Family Fun at the Cabin

Justin and I spent the weekend with family. We met up with his siblings and their families. We sat around by the fire and talked and laughed and ate. . . ate a lot.

The first day we were there we made dinner of Fried Chicken, potatoes, and for the health conscious, a green salad. For dessert we had a cream cheese sheet cake. It was delicious. We sat around and chatted and then played a the guessing game "What's Yours Like?" This game gets quite funny. For those concerned it is a family friendly game. I forgot to get my camera out to take pictures in the bustle of getting the dinner ready, but I did make up for it the rest of the time.

The Saturday we tried going to the pond for a little swimming, fishing, and some lunch. It didn't quite work out. We drove about 30 minutes to get there and due to the lack of snowfall this last winter there was very little water in the pond, and the bottom was pretty mucky.




We drove another 30 minutes back down the mountain to the reservoir.

This is where we found success. Justin brought his grill and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs.

While Justin was doing that the nieces and nephews splashed in the water. It was fun to watch them play.

Lunch was ready and Justin and his sister, Melissa, organized the feeding frenzy.























We all enjoyed more a laid-back hour of more talking while the kiddos went swimming again.





















 Actually, the kids decided to play in the mud. Swimming lost its delight and a mud bath had all the allure.

 It was fun to watch the kids play in the mud.














After the reservoir we were all pretty beat and needed just to sit around and enjoy story-time with Matthew.

Darryl enjoying the stories of Matthew, or rather dosing off. :)

My refreshments were my water-bottle and my water-bottle. I don't go anywhere without it. I actually enjoyed the sunburn and raccoon eyes I had from being at the reservior.

Kevin armed with a diaper to handle the situation at hand.

Melissa was so tired after all the festivities of the afternoon that she needed to take a nap and Aussie was right next to her to enjoy the snooze.

Little niece was always dodging Justin. Finally he got a picture of her. I am just right behind her blocking her escape.

Melissa's youngest baby being watched by her Uncle Kevin. So Melissa could take a nap. He gave her his seal of assurance for her safety. She took a nap because we all were there making sure the seal stuck. But, on the upside, with the seal of assurance, Kevin had to clean up a poopy diaper. HA HA!

Dinner was a round of  Dutch Oven meals (2 kinds and DO dessert YUM). While Justin's sister, Cassie, and her husband, Aaron, prepared dinner, there was much talking and a game of  "cousin rules" badminton.

 

 When the sun went down and  seeing was a bit of a struggle outside. The kids went inside to play a vicious game of Go Fish.  I don't know who reigned victorious, but this was a legendary game.









  There also was a little play with some seriously impressive wax lips as well.

There also was a little play with some seriously impressive wax lips.


 Becky and I exchanged a doozie of a kiss.  I wanted to make sure the camera caught us.



The kids also went off on the Four Wheelers. Much fun was to be had. With story telling and eating and playing. Not a bad way to spend the weekend.