Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Weekend Retreat!


"Come Sister! Let's Explore!"
 Three weeks ago we went up to my parents cabin to relax and hang out.  Their cabin is about 45 minutes from our house and not a bad drive!  I've been trying to get up there about once a month and have been pretty successful.  Over the summer we had a few days of just me and the girls up there, my sister and her girls with us, my aunt with me and my girls, and my parents with me and my girls.  I even was so special as to get a night last weekend there with just me and two friends from junior high!!!  (Sadly, we learned that we are old. .. .how our conversations have changed!).  Three weeks ago we were lucky to be able to enjoy the cabin as a family of four.  G was off work which means more fun for our girls! 

Loving the new hammock
We drove up to town and played at the little park.  My girls always enjoy the park with Daddy since he lets them climb more than me- his arms are longer, it is just easier for him!!!  Daddy took all of us on a quad ride- again something more fun when Daddy is with us.  He drives faster!  (and yes our family of four can fit on a two person quad with room to spare!).  Our girls love to swing, play in Grandpa's new hammock, and of course play in the dirt!  This trip Miss Pumpkin and Daddy started a new game. . . they were rolling rocks down the driveway to see who would win.  Miss Pumpkins rock was a strange shape, Daddy's was nice and round, Miss Pumpkin didn't throw hard, Daddy rolled it like a bowling ball. . .. guess who always won????  That's right- Miss Pumpkin!


Their new game: Driveway Rock Wars!

Always loves to swing!


Playing with Grandma
Grandma and Grandpa decided to come up for one night with us.  We enjoyed playing with them, watching movies, and relaxing.  The cabin is such a special place- so easy to relax and just take a break from the normal pace of life.  The cabin has special magical powers that allow anyone to nap easier while you are there. As you can see, both my girls were exhausted from playing at the cabin!!!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Fun Fridays!

This school year I'm trying to have "fun fridays" with my girls. I have a list of different activities we can do and I want to make it a fun way to start our weekend.

When I was in 3rd grade we moved back to CA and my sister and I made friends with a family that also had girls our age. Together we would celebrate TGIF by having sleepovers and watching the ABC Friday night line up. This continued through junior high and I have so many fun memories of those girl nights. I want my girls to also have fun memories of friday nights and since they are too young to have slumber parties they get to have fun with me!!! (and G if he is off!) So far we have made banana nut chocolate chip bread, gone to the park, gone to the cabin, and tonight the girls get to come with me to homecoming at the high school that I work at. I hope they have fun. . . .

I'm going to try to take pictures as I can and post them through the year to help complete this virutal scrapbook. Today I wanted to post some summer fun pictures. The girls were having fun dressing up this summer and I think the pictures are adorable! I've been organizing pictures this week and I've found some that I want to share so enjoy!!!!

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