At the Cabin!

Some friends of ours have a family cabin up in the mountains (on 1,600 acres of land!) and they invited us up for a weekend.  Our dream is to have our own cabin, so it was very fun, but also very tempting!  The cabin was huge with lots of rooms--it could easily fit 50 people (mostly kids...).  They had a big shed with several four wheelers which we rode for HOURS.  Literally.  Elaine took us out to see the mountainside--we had views of several different little valleys and tons of just green.  Amazing how much land there is in the world.  And how beautiful it all is.  The boys were a little hesitant at first, but quickly realized how much fun it could be.  Brennan and Aidan especially loved it.  They wanted to go faster and faster.  While Weston liked it, but he wanted to drive himself! 

Elaine (above) is special friends with Elise.  She is the nursery "singing lady" and is the only reason Elise will go to nursery.  This is Norma (below).  We love these ladies.  They are wonderful!  They sit near us at church and are always willing to help out, plus they give the kids treats and toys! 

Here we are near Heber.

Elise took a few trips around the house with daddy.

This just made us more excited for the time we have a cabin, but we also had a great time (and very relaxing).  The kids played in the dirt and rocks for hours--we found lots of different types of rocks and made huge piles of "junk".  There was a big hole from where they are digging up some stuff and they thought it was heaven--getting dirty and not caring.  We played card games and ate good, good food. 

Not at the cabin, but still on summer fun:  We have tried to have a fun filled summer and I think we did a good job!  We took an afternoon to make our own ice cream in zip lock bags.  If you haven't done this before, you really should.  It is easy and fun to do for kids.