Seperated at Birth

So we go over to Travis & Alicia's house to hang out and what do I find, Travis and had dressed almost exactly the same. Could we have been twins separated at birth...........hard to say.

Petra Rock Climbing Gym and the Speleo Box

So Travis and I must have thought that we needed a way to feel young again or something, but whatever the reason in the end we felt older than ever. We went to the local rock climbing gym called Petra and took our initial belaying class to qualify to be able to climb at the gym. The class was very easy going and took about 40 minutes. We learned a couple of vital climbing knots and the essentials of climbing and belaying. Before we knew it we were climbing the wall.

These knots are called the figure 8 and the figure 8 follow-through, both are very essential to not falling which was the one thing that was most important to us.

So the climbing was great, very exhilarating, very satisfying, but very challenging. Travis and I made multiple climbs through the night.

An unexpected thing that was also at the gym was something called a speleo box. This is a climbers labyrinth. It was not very tall, maybe 7-8 feet and about 11-12 feet wide. Yet it had 4 levels and so many nook's and cranny's. It was not so much a maze as it was a challenge to climb through and get through all the obstacles. Travis and I went through this thing multiple times and let me tell you this thing is so fun! My best time was 2 minutes and 32 seconds and I was flying through that box.

It was a tight fit no matter how you approached this thing, if a person had even a hint of claustrophobia this would certainly send them right over the edge.

Climbing was fun but this thing, this thing was just way awesome!

Travis and I were sure not feeling to young by the time we were done crawling around in this thing.

Good times with my good friend Travis, some rope, and a big box labyrinth.

Check out Petra at http://www.petrarockgym.com/

Superbowl XLI Party

Kristy and I have never been real big football fans. Now don't get me wrong, we do love attending college football games but actually being worried about who is leading in the polls is just not us. So it may come to some surprise that we do like following the American tradition of having a Super Bowl party when the occasion arises. We haven't actually done this for many years but this year we were determined. We ran the idea by our awesome friends here in Springfield, the Raymonds and they were "game".

So we joined forces and laid out a spread of food and then watched as the Colts and the Bears battled out the biggest game of the year. The funny thing about this is that Kristy and I had no idea who was even playing in the game until we purchased the big decorated cookie a couple of days prior to the game which bore the helmets of the teams. Like I said it really isn't about the game as much as it is about enjoying an American tradition. We did get to enjoy the big first kick off return touch down by the bears which will probably go down in history as a jinx since they lost, but it was cool all the same. We enjoyed the game and especially enjoyed our friends...good times!