We try to get up to the cabin every summer but have had to miss the past two summers because of various things....like having a baby (Hi Annabeth!) So, when we finally had some time free to go this year we decided to spend two weeks. Lyle really needed a nice long break from work before starting fellowship and the kids and I definitely needed time with him so we were very excited about it! Since we were going for two weeks we decided to drive to Lake City which is only 16 hours from Little Rock so we knew breaking it into two days would make it pretty easy. Our family really likes road trips so we were all kind of excited about the idea of driving and letting the kids see some new terrain. Also, getting this new car a couple days before we left made the drive even better!
We left early Monday morning and stopped at our uncle Jimmy and aunt Kathy's house in Amarillo, TX for the night. They took us out to eat and we let the kids run around in the green space in their neighborhood to burn some energy. It was so great having a comfortable place to stay the night! Thanks so much to sweet Jimmy and Kathy!
We left around 8 the next morning after a wonderful breakfast fixed by Kathy and began our last day of driving. On our drive we played a scavenger hunt and the license plate game. The kids played ipads and Lyle and I enjoyed some rare conversation just the two of us. Annabeth was absolutely perfect! She really couldn't have done any better. As long as we got out and stretched about 4 hours into the drive she was great! We ate packed lunches at parks along side the highway and had a blast! Driving through the mountains was really fun! We saw lots of antelopes on our way through New Mexico.
Around 5 pm we arrived at the cabin. So good to see it and know we would be hanging out awhile!
Annabeth's first trip to the cabin meant we had to get her first picture in the rocking chair!
The next day we went exploring the city to see what was new since we had been there last. They built this new area near the Gunnison River which was so so peaceful. I could have sat there all day!
Annabeth and I had the best most relaxing time!
The kids and I also built a horse shoe pit this year which included a washer toss. It was so fun and got used liked crazy!
The next day Mims and Pa arrived and first thing on the list was the Annual Duck Derby Race! Kids were dying to do this!
Ella's duck was the fastest this year so she will get her name on the plaque. But the most exciting thing of all is that all 7 ducks actually made it down the stream all the way to the end! We always lose some ducks along the way but not this year!!
The rest of the week was spent taking picnics and long drives looking for animals at dusk. That is my favorite part of the whole trip! We always see elk, deer and moose!
Lyle, Luke and I also took a bike ride around the whole city. We haven't ever done this before and was one of our favorite things! We will definitely do this again! Every time we go to Lake City we find new things to do!
The next week was really special because our very sweet friends the Battreals came from Little Rock to spend the week with us! Luke and their son Landon are best of friends and in the same class and then they have a super fun little 3 year old Maddie Kate! It was so so much fun having them with us! We spent lazy days watching the kids play by the river, and the playgrounds, drinking good wine and beer every night and driving around the city shopping and eating ice cream.
We had planned to rent the big boat and all of us go out on Lake San Cristobal fishing but the day we went to get the boat they told us it just broke the day before so the boys (Lyle, Jim, Landon and Luke) to the littler boat and went out fishing. They were very successful and we had a great fish dinner that night. Jim and Katie grilled some fish along with veggies and we had a fantastic grown up dinner by the warm chiminea. We let the kids rent a movie and eat popcorn in the down stairs bedroom so we could have some quiet time. It was the perfect night!
We drove over to Creede one day and stopped at Windy point to get a great picture.
We are so thankful the Battreals decided to come spend a week with us! It was so so great! We love you guys!!
We had one night left at Lake City and Lyle wanted to get a little more fishing in so here are a couple beautiful pics of the last night:
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