Cody swinging into the sunset
Cody tries out the cool new rope swing
The old rope swing was tired and needed replacing. Grandpa had cut the swing off so nobody would try to swing on it until we could get it replaced. So Kayson and I volunteered to help — and had fun testing out our climbing and rappelling gear in order to get up the tree.
The ladies were full of great practical tips and advice how we might get the job done faster (and safer). But in spite of their efforts to ruin our fun (and save our lives), we finally hacked together a system using various ascenders and other cool gadgets to climb up the rope.
It was still quite a lot of work but we made it up the tree, cut off the old rope and installed the new one. While we were at it, we also knocked down the large broken branches that were hanging above the swing ready to squash someone.
Grandpa upgraded the seat from the hard piece of wood to a fancy new bum-friendly plastic seat. The kiddies were glad to finally have their swing back and spent the rest of the day swinging away.
Kelsey trying out the new monkey bars option
Look ma! Upside-down