The Mickelsons: Cabin work (and play) trip.

Just a few weeks after our 4th of July weekend up at the cabin we had the opportunity to go back.

This time just Michael and me, Winston and Jill, and Mckay and Mara. (Good friends of our family)

The purpose of this trip was to stain both the little cabin and the big cabin.

Of course this job was mostly reserved for the boys, although us girls did help a lot with the taping.

But mostly we tanned on the dock, went tubing, and on bike and 4 wheeler rides while our men worked :)

I didn't get any pictures of us tubing but oh my goodness was that a hoot.

We only had the jetsky so we had to take turns. One person would pull and the other two would be on the tubes. Jill was by far the craziest driver:) We definitely had some wipeouts and some good laughs!

Michael went out on the 4 wheeler by himself one afternoon while I was sun bathing. All of a sudden I hear him screaming my name as he is running through the forest and down onto the dock. He was beyond excited. Apparently on his ride he had come to a fork in the rode and right in the middle of the road was a black bear!! He said when the bear saw him it ran off into the forest and that he was so scared he immediately turned around and rode as fast as he could back to the cabin. Although I was definitely excited for him I do have to admit I was a bit jealous I have always dreamed of seeing a bear in the wild and even though I have spent nearly every summer of my life up in that very forest I have yet to see one. Crossing my fingers that one of these summers my dream will come true!

Another one of our favorite things to do was ride down to the boathouse and get icecream treats and cold drinks.

We went on several long 4 wheeler rides. I can not even explain how amazing it is riding through the gorgeous forests. We went to several lookouts and of course the views of Hebgan Lake were nothing less than stunning.

On the last night we were there we went in to West Yellowstone and had dinner at a little barbecue place, walked up and down the streets looking at all the cute little shops, ate icecream, and bought way too much candy at the candy shop to enjoy while watching a movie later that night.

We had such a fabulous weekend and although I missed my littles like crazy it was nice to get a little break and soak up the gorgeousness of the cabin. Goodness, I have the best mom. The girls had an absolute blast with her.

On a lovely bike ride one morning.

This is a funny picture. If you look close you will see my hands in Michael's armpits.

If you want to know where he is ticklish thats it!

Me and Jill loving all the little stores!

Oh and I'm loving our matching shirts!

I asked Jill to take a picture of Michael and I and while she was waiting for us to get situated she decided to take a few selfies. This one was too good not to share.