bonkoblog: Grand-Getaway

Christmas 2011, we gave my parents a coupon for a weekend getaway. I know, I know... a bit late since it is now 2013, but it was well worth the wait!

We had 9 warm bodies in the cabin, my mom and dad, the four of us, and three dogs. We went sledding, out on hikes, made snow angels, read books, knit, played games, slept, napped, and ate well! It was so fun. It's hard to believe it was a month ago already, but this year is flying by.

I thought I had everything packed, I had all the groceries we needed, all the clothes were packed, and I had all the winter stuff put together. But there is always something; and this time it was our camera! Thankfully my mom and dad both had theirs along so... here are a bunch of photos from our weekend together.

Saturday morning was beautiful outside. It was supposedly going to get REALLY cold out that night into the rest of the weekend, so we wanted to make sure we got outside to enjoy the outdoors. First activity, sledding! Both Brianna and Carl loved going down. Carl is hesitant to get bundled up with all the snow gear but I think the sledding made him forget his displeasure. I mean look at that smile!

Then it was on to a little walk about. We went up the hill and down the hill and onto the lake. Personally, I'm not a fan of walking on lakes, but I tried to put on a brave face and show Brianna there was nothing to worry about. In all reality, there was nothing to worry about, it's just something I'm working on!

The dogs loved being out in the open and running here and there. We walked around and then ventured over by the Beaver Dam. It was pretty cool to investigate this structure. I think at one point Eko was trying to get a stick off, but Beavers know how to build a house!

Then, of course, snow angels were made in the undisturbed snow! It was so peaceful and quite out on the lake.

Once inside, we all needed a little relaxation. We ate lunch then the kids went down for a nap. Ahh, the quite, that is until we started playing a game!

Here's my dad and Brianna watching the slideshow of all the pictures taken so far that morning. And our honorary book for the weekend was the "Three Little Pigs". Carl loves that book!

Before bed... no explanation necessary, just cute...

My early riser with teddy bear slippers on!

What or who does this remind you of?

At the cabin, we have a wide range of games. One of them is kids sequence and a perfect game for Brianna right now. She loved making her matches and even grasped the idea of the "Unicorn" a pick any space piece and the "Dragon" take any one piece off the board. She is so smart!