Our “LAST” Family Weekend

August 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Since the three of us siblings are getting older, all-together family time is getting harder to accomplish. We each have our own lives and keep busy with various activities. For the last couple of years now, Mom is sure each vacation will be the last family vacation we will all be together for. The last family dinner before everyone travels back to work and school. The last time…

Ashley (my younger sister) now lives in California and is attending grad school.  It’s weird to now only see her a couple times a year when we used to have to share a bedroom years ago.  Since this was her first year, she was able to come home for the entire summer.  This will be the last time she can do this because she will have clients and other activities during the summer for the rest of her years there.  So we made the most of our last family vacation at the cabin this summer!  I’ve lost track, but I believe this is our third last family vacation.

Before Dad had to leave on business we had our last family dinner together (for a couple of months).  Ashley leaves tomorrow, so we had one last weekend which we filled with dinner and games on Saturday night at Mom’s house.  We had pork roast and played Mad Gab.Nicdew guessingMe and NicoleAsh getting Mom to guessAshley

Then, one last LAST dinner and games on Sunday night at our house.  We ate hot dogs and played Win, Loose, or Draw Jr.  Both nights were filled with much laughter, teasing each other about everything, and of course lots of junk food.Me drawingAndrew drawingNicole drawing

We can always find a good reason for Mom-cooked meals and fun hang out time, but our friends are starting to make fun of how many times we do things for the LAST time!

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Vacation: Shopping

June 16, 2010 By 1 Comment

Us shoppingToday we all went shopping in the quaint little village shoppes.  It was a small area in the middle of town where there was a section of cute shoppes with handmade crafty type things to look at.  I didn’t end up buying anything, but did enjoy looking.  However, the men were not so much excited about shopping in cute shoppes, but they let us look for a while before heading back to the cabin for a late lunch.

We were all pretty lazy the rest of the day today.  We read and fell asleep on the comfy couch.  It was enjoyable to be able to sit around without knowing there is anything that is needing to get done.  Too bad we have to leave in the morning.  We are having such a great vacation… not ready for it to be over yet.

Village ShopsNicDew shoppingEveryone shopping
Mom and Nanny shoppingSilly Ash and MeThe purple siblings

By the way, just in case you were wondering, we didn’t all plan to wear purple today.  Us three siblings all got ready to go out and happened to be matching.  Isn’t that cute?

Later in the evening Jesse, Mom, and I went for a little walk.  I wanted to see what the canyon behind the other cabins looked like, and then we snooped and looked through the windows of one of the other empty cabins to see what it looked like.  The warning sign in our cabin said that there had been more bears around lately because of the dry spell, so we were a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see one.  The only ones we could find were carved into the bench on the hill leading to the cabin.Us on the bear bench

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Vacation: Rafting

June 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Rafting busToday, white water rafting was on the schedule.  We had quite an adventure on the crazy route the GPS determined for us to take, but we finally made it there.  When we got to the rafting place, you would have thought we had gone back in time or something.  One of those things where you just have to look around and figure out what am I doing here?  It definitely takes some interesting people to work at a place like that.

The ride wasn’t as wild as the website made it sound like it would be, but we still had a good time.  We had a couple of big rapids where we got wet, and we almost fell out of the raft once.  I’m pretty sure the bus ride back to the top of the river was more dangerous than the rafting was.  The driver was talking about a time when the bus fell off the windy roads into the river, and then he was joking that it just might happen again.  He didn’t seem to concerned about taking tight corners slowly, but at least we made it back.Rafting

Now we are just chill-axing after dinner.  I think we should buy this cabin,  I could live here!

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