We had a fantastic experience with the kiddos a few weekends ago. we decided to hike the Y together as a family. Now those who have done it before know this is not an easy hike. what a great experience for our family. For the first about 20 minutes it was fun and everyone was going and enjoying themselves, then slowly the kids starting getting tired. We had heard a talk in Sunday the week where a sister Missionary had said that in her family their motto was "Strattons can do hard things." well we adopted this in our family. Derek had a little talk with the kids explaining that even though things can be hard we can still do them. It was awesome!! Throughout the rest of the hike when we could see one of the kids starting to get sluggish we would say "Downey's can do hard things" It was so great to see how much this would motivate the kids to keep going and keep going cheerfully. It was so amazing when we finally reached the top and sat on the Y and the kids all felt such a sense of accomplishment. They were so proud of themselves and one another. This was such a bonding experience as a family. we helped one another and pushed one another and made it to the top Even though we had two skinned knees we look at this experience with so much gratitude.
This is now going to become a Downey tradition our summer hike to the Y.
We had a fantastic experience with the kiddos a few weekends ago. we decided to hike the Y together as a family. Now those who have done it before know this is not an easy hike. what a great experience for our family. For the first about 20 minutes it was fun and everyone was going and enjoying themselves, then slowly the kids starting getting tired. We had heard a talk in Sunday the week where a sister Missionary had said that in her family their motto was "Strattons can do hard things." well we adopted this in our family. Derek had a little talk with the kids explaining that even though things can be hard we can still do them. It was awesome!! Throughout the rest of the hike when we could see one of the kids starting to get sluggish we would say "Downey's can do hard things" It was so great to see how much this would motivate the kids to keep going and keep going cheerfully. It was so amazing when we finally reached the top and sat on the Y and the kids all felt such a sense of accomplishment. They were so proud of themselves and one another. This was such a bonding experience as a family. we helped one another and pushed one another and made it to the top Even though we had two skinned knees we look at this experience with so much gratitude.
This is now going to become a Downey tradition our summer hike to the Y.
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