Cabin Trip

Friday, June 5th we decided to go up to the cabin.  Dave, Joann and Aunt Diane we already planning to go to take the Lakes kids, so we decided to join.  Steve picked me up at work just after 3pm then we headed up.  We stopped in Park City and caravaned w/ Dave the rest of the way up.  We got up there first, so we got the fire going.  Joann and Diane and the kids showed up shortly after.

Diane had a graduation celebration theme while we were at the cabin.  We had pizza for dinner, then played several games before bedtime.  The kids loved every minute of it.  Nyles thought it was so much fun and couldn't wait to see what was next.  Thanks Diane for planning such a fun night!

Nyles singing "Happy Graduation to us"

Unfortunately though, Nyles was having so much fun he didn't want to go to bed.  He kept getting out of the port-a-crib and getting out of the room.  Finally he went to sleep around 9 or 9:30pm.  While he was down we played a game of "Picturesque" and the kids watched "Despicable Me 2."  As we were getting ready for bed though, Nyles unfortunately got woken up again.  We tried everything to get him to be back to me but he wouldn't.  I even tried putting him in bed w/ me, but that didn't work either.  He was simply TOOOO excited to be at the cabin to go to bed!  Finally around 3am, Steve took him back to his room, put him back in the port-a-crib, and laid on the bed in the same room w/ him and would tell him to quiet down and not get out.  He had to spank him once, but after that he didn't get out.  We got a couple hours of sleep at least.

Though we didn't get much sleep that night, Steve was still up at 5:45am to go fishing w/ Dave.  Nyles and I got up a little after 7am and went downstairs.  After breakfast we got ready to go out and do some fishing.  It had rained a little in the morning on Dave and Steve, but they still caught some fish.  It stopped raining after a little bit, so we decided to get ready and go while we could.  While we were getting ready, the other boys decided to come as well.  We then all unloaded at the dock and got onto the boat.  The rain held out for us and we had a great time fishing.

Nyles excited to go fishing on the boat

Nyles, Ethan and Noah ready to catch some fish.

 Steve helping Noah reel in a fish.

Grandpa Dave supervising the fishing in the front w/ Noah, Ethan and Nyles.

Chandler, Noah, Dave, Ethan and Nyles.

Caught one!  Noah and Nyles watching.

It started to cloud up, but luckily we didn't get rained on.

Ethan would sing different songs to the fish and certain songs would catch more than others he said.

Nyles playing w/ a dump truck and boat, on the boat.

Chandler and Steve in the back.

Steve and I waiting for the fish to bite.  I actually fished this time since it was free fishing day. 

Me helping Nyles reel in a fish.  We actually got some nice Kokanee Salmon.

After fishing we went back to the cabin and got lunch.  Steve helped clean the fish and put the boat away while I packed up our stuff.  Since Nyles didn't get a good night's sleep, we wanted him to get a nap at least.  We figured he wouldn't take a nap at the cabin but would likely fall asleep in the car.  Sure enough, as soon as we hit the pavement he was out.  He slept the whole way down too.

Nyles passed out in the car on the way home.

    

Going down the canyon, Nyles totally passed out in the back.

Once we got home, we got unpacked, did laundry, and got ready for Sunday.  We were in charge of our Family Dinner the next day so we decided to cook up a ham and Steve's wild turkey.  We cooked them both while we were at church, in the crockpots for the ham and the oven for the turkey.  We put stuffing inside of the turkey in order to help w/ the flavor.  Since wild turkey's run around more and can actually fly, in comparison to domestic turkeys, they are a little more tough and gamey flavored.  They are also a little more dry, so we put bacon around it to try and keep it moist.  The legs were a little long, so we had to cut them down a little too.

Turkey all done

We got together Sunday around 5pm and had dinner.  Thankfully the ham and the turkey turned out pretty good.  The turkey was a little dry, but not bad for our first time.  After we were done w/ dinner we played a game, mostly for the kids.  Steve wanted to "shoot ducks," so we took his decoys and put them on a ladder.  We then used bean bags and knocked them off.  All the kids, and some of the adults, tried it.  It was a lot of fun actually and kept many of the kids entertained the whole night.

 London giving it a try.  Now Nyles trying.

 

Conor's turn.  Nyles in the back saying "Tada!"

 June birthdays......Ryan, Olivia, Jeff and Rob.

It was a fun weekend!  Thanks everyone! :)