Snow Shoeing

We went to my grandpa's cabin this weekend. We had to snowshoe in and snowshoe part of the way out. We had a lot of fun. Our friends, Matt and Camille came too. We played games, ate, read, I did a puzzle and I also snowboarded a bit. The first night we had the stoked the fire too much, it was hot! We did better the next night. The boys shot their guns, it was Devon's first time trying his new gun. Dev took Matthew on the sled. We all had fun playing in the snow. I was so excited to snowboard. It was nice to board again, it's been years since I last did it. Matthew was so good. He was good in the sled and he was very happy and had so much fun at the cabin. All in all, it was such a nice weekend to enjoy the outdoors and relax in the cabin.

Weekend Cabin Trip!

Last weekend we went up to the cabin. We had called ahead to make sure the road was open since it was so early in the year. We were told it was, but it might be muddy. Well, we figured that we could conquer a little mud if we had to. We started up the road and it was just fine. After driving a little the road suddenly was covered with snow. We started over it and got stuck. We had a fun time trying to dig the tires out with branches, lol! The main part of the road was packed, but we had gotten a little to the edge which sunk really far down. I decided to walk to the cabin and get a shovel. It was about a mile up the road, boy did it seem like longer though :) Either because I was out of shape or cause I was trudging through snow, or both! The driveway down to the cabin was to my knees! The snow was almost to the railing! Anyway, when I got to the cabin I had to go to the bathroom so bad!! The water wasn't turned on yet and I wasn't sure how to flush the toilet without the water on. I was able to get service here and there so I called my dad. He told me to pour water into the tank. I started walking to the stream. I used the shovel to help me stay on top of the snow or help me out when I sank :) Anyway it was hard to get to the stream so I used my brilliant mind and decided to melt snow to put in the tank lol. Snow takes a long time to melt haha. I was so worried about Dev, Mimi and the baby, but I couldn't leave the cabin in it's current state in case we decided to turn around and go back home. There was a guy who drove by on a four wheeler and asked if I wanted a ride to my husband. I told him I had to get things together at the cabin first. He went down and picked up Matthew, Mimi and Devon and our stuff. So sweet of him. He helped Devon get the truck out and park it off the road. He lent us his four wheeler(Rhino) so we could pick up our friends that night. He was such a sweet guy! Dev picked up Dan, Elise and Matt later that night. After that it was smooth sailing. We had a lot of fun! Spent a ton of the weekend just having conversations. Watched a movie, played games and enjoyed being snowed in! We love being able to use the cabin!