When we had a few families over that are good friends of ours, and all the parents heard that the boys were "jumping rope" in the basement, this was not what they were expecting...
We had a few ropes tied together held taught by two people across the width of our basement and some of the guys were taking a running start, jumping, diving over, and tucking and landing on an old mattress. It was surprisingly pretty impressive. It takes a lot of athleticism to do that kind of stuff. I did not attempt it. Maybe next time..? Probably not.
They started out with the rope about 4 feet off the ground and ended up moving it up to over 5', adding another rope, etc. We were down there for probably close to two hours being entertained with "jumping rope."
And here are the videos...
Note: There's not a whole lot of our family in the following videos. If you don't go to our church/know these families, you might not appreciate the videos as much.
This first one is when they added a second rope. Kyle B. went out the back door to get enough of a running start, and while he was gone they moved the ropes much further apart than when he had seen them.
View from between the ropes:
When they tried with the rope at 5'.
Watch for Mr. Adams. =)
Again.
If you are a fan (in a loving way, of course) of Kyle getting hurt, then this is the video for you! haha.
Jared and Matt. I wish we had fire or something for them to jump over.. The music might be a little out of place. =p
Kyle and Matt
The little boys had to get in on it, too.
This video is actually from a different night.
The last video is sooo cute! It's funny how little boys love to imitate the older boys in their toughness. Matt, Jared, and Kyle were impressive... I felt sorry for Kyle when he got hit on the head by another flying body. Matt's jump in video number 4 was definitely impressive! All in all, "jumping rope" looked intense! But intense things are what boys do best.
ReplyDeleteOh Yeah! Wish I had been there to jump rope too!! :( And get my head squashed by Jared... jk Thanks Kyle for the laughs! Ultimate was sooo much fun today! Glad a couple of you could come! And Amy, get that knee unstrained! :p
ReplyDeleteoh and video No. 6 was awesome... esp. the music, it added the perfect touch! Try doing video 7 with the clown music, dadadadadadadadaddadadadadadada... if that helps... :p
ReplyDeleteOkay, those are stinkin' funny. I love what you guys did with Kyle's video. :) Everything was set aside here as we spent a good ten minutes laughing!
ReplyDeleteThere were some pretty awesome jumps that night! They all did really well. Marcus, Daniel, Aiden, and Josh included!
Amy, great job giving Kyle a hard time! ;)
ReplyDeleteEmily, I agree! The little boys are so cute.
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks Peter! Yeah, I don't think you wanted your head where Kyle's was...
Yeah yesterday was fun! And thanks, I'm *trying* to stay off the knee... which doesn't work very well when CERTAIN people convince me to play things like frisbee... =)
lol Rachel I'm glad you guys enjoyed it! Haha yep, I think the little boys had some of the most impressive jumps.
Thanks, Derek. =)
Who convinced you to do that?! (innocent look)
ReplyDeleteGimme names and I'll personally sit on whoever made you do that! :p
When are we gonna see some sparring???
ReplyDeleteLet me restate that:
ReplyDeleteWhen are we gonna see Kyle being knocked out by Jared. lol :)
That depends on who anonymous is... haha.
ReplyDeleteOh, well I guess if it helps...
ReplyDeleteJared clearly rolled to the side, and encroached upon poor Kyle's space...
ReplyDeleteOh, btw, I just had to fix your 13 followers, we all know that 13 is unlu-- nvm....
ReplyDeleteOh, but Ben, you just made this post have a total of 13 comments!
ReplyDeletehaha yes, I'm sure it was completely Jared's fault... It's just more fun to spin the story and pin the responsibility on the injured Kyle.
You got that right Amy!
ReplyDeletelol Derek! yeah amy!!!! when are we going to see kyle get knocked to the ground lol :) that is way over due! haha
ReplyDeleteben, kyle got his head sat on cuz he doesn't know how to land...haha where Jared does....that is why Jared rolled to the side, and kyle didn't....matt on the other hand knows when not to jump! lol :) that was so funny!
and anyway....yes it is way more fun pinning the blame on kyle! lol
......my brother is so cool!... :)
ReplyDeleteWas that last comment from Matt...? haha =)
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm working on the sparring blog! It's mostly finished. Got a few more videos to download... It will be up soon.
Great! :) No that was me (lese) I think he's pretty awesome :)
ReplyDeleteI agree (lese)... :)
ReplyDeleteThat was a very smart move Matt...
ReplyDeleteVERY smart.