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At brother's soccer practice. Goofing on the bus. Dominos! Circa 2007.

Camp Swayder

Sleeping in the closet. NYT crossword puzzle (he's actually pretty good). Dessert.

And to all, a good night. (Love this one)

Reviewing the football team standings. On a bicycle built for two. Vivienne got the Grit award at school. Milk with babies.

A little Vivienne

The bee wants his honey back. Design inspiration. Looking at herself in the mirror. Trees!

Soccer joy. And so it begins...Pokemon. Having your hair done by two 4 year olds is a special kind of torture. Girls.

Trees...before. Supervising. Watering. A lovely view.

camp shwayder

We headed up to Camp Shwayder for a day of family camp

It was wonderful to escape to the mountains for a few hours

Getting geared up for the zip line

I think we all underestimated how high up it would be

Reviewing all of the safety information

Avery started climbing without hesitation

Insanely high for a 6 year old

He made it to the top perfectly, but was too scared to take the zip line down and climbed back down instead.

Viv also wanted a turn

Getting geared up

She starts off all well and good but...

About 10' up she decides it's "too high" and comes back down.

After his first turn, he REALLY regretted not doing the zip line. Luckily, there was enough time for a second turn so he scampered back up the tree.

Scott and I were so proud of him for wanting to conquer his fear.

With just a breath, he stepped off the platform.

As he whizzed by me, he had this very serious look on his face, and I thought that he was going to be scared for life

But when he finally came to a stand still, he broke out into a huge, proud grin!

No long-term damage done

Returning the rope

We were endlessly proud of Avery and how he experience regret, but decided to try again to conquer his fear. It was an amazing experience.