For the 4th of July weekend we went to the family cabin. We have had it planned for a while and were meeting friends from Vegas there. Paul got food poisoning Tuesday (that’s why you don’t eat the raw stuff at sushi places) and last minute he ended up not going. Jeremy ended up riding in our car since Paul didn’t drive. I got everything ready by Wednesday so we could pack the car that night. On a side note: While I was packing things Jameson was scooting around in his room. I went in to check on him and he was sitting in the middle of his floor. He figured out how to sit back up! Anyways, we got in the car Thursday morning by 6:45 and started our journey on the loneliest highway in America… HWY 50. It only took about 10 hours including all the stops. Jameson did pretty good though.

Lovely Nevada

This is pretty much what it looked like the entire way.

You gotta love when they fall into a deep sleep and the binki pops out.

We met Jenna and Jared in Cedar at Wal Mart. That town needs another Wal Mart. It was crazy. The funny part was everyone was either in tank tops or those that had modest clothes on you could see their “g” lines. I guess the whole way up the mountain Gavin asked “is that the cabin?” Jenna said it was only cute the first few times :). Gavin went nuts once we got there. He ran around forever looking at everything so excited. (He’s 3) So I’m going to post lots of pictures so everyone else there has access to them. It was so much fun, though!

The boys ready to show their support for the 4th! Jameson lost his shoe and tried to get it, and we couldn’t get all 3 boys to look at the same time.

We all went on a ride to Dead Lake. Jameson HATED his helmet. It was a little big so it wouldn’t turn with his head and he couldn’t see. Pretty funny though.

We made it up and had lunch. Jared tried to catch a fish. We could see them jumping but he didn’t catch anything. Gavin went exploring with no shoes on. Preston watched the bug on his leg. Jameson tried to drive the beasty 4-wheeler Jeremy’s brother let us borrow. Jenna and Laura tried to fish.. I think Laura cast the line about 3 feet into the bushes 🙂 Kevin and his brother Jeremy (we had 2 Jeremy’s) put Jameson in the cooler and bungy corded him to the front of the 4 wheeler. Don’t worry, we didn’t drive with him like that! Gavin tried to fish with a huge stick, and couldn’t figure out why his dad stuck it in the mud. Umm.. I think that pretty much explains everything in these pictures.

On the way home we had Laura and Jeremy take Jameson on their beast. They hardly felt the bumps and could handle the hills and streams no problem. Thanks for holding my sleeping baby the whole way back.

Jeremy, Jameson, Laura, and Gavin

Jared, Preston, Jenna

Me and Kevin

Jeremy on his beast. He would have to run with the bike up hills because it didn’t have enough power. So funny!

The best idea I’ve ever had… I brought this pool for the kids. It also served as an outdoor tub.

We went to Mammoth Caves. We walked halfway through the big cave then Kevin, Laura, and I brought the two little ones back while the rest the boys finished crawling through. The caves were created by lava flows so they’re all underground.

Me, Jeremy, and Kevin took a ride up to lookout. I drove up, and it was time for a little payback. 🙂 On the way back down we saw a wild turkey with her chicks. The two boys got a little out of control and I almost made Kev get on with Jeremy. I wasn’t going to be the one getting off, are you crazy!

Hanging out at the cabin

On the drive home we stopped at a look out point. This is at the top of Cedar Breaks. There was a whole spanish caravan that stopped right in front of us. Jeremy would stand on the edge of the group and before they took every picture, pose on the end. We were laughing so hard. They’re going to look at the pictures and be like… “Who’s the white guy on the end?”

Our scenery the whole drive home…

Although it was like a 10 hour drive, the cabin is worth it.