CA-CA-CABIN TIME

As always the cabin time was wonderful and too short!!

We had our bestest family friends join in on the fun this year....

making it even more special!!

(Thanks for coming Thomas/Fabrizio Family)

We were able to stop by and see
Great Grandma and Grandpa Fronce
on our way up

Grandpa Bill happened to be visitng....
so we were able to see him too!


This girly girl of mine gets blisters all over her feet in what seems like EVERY pair of shoes.....except....for the famous camo hand-me-down pair of crocs. If I try to put a different pair on her....she'll cry and run and grab the camo crocs. Thus, I let her wear them every day at the cabin....much to my sisters dismay......


She loved playing in Otis' water bowl.....
dipping pine cones and then sucking off the water.


We attempted to pull the zip sled up the river...
but the boat didn't like the amount of weight that was put in it....
so we floated down backwards instead....


We shopped in West Yellowstone.....
(Mars famous new smile)

Sister twinner hats....


And for the first time EVER....
I let my boys pick out an article of clothing
ALL BY THEMSELVES....
without any "motherly guidance"......
and they did as bad as I expected them to do....


Mason the BIG mean bear ...

Madden the HOWLING wolf...times five....

And Macky the cute Yellowstone bear....

(And my fear of them wanting to wear them EVERY DAY....
even now that we are home in 90+ degree weather...
is coming true....)

We jumped off the tressel
(well, a few of us did anyway....
after a broken ankle, cut up legs,
and Maddens serious belly flop with Auntie May....
we called it a day)

Mar fell asleep in her car seat
looking like a babe in her camo shoes more than once...


We ventured into the Park and saw Old Faithful.
It was as old and boring as we remember it being!

We then made our way to the FIREHOLE RIVER
(a must if you go into Yellowstone Park)

We jumped into the rapids....and played in the warm water

There was too much of this:

(Watching Papa play games on his phone)

And WAY too much of this:

(I'm fairly sure we watched all 6 seasons of FRIENDS)

We played games...

Went on a nice float down the river...

and like always, the kids think it is a race....
and sure enough they came in first place AGAIN this year....


The highlight of the trip (for Madden at least)
was learning how to drive the 4 wheeler ALL BY HIMSELF!!


The boys rode any chance they could get....
and man are they getting GOOD!


We ended the trip with a visit to Cody's spot....

The kids cleaned off the headstone....
and made it nice and shiny...

Miss you Cody!

And we're already missing the cabin.
Until next year....