Cabin Adventures

Blake's brother's family came up from Utah to join us the week after Christmas.  We headed up to the cabin the first night that they arrived in town.  Our first nigth was quite an adventure...we had no power.  As we turned onto the road that led to the cabin we saw 2 Idaho Power trucks. The workers were trying to repair a power line that was knocked down because a tree had fallen. It was undocumentable via pictures because my flash kept going off, but we had organized chaos that night.  We first started out with one flashlight, which led to us locating a headlamp, which lead to Uncle Rod finding a kerosine lamp.   Oh what fun!  

We tried to get the kids to play by the gas fire so they had some light 

With no power there was not much to do, so kids got put to bed early.  Allie and Cam wanted to sleep together and finally ended up falling asleep after about 30 minutes of chatting.  It was too cute because Allie had fallen asleep and Cam still wanted to talk.  We heard Cam say to sleeping Allie, "Say okay.  Allie, tell me okay."  He never did get a response and finally went to sleep himself

The next day we went on a long cross country ski adventure.  Blake's brother and his wife got us hooked on Cross Country skiing.  We love how family friendly and cheap it is compared to downhill.  It is a good fit for our family right now

Allie and Cam ready for the treck.  Allie loves her sled...she falls asleep anytime she gets strapped in here

This picture is very deceiving.   We are actually climbing a very steep hill.  It was the toughest one of the day.  At the top we stopped and had lunch

The crew making it to the top

My little niece Jane and I.  This little girl is quite the skiier.  I am quite impressed by her skills and have to work hard to keep up with her

We stopped to eat on this great little over look at the top of the hill.  We had a great view of the Seven Devels mountain range

Adorable Lucy in her cozy snow suit

Smiling faces as we near the end of our 4 hour excursion

When we got back that night, we were all exhausted except for the kids.  We all just vegged around that night watching DVD's from Office Season Three

The kids were balls of energy.  Allie and Cameron both slept the entire time we went on our ski treck. even through lunch.

The kids entertained themselves and had a blast going down the stairs in their sleeping bags