well, we decided to take up rock climbing.  We took lessons on a rock wall from a fellow homeschooler, then the following week we took our first lesson on a real cliff.  This was awesome.  Here are some pictures from our outing.

My 7yos climbing.

Coming down.

My 9yos climbing.

My 15yos getting ready to climb.

Here he is climbing up and a jet flew overhead.  It was cool.

Dad had his turn.

Now me:

When I reached the top, I found a small catnip plant and decided to sit a spell and chew on some catnip.

I was waving down telling them what I found at the top, growing out of a rock...catnip.  lol

And then down.  We are planning another repelling lesson on Wednesday.  I am excited about it.

Here is the view from where we were climbing.

Afterwards I went to my sister-in-laws to visit, and her son (who just began homeschooling) asked me why we homeschool and I said "because I can go rock climbing on a Friday afternoon and not have to answer to anybody for it."  lol  It's so true though.  My kids learned a lot about plants, bugs (we caught a huge beetle) and of course we learned about rock climbing.  It was a fun day.

LadyPoet33