Summer fun at the Cabin

Only two months into summer, and we’ve already made up for two years of not going to the cabin.  It is easy to forget how lucky we are to have a place to go in the middle of such beautiful surroundings.  With the new deck installed, and a new area expanded for the sky chairs, it’s the perfect place to sit and relax.  Hawks circle overhead, deer peek in and out of the forest, and squirrels forage for food.  The stockpile of chocolate creamies in the freezer is the cherry on top.

Of course one of the things that makes a beautiful place enjoyable is the people you choose to share it with.  We’ve had so much fun with the Butterfields, Michaleks and Wights, especially now that our kids are old enough to enjoy the cabin as much as we do.

Ted making breakfast for the kids

Cute crazy people.  I wonder where the kids get it from?

Cobi and Calvin Wight were such great “big brothers” to Logan.

A signature Cobi Wight creation.  That boy is going to be an architect or an engineer someday.

The kids have their own way of “relaxing” in the sky chairs.

The kids had a blast going for their adventure walk, and Aliyah made a new friend!

We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful place, surrounded by such wonderful people and to have a family kind enough to let us enjoy both in such a great cabin.

MUD

One thing we are in no short supply of at the moment is dirt.  We have been bringing in dirt to our backyard to try and raise the level of the yard, and since a good deal of it is still in the heaps it was delivered in, we literally have mounds of dirt for landscaping.  Get it wet and you have dirt hills and mud pits- every kids dream.

This spring the melting snow and torrential rain gave us fantastic mud, though it was a little cold to enjoy it properly.  Still we had a great time of it, splashing and sliding in our sweaters and rain boots with our friends Micah and Carter Rhodes.

 

If the hair is any indication (above) she’s having a blast!

Then a few weeks ago, Dad went out in the hills and dug out a proper mud pit.  We hauled the hose over, filled it with water and got in our swimsuits.  We painted ourselves, made a mud-slide, and rolled around in the muck to our heart’s content.  Logan and Dad watched from the bleachers.

So we’re a little red-on-the-neck from time to time, but at least we know how to have fun with what we’ve got.  And for now, we’ve got dirt!

After hours of fun, rinsing off in buckets of warm water is the best way to call it a day.

Last but not least, the moral of the story is that if you give a child an inch (of mud) they’ll sneak out of the house when you’re not looking and play in it when they’re not supposed to.  Lesson learned.