The McAllister Family: Our Cabin Adventure

We go to the cabin so often that sometimes it just seems like a chore, or something that we do to pass the time. This weekend, we set out to nail that dang squirrel that has taken up living quarters in the cabin. John doesn't think that he 'gets in' anywhere, but that he actually lives inside. Holly found a 'bed' in my dads helmet, and there are significant signs around the cabin of 'life when we are gone.' What a mess these creatures can make! We never caught the squirrel, but we had fun up there anyway. Our weekend went something like this:

John came home from work Friday afternoon ready to go to the Herriman Rodeo. What the heck? I came up with a better idea. Let's go up to the cabin! He was as shocked as I was, to say the least. We packed up whatever we happened to have in the fridge (or freezer) and loaded the kids up and headed up. We made it to the cabin by 5:30 that evening. We ate some dinner and lounged around...this is easy to do in such a comfortable place!

We stayed up late and we all slept well! On Saturday morning, I woke up to the smell of breakfast. John made breakfast! (Okay, he does that a lot, and actually likes it, but I can't remember a time at the cabin where I haven't made cheese waffles!) We cleaned up house and went for a 4-wheeler/Ranger ride. John taught the kids how to ride his 4-wheeler. They were all awesome. I was impressed that a 3 year old could maneuver such a big machine with such ease! I always love these rides.

We came back into the cabin to find no luck with catching the squirrel, so we lounged around some more! We decided to go on a little 'hike' up the hill and see what things in nature we could spot. All of the kids found walking sticks, Madden included. He was not about to be left without one! They loved it! John named Jack 'Old Man of the Mountain', and then Jensyn decided that she wanted to be 'Old Lady of the Mountain.' That one makes me laugh because we always call her 'Grandma Shipp' because of her yellow hair, among other things! The kids even let me take some pictures...Jack was quite the poser. We had so much fun on this hike! We found 'fuzzy-wuzzies', butterflies, and other bugs. Madden has sharp eyes, as we call them. He found on the side of the trail a butterfly on a leaf. When we all gathered around it, Madden started blowing on the butterfly. It made us all laugh.

Finding the fuzzy-wuzzy

My handsome boys!

Walking with the walking sticks.

"Look at the butterfly I found!"

My boyfriend and me

Once we got back from our hike, we headed back to the cabin to load up guns to head over to the shooting range. Jack loves spending time with his dad shooting, and the girls just liked riding the 4-wheeler.

We made the kids up a scavenger hunt where they searched the entire 3 acres for a variety of things. They found them all within about 20 minutes, but they had a blast doing it. We tried to name different flowers and plants, they are quite knowledgeable kids when it comes to plants!

Right before dinner (yep you read it right) we took the kids over to the Bear River Lodge and all indulged in either a soft serve ice cream cone or a root beer float. That was way more fun than I could have imagined! Honestly, I think we will have to add that to every cabin weekend we have! It just added something different to our routine.

We never caught the squirrel, but John and Jack saw him several times. They said he was a fat bugger. But, who wouldn't be, staying in this mountain home and eating anything they could get their teeth on!

Our vacation would not have been complete without a traffic jam on our way home!