Labor Day Weekend at the Cabin

We had a WONDERFUL holiday weekend at the cabin. The weather forecast was iffy but the weather ended up being beautiful. We went up Friday after Brandon got out of school (early day = 1:00). We got up there at about 5:30 and had time to take a nice 4-wheel ride.

Darren & Cindy and their family were up at Grandma Jinx' cabin for the weekend. We joined them for cake and ice cream that evening to celebrate Darren's 35th birthday!

Kyle learned a new word that night "Nnnnoooo!" I got him some cake and tried to help him cut it and feed it to him and he was having none of that. He wanted to do it HIMSELF! But I have to admit it was so cute how he said "Nnnooo!" that I did have to keep trying a time or two just to hear him say it again. He is very independent!

On Saturday morning we went down to Fort Bridger along with Darren & Cindy to the Mountain Man Rendezvous. It is so much fun! We really look forward to it each year.

We get to see teepees ...

Check out cool guns ...

And see what life was like at the Fort long ago.

We got to see Bridger's old Fort which is super cool!

The boys got to get their faces painted with "Real Indian War Paint" ...

And got racoon skin hats.

It was a really fun outing. And of course they have wonderful food there which Dave & Darren were more than willing to partake of! :)

The weather did get a little colder that afternoon and evening and we did get a little rain. But it was nice. We just hung out and relaxed. I had checked out "The Candy Shop War" by Brandon Mull for Brandon so he would have a book to read over the weekend incase we were driven inside by the weather and being the little bookworm that he is (just like his mother) he had the entire book read in about 24 hours, over 400 pages. Wished I had gotten him a couple books. :)

On Sunday we forego the usual 4-wheeling for some calmer activities. We usually drive up to Bridger Lake and walk around the lake and have a little picnic.

On Monday we went on an early morning 4-wheel ride and went up really high up on Thunderbolt Mountain where we could circle the rim of the mountains and look down on everything. The boys had a great time searching for dinosaur bones and cool rocks. It was the perfect ending to a really nice weekend at the cabin!