Memorial Day Weekend!

It's a tradition by now that every Memorial Day Weekend we go to the mountains with some of our closest friends.  We usually go to the same cabin, the same weekend, with the same food menu's!  We all have our certain days that we cook and the foods are always way too amazing to even try something new!  But, this year we did switch something up and we decided to go to a new cabin, not as far, with way more room!  The Hidden Hollow Getaway was perfect!  The old barn wood style, 10 bedroom with each their own bath, served just the perfect place for our growing group over the extended weekend.  There are six families with everyone bringing along their children!  The adults and children all look forward to being together and making more memories!

Matthew loves the outdoors!

Here are the couples that we got to spend the weekend with!

 Really???  It's the best pic I took of them and guess who had the baby in the bunch this year?  :)

 OK, I do have another pic after all.

Mike had a great weekend being with these guys.  They did their normal routine and went golfing Saturday morning.  They also played games of Acquire.  Nothing beats sitting around the evening campfire with the guys though!  Our conversations get interesting.  Lots of government talk this year.  Love this man!!!

Hadassah did so well with the girls.  She is the oldest girl in the bunch but that doesn't bother her a bit.  She entertains.  She plays games.  She loves to have a good time!  This cabin had a sand volleyball court that the kids seemed to like.

 

 XOXO!

We do it every year and that is to take a group picture of the ladies and men.  I'm not sure why but we didn't get the men's picture taken this year.  I've had so much fun with these ladies over the years and I treasure our friendships!!!  Thanks so much ladies for the great times we share together!

There was a little creek and because we had a big creek at the other cabin, the kids were excited to play in the water!  The warm afternoon's were spent climbing (or rather sliding) down the steep hill, play in the creek and then climb up the steep hill to come back.

Love these children!!!

The little kids played so well too!  Ashlyn and Colson were big buds!  They followed each other around all weekend. 

Ava and Ashlyn loved to be together too!  Way too cute and such great playmates!

Here's a broad shot of the cabin.  My small lens is not working on my camera right now so I couldn't get the back and front together in one picture.  Here's the living room and kitchen area.  Gorgeous cabin!

Right outside the front door was a small swing.  Fun!

Mike started these two with gathering sticks and setting them against a tree.  They made a small tee pee.  It looks like Colson enjoyed some of Ruthie's blue Gatorade's because he has a blue mouth!

Our food was great ... as always.  JR grills a bunch of onions & peppers and then adds chicken and steaks!  Everything was yummy!

 Dutchie JR also uses the grill and makes lots of BBQ chicken!  I love his chicken!!!

 

 Martha Rose has taken Ashlyn's pictures for me before and because I never got a photo session in for her third birthday, I asked to do one here at the cabin.  We found a small patch of purple wild flowers and Ashlyn did great!  (I will do a post on it's own with more pics because I have so many!)

Love these!!!

 

We got home on Monday just in time to unpack the Yukon and head off to Matthew's little league game.  He had a great game and his team won!!!  We were happy to have Ginger back at home with us too.  :)  The weekend was so fun and thanks to all who shared such great memories with our family!