the cabin
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:35PM We spent our growing up summers (and Thanksgivings...and occasional Easters...and sometimes inbetweens) at my grandparents' cabin. Grandpa and his brother built it 50ish years ago. On their own. When my mother was a small girl. So, obviously this place owns a decent chunk of all of our hearts and favorite memories.
Years ago my grandparents sold their portion of the cabin and they now summer in Pinetop. Which is lovely. But part of our hearts still belong to the cabin near Ellison Creek. So when my mom called and said she spoke to her cousin about us staying there for a week, I was elated. This is a place I wanted my children to experience.
And they did. For a week they ran around the same forests, creeks and lakes we used to frequent. With many cousins. For a week my sisters, mom & I played hours of card games. For a week I took many pictures of dirty faces. And I'm having a whole mess of trouble deciding which to post. Because I truly love all of these little people. So this picture overload is mostly for them and their mothers. In memory of a week I thoroughly enjoyed (despite my crying breakdown after seeing two mice on night #1).
the whole cousins crew (16 strong!) on the front porch (minus a hiding Noah, that is).
Aidan with Crew (who told him, "I always want to be on your team, Aidan").
Baylee the queen of the swing
Andee, 14 and a very good sport with this slew of littles.
London, completely unthrilled to be getting the camping hair-do. I remember well the days in that painful seat.
Caleb in the car, where we bonded.
Talin, Davyn, Collin
the kitchen view of the outside diners.
the bedroom view of the outside play.
at Woods Canyon Lake
Crew
planning adventures with Andee
actual Adventuring with Andee
Reagan loved everything about being out & about free roaming.
Ryder
the day I cured Sav's foul mood with mascara & lip gloss.
my A taking a rest
Talin definitely had the most impressive beading skills of the bunch.
I love A's chubby hands at work.
Madee.
Baylee
beading was a serious stress to the Scott boys.
There was also rock painting. This was Andee's.
Collin
Davyn (whose mother made him paint shirtless).
I didn't get the finished project, but Grandma Cyndee wowed us all with her true artistic skills.
the "adventure packs" Cyn & I sewed up. They all carried around pen & notebook & collected along the way.
Megan & Caleb at Tonto Creek.
D & Savs at creek.
London (a genuine germaphobe) took her time getting in.
her little sister had no such trepidation.
feeding fish
Crew at fish hatchery
Davyn at fish hatchery.
Caleb in his eternal quest for freedom.
(most of) all the cousins at Woods Canyon Lake.
where they all ended up nude.
I couldn't resist vintaging this curly girly. Her forest elation was a Joy.
Wyatt's birthday. Yes, we let them eat cupcakes with filthy faces.
Crew pushing A.
Wyatt at Woods Canyon
This is my favorite picture. We left first. And when Aidan said good-bye, this spontaneous hug-fest ensued.
Call me crazy, but I love planning activities for all of these littles. Their enthusiasm for learning about animals and the world entire is a joy. We definitely need to start planning regular all-family reunions!
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