We decided it would be fun to have a family trip to the cabin this year... we LOVE that it's only 12 miles from our drive way, but still offers the quiet and peace that one needs to 'get away'... We went up Wednesday night-through Sunday night. (July 15-19th!) and we had a blast!

Will eating his breakfast... (yea, that's a twinkie...)

Caitlin building a village...
View from the cabin!

We took several hikes...

Nature at it's finest...



Justin's Aunt has a cabin close to his family's cabin too... we stopped by a few times to swing on their porch swing, and play in the sand box and relax in the hammocks...


No camping trip is complete without a tent! We brought ours and set it up so the kids could play in it... Caitlin and Justin slept there one night!

Will and Caitlin's favorite cabin past time...

Will doing the dishes...

Justin and Brinley watch
Back to the Future...

Saturday we took a break from our little cabin to tour a cabin that Justin's brother, Jon has been working on for a client. This has been Jon's work for about a year! They completely knocked down the old cabin and rebuilt this (i think he said...) 2 million dollar cabin! The pictures don't show squat, there is SO much detail that went into it... and it's breathtakingly GORGEOUS!! Complete with air condition/heating, kitchen, laundry room, bathrooms, game room, and sweet built in bunk beds... this is one amazing cabin.

Kitchen: ( i forgot to get a picture of the ceiling... you can barley see it in this picture... wood ceiling. It was SO PRETTY!

Loft: These are built-in bunk beds... this side of he room had four beds...

and this side of the room also had four beds! Awesome huh?
One of the private rooms...
These are the stairs to the lower level... (there were three.) This had a game room, bar and a smaller room i think it also had a bathroom... or that could have been a walk in closet. don't remember. I love the different wood colors... in person it was SO beautiful
After our tour, Uncle Jonny gave Caitlin and Will a little ride on this tractor, they even scooped up some dirt... boy was that a treat!

Thanks for the tour Jonny and Great job!

Back at our little Cabin for the remainder of our 'stay-cation'... Will pretending he's a human tractor in a 'test spot' for what may become an outdoor working bathroom... hours of fun in the dirt for Will. At least it kept him away from the creek. :)

Pepper was in heaven the whole time... we kept her off leash and she did well staying close... and came when we called her. she was chasing grass hoppers in this picture :)

Beautiful and refreshing views

Justin gathering wood after using the chain saw on some dead trees...

Nice wood pile!

Brinley enjoying tummy time... special thanks to Will for sharing his toys...

Caitlin is so silly! Will holding his lunch.

Mountain Man Justin...plays some tunes along with his number one fan, Caitles.

Caitlin and mommy watching for Humming birds... isn't she pretty?

While on our little 'stay-cation' I brought my sewing machine and made some curtains... they turned out pretty cute, i think!