I didn't want us "loafing" around the entire time so I forced everyone to take a hike! We have a fun little hike we like to take when we go to the cabin.
It was a lot of fun and nice to have my mom with us this year. Especially when Madalyn was TERRIFIED by something she saw in the bushes. She swears it was a snake! My mom was there to comfort her when her own mother (myself) was insensitive and kept laughing at her!! Here good ol grandma is taking a stick to the bushes to ensure Maddy there were no snakes and she didn't need to be scared.
But seriously to my defense....it was hilarious. Maddy is the teaser in the family and when I heard her say there was a snake I thought she was teasing...until I saw her RUNNING and slipping down the trail with the fear all over her face and in her voice....I knew she wasn't teasing!!! But it caught me off guard and it made all of us laugh!! I know call me insensitive! I wish I had a picture of her face. I know even more insensitive! Little Miss "I'm not scared of anything" was scared to death for the rest of the hike. When I tried to take a group picture at the end of the hike she was still crying and not willing to smile!
At the end of the trail there is the waterfall we like to climb. The creek wasn't very full this time of year but the kids still had a good time collecting cool and interesting rocks. Grandma had no desire to climb down the rocks to the falls so she stayed and took pictures.
Notice Maddy holding tight to her stick :) She did feel more safe and brave in the rocks!
Carson finds and keeps sticks from everywhere we go so of course he would find some on our hike. I love this boy! I'm excited to work in scouts with him. He is growing up so fast. His new favorite past time in the morning (when he is up far too early) is to turn on sports center and catch me up on the latest stats. Over the weekend he had to watch and get the BYU vs.Oklahoma game stats. GO Cougars they pulled it off!! Ere go the days of having no sports or sportcenter in our home :) I enjoyed it while it lasted :) hee hee!
Overall we had a great weekend playing games, being outside, watching movies and eating WAY too much junk. Thanks Uncle Matt B for the enormous chocolate cake you left us. My children are soo much fun....I really do love spending time with them. The next R & R vacation can't come soon enough!
