Cabin Fever

Well for the first time in years our family attempted to have a fun trip to the Solosabal/Smith Cabin last weekend.  We were lucky enough to have Grandma Donna there or it would have been a rotten!  We tried to make our own fun and Josh & Joaquin are already asking when we can go back but I'm good for awhile and here's why . . .

We looked online and thought the weather was going to be cold so I packed long sleeves (and one short sleeve shirt for the ride home), coats (not jackets), and closed toed shoes for all 7 of us.  It was around 70 degrees the whole weekend - just gorgeous, but completely wrong attire for it.  So we ended up wearing the same clothes often and did laundry there.  Notice the long johns in these pix?  Woops.

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 We brought swimsuits to sit in the Baum Gartner's Hot Pots - closed for Pesticide spraying.  So instead we tried to "natural" hot springs by the river.  We never could actually find the perfect spot where the river mixed with the natural, hot as lava, hot springs.  So instead Donna & I hung out in the car with Halle & Shelby.  This shot was taken before Shelby screamed bloody murder from stepping in the "burning" springs as she called it.

Halle "found" her favorite new toy - her hands this weekend and thank heavens because that was about the only thing she liked.  My angelic baby who never fusses as long as she's fed was cranky the entire trip, Grr.  I'm so grateful Grandma Donna was there or I would have gone bonkers.  We decided not to bring the porta crib or bouncer because of room - boy was that a bad move.  She kept waking up every time we tried to put her down in the carseat or our bed.  Around 2 am one night I finally gave up, put her (still wide awake) in the carseat and climbed into bed.  Of course within a few minutes she began crying and I told Joaquin it was his turn.  I still don't know what time she fell asleep, but I was out cold pretty quick.
One day we tried to go to a fun old ghost town, Smokey Bar, where you can wander around the old mercantile, hotel, & even jail.  We were sad to see it had been bought by private owner's who had signs up everywhere saying, No Trespassing.  Darn it!  We're hoping they'll refurbish it eventually & we can enjoy it again.

The worst/funniest part of the trip was that I forgot a few vital food items - you know like meat.  I packed bread, miracle whip, lettuce, tomato, salt & pepper, 2 different kinds of cheese, but didn't pack the ham or turkey - woops.  I packed the tin foil, salt & pepper, onions, potatoes, carrotts, but didn't pack the hamburger - yep.  I packed 2 packages of marshmellows but forgot the striped cookies that go with it.  Luckily they have a very "reasonable" priced grocery store about 10 miles away that charged us a minor $5.99/lb hamburger.  

The one thing everyone loved was chopping wood.

Ok, maybe not Shelby - but she loved playing in the pine needles we raked up.

 Joaquin carved swords for Josh, Shelby, & Jessi.  I'm not sure why we needed lethal weapons, but hey- the kids were happy.

We stopped in Glenns Ferry on the way home to try out the new fireman's pole.  Here's a great shot of Jessi (top), Jentry - Solosabal cousin (middle), & Quinn (bottom).

 Jessi impressed us all by spitting on her hands and climbing up to the very top!

These last few pix are just for fun.  Josh & Ty were dressed almost the same the other day so we snapped a cute photo.  And Shelby & Jade absolutely love this new kitten named "Maggie Marie" that Grandma Donna got.