our president's day get-away

(I know, Eli doesn't match in the slightest, but he's warm and that's what matters. And he LOVES to play in the snow! Someday, I'll find his matching coat, but for now, it'll have to stay shoved in some random box that I have yet to open from the basement)

The first few weeks of February have been really busy. Crazy busy! Not to mention the "ho-hum" days of this weird winter. We've felt busy beyond control and yet cooped up with not much to do, all at the same time! Needless to say, our break from reality and trip to the cabin was a welcome treat for us all!

We left as soon as Scott could get away from work on Thursday, made it to the cabin around 8:30 that night and enjoyed ourselves until Monday morning. We got home Monday night around 5:30p. We love going to cabin, it is such a great location, so relaxing, and so fun for the kids. We are never ready to leave when it's time! Plus, we had tons of snow up there! That was the funnest part. And it snowed most of Friday and ALL day on Saturday. We awoke Sunday morning to enormous snow drifts and got stuck a couple times on our way home from church. It was so fun though. 

 Here we are with our cute little eskimos. The boys were loving all the snow and had a great time playing it. We rode the little snowmobile around all day and went tubing down our awesome tubing hill in front of the cabin. Scott and I enjoyed a little snow-shoeing and the boys just played and played to their hearts content outside. The weather was perfect. Even the snowy day! The best part about being at the cabin is that when the weather is snowy or rainy, it doesn't really matter! It is so fun to be there and cozy up by the fire or make yummy food, chit chat, play games whatever. You don't have to GO anywhere, so no matter the weather, it's always a great time!

Will and Scott dug this tunnel. Will loved crawling in it..... Eli, not so much.....

Probably the most exciting thing to happen at the cabin was Sunday morning. Will lost his FIRST tooth! We were all super excited for him. It'll be a great memory for him! I can't believe how big he is getting. We put his tooth in a baggie so he could put it in his special cubby at the cabin to keep for always!

 It's just a little hole.... you have to look close. It's pretty cute though!

We were able to take some friends with us this time. Here's our group, we had a blast! All of us have boys, and then our friends the Wards have one girl. So it was a house full of boys, but they had a great time and all played SO well together. I was pretty proud of them.

This picture is a little more accurate. You can see what kind of weekend we had together.......

The food was delicious, the company was great, and I stayed up WAY too late. It was a great trip! Thanks guys!! (Left to Right: US, Justin and Andrea Jory (and boys: Braden, Jaren, and James), Julie and Morgan Smith (and Nixon), Megan and Jon Ward (Ethan, Will, and Britta)