this is "home away from home" in the summer. the cummard's pink cabin....which is only a "meadow" away from where we stayed this weekend. since it's not "winterized" we don't get to stay there in the winter ever, but it was nice to get a little tease till memorial day-which is where we plan to be! 
3 of parker's cousins joined us, besides scott & hollin and us there was dean & kemra and craig & leslie.....and 14 kids. as large as this cabin may look....it did seem a bit crowded with all of the kids running around. we looked forward to bed time, to say the least. which is when we bust out the treats, and the games. saturday night we watched the byu basketball game and then played the wii, texas hold 'em and black jack (with chips-or pinto beans) until 3 in the morning. 
sunday morning, since we all "forgot" church clothes, we took the kids to the gravel pits. the kids loved it...it was something they've never experienced. 
i was the only mom that went, so of course i was standing at the bottom, trying to take pictures and hold tilley at the same time, stressed each time the dads shoved one of the kids down the hill. going somewhere like this on a holiday weekend is SO not recomended....it was packed-to say the least. we were lucky to make it out of there with only 2 crying children. people just go down the hills whenever and wherever. we were leaving and this lady on a tube totally took conway out. he flew in the air, landed on his face....and had a mouth full of blood. he cried the whole way to the car....and was still crying when we pulled up to the cabin. 
we had to hold tilley the entire time....and she hated it-just as much as we did. ever since she became mobile she hates being held. i put her down for literally 5 seconds, and she was eating snow-sick! we were only there for about an hour, but we all got a little sun. all of our cheeks were so rosey-probably a combo of sun and being wind chapped. parker went down with tilley a couple times at the end, and she did love that. 
cousins and all the babies...with snow in the background. the babies wouldn't sit for a picture, so the dad's had to hold them.
nothing is better than coming home to family that missed you. parker's brothers and dad all called him a number of times while we were gone. usually when we go out of town....it's with them. we had dinner and fhe over at parker's mom's, which was a perfect ending to a 3 day weekend. i love how close these little cousins are!
...and little p stayed home sick today-after throwing up all night long. happy tuesday!
we had to hold tilley the entire time....and she hated it-just as much as we did. ever since she became mobile she hates being held. i put her down for literally 5 seconds, and she was eating snow-sick! we were only there for about an hour, but we all got a little sun. all of our cheeks were so rosey-probably a combo of sun and being wind chapped. parker went down with tilley a couple times at the end, and she did love that. 
cousins and all the babies...with snow in the background. the babies wouldn't sit for a picture, so the dad's had to hold them.
nothing is better than coming home to family that missed you. parker's brothers and dad all called him a number of times while we were gone. usually when we go out of town....it's with them. we had dinner and fhe over at parker's mom's, which was a perfect ending to a 3 day weekend. i love how close these little cousins are!
