Monday, July 21, 2014

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.


Since I completely spaced getting an "end of the dock" photo with Michael over the 4th we had to make up for that!


The hard working crew!

We were lucky enough to have grandpa up there with us as well.
He is honestly such an incredible man and always goes above and beyond in regards to making his children and grandchildren happy. I sure love him!

And here is my little worker bee on the way home completely zonked. 

Next year's cabin adventures can't come soon enough! 

Friday, July 11, 2014

And we're still loving summer!

 Clara's face says it all!
Olivia loves to pick up Clara but as you can tell Clara is not a fan of it.

 I love my new night shirt.
Yes, yes, yes...that's what I have to say about going to bed!

 This picture and the following are examples of just a few of the snapchats I receive daily from this hunky husband of mine.




 For those who don't know the Blurthby is Olivia.
I have no idea how Michael came up with that nickname for her!


 One night Michael and I headed up the street to go on a walk and came across this mass of ants.
Michael got so excited and insisted that he go wake up Olivia to show her.
Needless to say, he did!

My mom and I had a tea party at Dear Lizzy's.
I love that place.

 Michael is clearly obsessed with the ninja turtles.
His favorite one is Michelangelo of course!
So we went to see the movie with Sophia and Ryan. My mom bought Michael this mask to wear but he didn't end up wearing it in front of people.
Luckily I convinced him to put it on for a picture!


 One morning Jill was on the phone working on a bunch of wedding planning.
When I came up this is what I saw. Olivia literally imitating everything Jill was doing.
SO cute!

This sweet baby of mine is heading right to me because I have icecream!

Stay tuned for more summer fun!

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The glorious tube rides.

Tubing is for sure up there on my list of favorite things to do.
I could ride all day if it wasn't a little hard on the hands.
This year we had lots of good times and absolutely hilarious wipeouts.

Excuse the poor quality of pictures.




That was a very graceful wipeout for me!

Goodbye Jill haha!
I love how Winston is reaching back to her.

He actually grabbed her and is trying to lift her back on while we are still going!




I am pleased to announce that even though Jill fell off  I stayed on!!!























There goes a twin!

The tube on the far right that you can barely see actually flipped and Winston went flinging off of it and there he is! And notice Elizabeth on the other tube completely vertical!!

I am so grateful for the cabin and for my crazy family that makes everything nothing less than an absolute blast!