We spent a “sibling and cousins weekend” (minus Leanna, who is in Paris, and Steve, still in the marines) in Heber City this past weekend. (Heber is about an hour from where we live.)
We rented a five-bedroom cabin with themed rooms—The Pup Den, The Butterfly Sanctuary, The Deer Retreat, etc. Some of us found it a bit too woodsy for taste, but we really did feel we were nestled in the great outdoors. The cabin also included a hot tub, a pool table, and a ping-pong table. Some of us enjoyed the hot tub, especially the children, some enjoyed the pool table and some smashed their hands with the balls (Madeleine), but none of us made it to the dark basement for ping-pong.
On the whole, we had a very relaxing weekend playing games, watching kids’ Halloween movies, decorating Halloween sugar cookies, and taking turns cooking. (We all ate way too much good food.)
Here are my highlights from the weekend:
-Enjoying the first (substantial) snow fall of the year: It was gorgeous when the sun came out and glistened on the white snow everywhere. My girls enjoyed putting on makeshift snow gear and walking around in the powder. The drive back down the canyon on Sunday morning was spectacular. We were scared about driving in the snow, but we made it with only one small skid.
-Sitting in the hot tub with snow on my head: Having a freezing head but a hot body was a first for me. I wasn’t sure that I liked it, but the little girls in the hot tub didn’t seem to mind a bit.
-Playing American Idol until 1:00 a.m.: Kimberly (my sister), Becky (my sister-in-law), and I stayed up into the wee hours singing to a new American Idol karaoke game on the PlayStation. My voice could not compete with the two lovely singers challenging me, but we had a wonderful time. We especially enjoyed all of the rude comments from computer-generated Simon Cowell.
Overall the weekend was a chance to spend time with my girls away from the usual distractions. Sure, there was still lots of mom work (cleaning up after Camille threw up, constantly wiping Camille’s runny nose, wiping up a huge chocolate milk spill on Madeleine’s Sunday dress, etc., etc.); but I also got to play “Go Fish” with Elodie, watch Hocus Pocus with the four oldest cousins, and enjoy a wonderful time in the hot tub with Sydney and Madeleine (as I guessed what ocean animals they were and pretended to buy fast food from them).
We rented a five-bedroom cabin with themed rooms—The Pup Den, The Butterfly Sanctuary, The Deer Retreat, etc. Some of us found it a bit too woodsy for taste, but we really did feel we were nestled in the great outdoors. The cabin also included a hot tub, a pool table, and a ping-pong table. Some of us enjoyed the hot tub, especially the children, some enjoyed the pool table and some smashed their hands with the balls (Madeleine), but none of us made it to the dark basement for ping-pong.
On the whole, we had a very relaxing weekend playing games, watching kids’ Halloween movies, decorating Halloween sugar cookies, and taking turns cooking. (We all ate way too much good food.)
Here are my highlights from the weekend:
-Enjoying the first (substantial) snow fall of the year: It was gorgeous when the sun came out and glistened on the white snow everywhere. My girls enjoyed putting on makeshift snow gear and walking around in the powder. The drive back down the canyon on Sunday morning was spectacular. We were scared about driving in the snow, but we made it with only one small skid.
-Sitting in the hot tub with snow on my head: Having a freezing head but a hot body was a first for me. I wasn’t sure that I liked it, but the little girls in the hot tub didn’t seem to mind a bit.
-Playing American Idol until 1:00 a.m.: Kimberly (my sister), Becky (my sister-in-law), and I stayed up into the wee hours singing to a new American Idol karaoke game on the PlayStation. My voice could not compete with the two lovely singers challenging me, but we had a wonderful time. We especially enjoyed all of the rude comments from computer-generated Simon Cowell.
Overall the weekend was a chance to spend time with my girls away from the usual distractions. Sure, there was still lots of mom work (cleaning up after Camille threw up, constantly wiping Camille’s runny nose, wiping up a huge chocolate milk spill on Madeleine’s Sunday dress, etc., etc.); but I also got to play “Go Fish” with Elodie, watch Hocus Pocus with the four oldest cousins, and enjoy a wonderful time in the hot tub with Sydney and Madeleine (as I guessed what ocean animals they were and pretended to buy fast food from them).
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The pictures are great. I love you all so much.
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