Happy Birthday, America!!!!
We spent the whole weekend at the cabin with family! Our freedom did not come free, we know that!!! We are so blessed to have our founders honor God and fight for freedom!
We purchased some land close to my parents cabin and Mike was mowing the field and making some four wheeler trails on it. He saw tons of butterflies and so we went over that night to see them! The girls went running into the field and watched some fly!
Dad bought this side by side and it's perfect for the mountain roads and rides!
Brother John has his tracker up there and almost everyone hopped on it for a ride. They were packed!
A bad thunderstorm went through the first night and knocked out the electric. That was interesting. Toilets not flushing and no lights with six families in one cabin was not ideal. But we made the best of it and used candles and a generator for the fridges. LaVern and Fannie made breakfast on the front porch the next morning and we had electric back on late that afternoon. We were ready for showers and toilets flushing!
The boys and dad went on their second fishing adventure! Last year, dad bought some kaiaks and they went fishing down the river. This year, Tyler and Matthew each bought one and brother John had some to use! They started off first thing in the morning. The river was low and it took them much longer than they thought it would. 9 hours later they went 15 miles downstream catching a bunch of fish! No one packed a lunch and all they had was a few candy bars my dad took along and Matthew had a handful of fiber balls! They came back to the cabin both very hungry and VERY SUNBURNED! Crazy memories!
Look at their burnt tan lines! They were rubbing aloe vera and lavender on their hot skin and woke up sore!
Mike showed them how to clean fish!
Mim made burgers for supper and Tyler grabbed two right away! They were so hungry!
Warren was fishing from the golf cart!
I took the side by side over to the property where Mike was mowing and offered him some water!!!
Mindy made sourdough cinnamon rolls and they were delicious! She had to warm them up in the smoker because we had no electric. Dad was trying to get the electric back to working and he blew out 16 breakers. Not a good thing! We tried calling the electrician for some advice but he didn't answer. While Dad was at the hardware store looking at new breakers to buy, the electrician called him to ask him a question. He didn't know dad tried to called earlier and instead of dad buying all new breakers, the electrician was able to come to the cabin and help us out!!!! God knows how to remind us of His goodness!!!! The breakers were fixed and the electric was back on!!!! Thank you Lord!
We had campfires and s'mores and even though we didn't see any bear this time, we saw a gray fox.
This cabin is such a great place for us to enjoy! We love it there! Monday came quick and it was time to head back home. The yard needed mowed at home and then we watched some fireworks from our front porch! What a good weekend!!!!
Happy Independence Day!!!!!
