Climb Team

 Trigg joined the competitive climbing team at Climb Iowa this year and has loved it! In the fall, they compete in bouldering competitions and then switch to top rope/lead climbing competitions in the spring. Bouldering is a type of free climbing without the use of ropes, smaller walls with challenging boulder problems. Climb Iowa has a gym in the East Village that is just a bouldering gym and that is where this competition was held!

There were 5 routes for Trigg's age group and they have 10 tries to complete the route. There are check points along the way that they can score partial points. They set the routes with color coded holds, so the black route uses all black holds, blue uses blue, etc

Trigg had a cheering section!

This pink route was tricky!

Trigg was one hold away from the first check point...

This pink route looked hard too...

but Trigg worked his way up...

and made it to the top!

Trigg did great for his first competition, learned a ton and had lots of fun! He ended up in 4th place!

He and his friend Clara both took home ribbons for their hard work!

Climb team has been awesome, Trigg is getting stronger and pushing himself more each practice! It is fun to watch him figure out these "problems" on the wall and push through hard things! I'm proud of you buddy, keep climbing!

Fall Fishing Trip

 In 2020, with Covid and online learning, the boys and I met my dad back up in Minnesota to do some fall fishing. They were able to do school online and we caught some fish!

This year, my dad went up for the week and we headed up there Wednesday after school and let the boys miss school on Thursday and Friday...we will call them mental health days!

As tradition, we stopped at Cabela's on the way up to pick up a few new lures. The boys picked out some top water frogs!

The weather was great, a little cooler but the fish didn't seem to mind! We quickly found some nice bluegill!

Catching some keepers!

We also got into the bass! That is my favorite fish to fish for and the boys enjoy it as well. Most of the docks had be winterized for the season, canopy's removed and lifts up. We love fishing by docks and as we approached this one, Garrett made a big cast...right over the top frame of the canopy. His weedless tube jig fell down into the water and wouldn't you know it...fish on! So G reeled the fish up and popped it over the top! We all laughed about it...if you look closely at this picture, you can see the bass in mid-air!

Here he is with his "flying" fish!

While we were up there, Trigg turned 10!!!!!

And caught a birthday bass! Well done buddy!

He was pretty excited about it!

We had some cinnamon rolls to celebrate

G caught some big fish...and a couple little ones too!

I tied my personal best record for a large mouth, weighing in at 4lbs 9oz!

As always, Grandpa lets the boys drive the boat!

Catchin' more!

A few more big bass!

Trigg's turn at the motor!

Garrett working a jig that matched his jacket and shirt! A stylish fisherman!

Grandpa bringing in the big bass!

One more!

It was a great trip, we caught plenty and made some fun memories!