Cabin Pictures

I have given myself a mandatory 30 minute time-out on the couch to rest my back. It is not comfortable to sit so I either have to lay or be up-right. So, my children are watching 30 minutes of TV while Heidi is sleeping so I can lay down. They didn't even complain! :) Actually, I am seeing some small improvements in my back so I am hopeful I may be through the worst of it. For a period of 2-3 weeks I couldn't even lay down without excruciating pain. Now, that is one of the ways I find the most relief. Getting better perhaps? I do have an appointment in a little over a week with a specialist but I am still really, really hoping I can cancel that appointment.

I am here to give you a glimpse into the fun we have at the cabin. We were there a total of 4 days and it was almost too long. The three youngest were falling apart in a big way by Monday morning. Overall though they did great! The first night was a little crazy! Shane fell out of the top bunk, Tristan lost his pillow, Heidi was sick and vomiting and I couldn't sleep because of my back. I laughed more than once at the absurdity of it all!! And I was extremely glad we had rented the little cabin when Heidi was sick because that would have been even less fun in a tent!

So, what does one do for 4 days in the mountains without cell phone reception, internet connection, etc. Nothing!! It is wonderful! I love that everything is silenced and you can connect with people in a much deeper way because you aren't pulled in so many different directions. Unless you are chasing after one of the kids! Here is one of my favorite pictures of Heidi from the weekend. Climbing the big slate steps to the cabin porch.

And this is how you grill chicken for 150 people! My brother-in-law Mike makes some of the best chicken. Hands downs!!

I love this picture. It has two of my nieces, 3 of my cousins and one of my cousins daughters! How is that for multiple generations!

Really though......what do the kids do all weekend?

They load up on the back of pick-ups to be dropped off up-stream so they can tube back to the cabin.

They slide on a make-shift slip-n-slide for what seems like hours all the while shrieking with delight! Occasionally an aunt gets pulled onto the slide by her grown son! :)

You take daily trips to the candy store to get your sugar fix!

You hang-out half naked with your cousins in the early afternoon sun!

You wait while uncle Mike cooks all the cray-fish you caught with your cousins......

so that you can eat them!!

You sit for hours and tend the fire so you can have even more heat on the 90 degree day.

You spend hours playing in the creek.

You eat massive lollipops that Uncle Steve buys you at the candy store. (she is still working on that lollipop 6 days later)

You spend cool mornings around campfires just for fun.

And you ride bikes! You ride bikes to the candy store, to see the big bear at the feeder and just for sheer enjoyment!

The most important thing is that you build memories with your cousins that last a life-time! This is my favorite picture from the weekend. I have a very similar one with my cousin Michael sitting on the porch railing at the cabin.

My children are still talking about the cabin! What kid wouldn't after all that fun?