Birthdays :: Cabin Trip

Last Friday we took my parents, along with my brother & his wife, out for dinner at LGO for their birthday.  They have the same birthday.  Same day, same year.  What are the odds of that?  We feasted on delicious salad, grilled artichoke, and pizza.  Keith and I had our usual avocado pizza.  Oh, it was so good!  And then they (LGO) surprised us all with free dessert because they mixed up our table.  We didn't even think the mix up was a big deal.  But they did.  And the free dessert was graciously accepted.  I love that place!  

Happy Birthday Mom & Dad!

Then Saturday Keith & I loaded up our kids and headed up to the cabin.  We just had to get up there to enjoy the rain that was expected.  On our drive up in poured!  It rained hard enough that some people pulled off the road and everyone was driving really slow.  It was awesome!  We all loved it.  

Sunday was clear and sunny and we didn't think we'd get any rain, but in the afternoon the clouds started rolling in.  We planned to leave that night after dinner and we kept hoping it would rain while we were at the cabin.  Just after we finished cleaning the cabin up and our boys were asleep, a huge rain and lightening storm started up.  So we sat out on the front porch and watched it.  It was great!  Just what we were hoping for.  Then it cleared up and we packed up the boys and drove home.  

Beautiful storm clouds gathering at the cabin on Sunday afternoon.

Keith has been working here and there on a sign to hang at the cabin.  He made some great progress on it while we were up there.

Grant played nonstop.  He even golfed in his dinosaur pajamas.  So cute!

But I think most of his time was spent playing with these little cars that were up there at the cabin.  He even took a handful of them with him to bed.  He insisted that I take a picture of them.  

Brett enjoyed crawling around a new place, and he found a bunch of great balls to play with.

 I drove.  I usually drive when we go anywhere.  That way I can't be a back seat driver to Keith, but mostly because Keith is usually making phone calls or enjoying the down time to read or do something.  I can't do much in the car without getting super car sick anyway, so it works out really well for us.

It was so nice to get away for a couple days and enjoy the fresh cool mountain air.  I took a deep breath of it before we got in the car and headed back down here to the hot dessert.