First Day at the Cabin

The boys are zooming around, getting their energy out.

When we arrived at the cabin on our first day it was kind of gloomy and cloudy - even a pretty heavy rain partway into the day. The guys all went golfing before the rain and we hung out with the kids at the cabin with our friend Stephanie, her son Will, and her mother Kathy. My mom and dad have known Kathy since high school. They also own a cabin on this lake (which is how my parents heard about the lake) so they get together quite a bit during the summer. Kathy's daughter, Stephanie, is our friend who now lives in England with her husband. I hadn't seen Stephanie in 6 years, since her wedding. In that time we have had 5 kids between us all so it was funny getting together and our lives being so different since we last saw each other.

I hardly had my camera out this first day so I didn't get any pictures of us moms together. Here we are 6 years ago on Stephanie's wedding day.

Here are all of our children - Cooper, Jackson, Ben, Elizabeth, and Will. Will is about 14 or 15 months old.

I think all the different pictures in our photo shoots are so funny - it shows their personality so well! Will thought our kids were a little crazy. And they were!

All our boys wanted were the balls!

The bunk beds at the cabin are the favorite! Elizabeth slept on top, the boys slept on the bottom. Maybe next year we'll trust them on the top (but probably not!)

We just played with the kids and talked all day. In the evening Stephanie and her husband, Rich, were able to come over to hang out with us, while my parents went to visit with Stephanie's parents. It was nice to be able to just sit and talk without any children! :)

And so ends our first day at the cabin!