Cabin Time

Last weekend the boys and I joined Grandma and Grandpa up at the cabin. We wanted an escape from the Valley heat, to give Jon some quiet alone time at home, and spend some relaxing time with Grandma and Grandpa. We headed up the hill after work/school on Friday, the air conditioning in my car managed to go out halfway up the hill so we were sweaty messes by the time we got to the cabin. Lucky for us it was cooling off and hamburgers were being thrown on the grill when we arrived. We managed to play a few games before the boys went to bed. It took them forever to fall asleep and once I went into the bedroom we had a few more wake ups during the night.

The next morning we hiked around Redwood Canyon which was awesome because a ton of the trail is in the shade of giant redwoods, there was hardly anyone else on the trail, and we even stumbled upon a waterfall none of us had ever seen before. The boys did great for the two miles but were definitely ready to be done by the time we got back to the car. I managed to nap in the living room (despite having Kieran climb on and off of me), puzzles were assembled, and Grandpa convinced the boys to join him in his "redneck swimming pool" (a citrus bin lined with black plastic filled with cold water). More games were played, paper airplanes built, and a yummy pancake breakfast was had the next morning before heading back down the hill. As always we had a wonderful time and can't wait for our next trip!