The Cabin

As soon as the parade was over, we all headed up to the cabin for the long weekend. We just love it! It was such a cold, long Winter/Spring, and it rained so much that there is still so much snow up there. The river was crazy too! It was so high, and moving so fast. It made us nervous, but that didn't stop us from going down to throw rocks in it. We just made sure to keep a very close eye on all the kids.

On Sunday, we decided to go check out the snow. It was still so deep!


We kept telling them it was dirty and disgusting, but they just didn't seem to care! We made them at least scrape away the first layer!


It was fun to be sliding around in the snow in July!

Leila wasn't too sure about it at first...

She quickly became sure she didn't like it!

Nixon on the other hand, loved everything about it!

Eating it...

Throwing it, and playing in it.

Jace and I went to see the bathroom which was practically covered! We could both reach out and touch the roof! Here we are on our way back.

The boys had to play King of the Mountain.

They all won! It was a tie. (unless you ask Jace)

Then we went to the other side of the street to do some real climbing.

What goes up, must come down! We thought it would be fun to slide!

Brett and Beckett got in on the fun too.

You know I had to try it, and fun it was! It was so fun to be playing in the snow in t-shirts!

My cute Jace. His hair is getting so long! We've asked him if we could cut it about a million times, but he loves it too much.

I wanted a picture with all of us in front of the snow so you can see how deep it was. Leila wasn't a fan of this idea.

Later that day, back at the cabin, Brock thought it would be so fun to do a treasure hunt for the kids like his parents used to do for him when he was little. It was so cute. He wrote out all these clues, and even made them rhyme! When everyone woke up from naps, he told them that a pirate had been there, and left a clue for a treasure hunt for them. They were all so excited! They all just so happen to be HUGE fans of "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" right now, so this was right up their alley!

It started at the Teepee.

Since Jace is the only one who can read, he read all the clues.

Then it was off to the swing

Then to the tallest tree. (Nixon wasn't quite sure he wanted to be awake from his nap yet)

Then off to where the squirrels live.

And the place where we play horse shoes.

To the shed where we keep the snow mobiles.

And finally where the little men play soccer.

They found their treasure! How did that pirate know they all love sour patch kids?

Monday (the 4th of July) we headed down to the river. The boys took the bike.

Here is Brock checking out the wild river.

Beckett, Brett, Nixon, and Natalie

Brock and Brett had to have a contest to see if they could throw a big rock in the water and splash the other person.

Nixon's bum got a little dirty from sitting on the bank.

Then the kiddos had to take off their shoes and test the water. Brrrr!

Leila hung out with Grandma. I held her after this, and she fell asleep right away. It was fun to have to hold a sleeping baby the whole way back! Got my work out in!

We found a caterpillar and of course, Nixon had to hold it.

We went back and ate lunch and then headed home. We love having this fun place to go a couple of times a year!