Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Our favorite place on Earth

In june we headed up to the cabin to escape the heat of St. George and enjoy our favorite place in the whole world! We got to spend some time with Marianne and her kids while we were there.  The boys went on a nature drive one evening and saw lots of animals.  Here is one of the many does they came across.
One afternoon Rylynn was feeling frustrated so here is where I found her.  She and Garrett have such a special relationship and he has an amazing way of helping her to calm down and work things out rationally.  I somehow only add to the drama so it's a good thing he's around to calm her down:)

I love that sweet smile!!  
Dallas wanted to have a turn on the swing too and he always wants to be with his big sissy so he was loving this!
Rylynn took him down to the river to throw rocks and to watch Dad build a new dam for a fishing hole.  
Every summer Garrett has to rebuild the fishing pools along the back river because they get washed out during the run off.  He is so in his element when he is hauling logs, throwing rocks, and getting dirty.  

Before we went up to the cabin, we bought a deck of uno cards and the kids got really into playing so we had to bring them up to the cabin.  The boys spent a lot of time playing together.  We had lots of fun games and Garrett taught the kids that whenever you play uno, you need to have snacks to eat.  They were big fans of that idea!

We always do as many bonfires as we can squeeze in while we are at the cabin so this was the first of a few.
One of the nights was midsummer night's eve so the girls made fairies and Marianne made "Puck hands" for the boys.  They did some fairy games too.  The kids loved it!
One of the many uno games:)
Garrett snuck the boys some contraband on one of their nature drives.
And of course we had big breakfasts every morning.  That's one of our favorite things about the cool mornings at the cabin.  
We were so sad to have to leave and head back to the 100+ degree weather at home.  

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