Vacation at the Cabin!

This last week was our annual trip to the cabin as a family. It was a much needed break from everything, and when you are at the cabin, you are away from so much that it is an easy place to relax and have fun. My parents, sister and brother-in-law, grandparents and aunt and uncle and kids, were all up at the beginning of the week, but those of us who actually WORK (cough, cough) couldn't make it up there until Wednesday. :-) JUST KIDDING. Taylor and I left work early on Wednesday and made the two hour drive to the cabin. In our way in, we saw a moose right next to the road, so of course we had to stop and take a picture.

Taylor got right in the water when we got there and played for a while. Then we had a yummy, yummy dinner, cleaned-up, did some more things on the water, put Isaac to bed, and then we stayed up late playing games.

Thursday morning Taylor and I went on a sea-doo ride together. It was COLD. Well, it wasn't that bad, it was chilly, and I tried to not be that big of a wuss, but at 9 A.M on the lake, going as fast at 60 MPH, it's cold! Following a great breakfast, we decided to go float the river as a family at Mack's Inn. Here we are on the van that takes us up to the top of the river...

It was fun to go as a family. The water was freezing though! I believe they said it was around 50 degrees. And, if the weather outside was around 100 degrees, the water would feel great---but it wasn't. It was probably 70-80 degrees, so it was ice cold!! Here's Taylor helping Aiden get back on the tube--Aid was a trooper through it all!

Isaac and I posing for a picture...he was SO good on the float, especially since it was his nap time!
Floating with Papa!
My Papa, Asher (cousin), and my Nana
Unfortunately, my camera died at the beginning of the float. I was sad because we had several more photo ops that we couldn't capture! Like, Isaac laying on Taylor's stomach and fell completely asleep, it was soooooo cute! But, even though the float took--what felt like forever-- it was a lot of fun!

Once we got back from our float trip, I went out and water skied. I can't remember the last time I got up on skis, so I made a deal with myself and made sure Taylor followed up on me, but I made a deal to myself that I would do it. So, my dad and Taylor took me out and pulled me. I had to remember the feeling of being pulled out of the water, but I got up and stayed up for a long time! It was a great accomplishment--however, I am still feeling the effects of it in my arms!

Thursday night, we BBQed and stayed up playing games again!

Friday was our last day at the cabin since my parents needed to leave on Saturday to drive home to be there for church on Sunday. Taylor and my dad had a lot of fun pulling each other on the tube. It was really pretty funny to see--my dad drove and pulled Taylor and then vice versa. Here's my dad pulling Taylor...

Taylor holding on as my dad spins him around a corner...

And here's a picture of when my dad got on the tube. What was funny was when my dad first got on the tube he told Taylor, "Now remember, I am your father-in-law!" AND...here's a picture of my dad falling off.... :-)
Isaac and I were sitting on the boat watching, I love this picture of Isaac because it was when Taylor drove by and he is "waving at daddy!"
Once Taylor and my dad got done throwing each other off the tube, we took Taylor out to wake board. He is getting REALLY good at it and even started catching air as he jumped over the wake!
So we packed and cleaned and left the cabin around 5PM. We stopped in Idaho Falls as a family and had dinner at Olive Garden...YUM. Here's my dad and Taylor as we were waiting for our table.
We drove down to Blackfoot with my parents after dinner and celebrated my cousin's one year birthday. We decided to stay the night in Blackfoot to extend our vacation a little longer. We stayed up watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics, talked some, ate some, and then went to bed.

After saying goodbye to my parents and sister (Tyson had to fly home sooner in the week), we drove home and all three of us crashed for the afternoon. That night, we had dinner and a movie with some friends in our ward and ended the night....I can't believe I am going to admit this...playing RockBand! Taylor and I have never played this before and really haven't expressed any desire in playing it, but we figured "what the heck, let's give it a try" and what was "let's leave after playing one song" turned into two hours of playing! It was a lot of fun! Taylor did awesome on the drums and I got the hang of the guitar.

All in all, we had a GREAT time at the cabin and a great weekend!!