Memorial Weekend At Twin Lakes

We got to the cabin in the early evening on Thursday.

We made the mistake of putting the babies car seats right next to each other.

Maleen pulled on Hazels shirt and stole her pretty the entire two and a half hour drive.

She looked like a mean little alley cat by the time we got there.

We all quickly settled in.

Rachel went straight to reading the Spellman's (which is so so funny!!!!).

We woke up bright and early to several inches of snow!

We attempted a walk.

We didn't even make it all the way down the lane.

We were freezing!

Hazel was a great sport.

She did a LOT of walking, a LITTLE falling, and LOVED every minute of it.

No, I didn't bring winter coats.

It was Memorial Weekend for heavens sake.

Needless to say by the time the little girls went down for a nap the boys were a little stir crazy.
We took them to town to get milkshakes and my-o-my were they delicious.

Our kids are super lucky to have Rachee for an Aunt.
She was a god send when Mel and I wanted relax on a Lafuma and read.
She went on numerous walks, hikes, trips down to the lake to throw rocks, crystal finding expeditions, and bug hunts.
We love you Rachel!!!

Hazel and Maleen have a love hate relationship.
They get super excited to see each other and have short spurts of time when they play so nice together.
But most of the time Maleen is pulling Hazels hair, Hazel is pushing Maleen, and they are both trying to get what the other one has.
Case and Point. Who can sit closest to Grandma?
It just depends on which picture you look at.

Our babies love a sink tubby-tub.
It was really cute and fun,
Until they started throwing water all over the kitchen.

Saturday we had beautiful weather.
We got to spend time at the lake,

Suck up bugs ($15.00 well spent),

examine them and...

keep them in a jar.

At the cabin you don't have to get beautiful,

you can just kick back and relax.

The boys are getting big enough to play outside alone.
At least that is what we thought until we heard Marcus yelling,
"Can we get some help here.  Hey we need a little help."
Once again Aunt Rachel to the rescue.
Marcus and to prop himself in front of Fenn to keep him from falling down the mountain.


One of the highlights of the trip was not captured on film but will a story brought up often.
Hazel and her all nighter.
We have no idea why but Hazel was NOT tired on Saturday night.
And by not tired I mean she was up until 1:30 AM.
She wasn't crying she was simply chatting up a storm.
After several failed attempts to get her to sleep Melissa took her downstairs.
Now our cabin is SMALL so going downstairs did nothing to alleviate the noise.
I knew Mel needed to be "tapped out" when I heard Hazel say "ear" and Mel say, "Don't put the Q-tips in your ears Hazel."  (and by Q-tips I'm talking about used ones from the trash).
By the end of the night Me, Mel, and Rachel had laughed so hard our sides hurt.
I have no idea how the rest of the kids slept through it.
I think it was DIVINE INTERVENTION.