Happy Pioneer Day!

We have Mia Hales and the Running family up at the cabin right now. Yesterday Rich taught me to do river blur at Danger Bridge. Nice! Last night after devotional, we played speed scrabble and Mexican Train.

First Snow

Clay and I had so much fun up at the cabin today!  I finally finished covering the dining chairs and got two more doors stained upstairs.  Clay moved all the deck furniture under the deck and put up the Christmas tree.  We also met the new neighbors across the street: Chris and Maxine. They just added 8 lovely blue spruce to their property.

A Month of Mice

The late summer rains produced a mice explosion that we're still dealing with! When Chris and I got here yesterday morning, there we collected 5 dead mice.  I spent about an hour cleaning out drawers and putting out new traps.  Hopefully this will be over soon or Stormy will have to come visit!

Brandon and and the kids are up while Jenn and Levi are back home taking it easy.  Chris is recovering from a concussion so is laying low.  Clay brought Peityn up because Casey has work today and Marta has school. The little cousins are very cute together!

We're in the Uglies right now with no leaves and no snow but the weather is perfect!  We'll have to take the kids for a hike later this morning.

We had a lot of fun at Aspen Lake this morning.  The sun was shining and there was a light film of ice on the lake.

Alyssa and Jason are here!

Alyssa and Jason came to Utah Tuesday night.  Wednesday evening we brought them, Chris and Easten up to the cabin.  When we first got here, Clay and I went to check on the baby flycatchers on the porch.  While we were looking at them, they all flew out of the nest at once! Thursday, Cheryl, Brandon, Jenn, Ruby and Wyatt came. We've been having fun going for hikes, riding the razor, and playing games.

This beauty was right outside the cabin on Thursday morning.

Jason and Alyssa drove the Razor out into the Uintas.

Alyssa was a confident driver.  

We had a little picnic in the wilderness.

This unique little baby was out behind the deck on Thursday evening.  He had such unusual coloring!

On Friday we found moose tracks on Moose Trail.  We followed them almost all the way to Danger bridge.  And then we came across...

This wary momma and...

her beautiful babies!

This little baby was out in the woods all alone.

Cabin Safari

We had fun having a "safari" at the cabin this weekend! Uncle Chris hid the animals and Grandma drew a map.  Ruby and Wyatt were very good at finding them!  There were hundreds of butterflies out during the day.  Also, we found a nest with brand new baby birds in it behind the porch light by the front door. Grandma thought it was empty and accidentally touched a baby bird.  The daddy bird later came by and hit her in the head!

Brooke Came!

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Brooke came up with us and got a chance to drive the Razor.

When we were hiking on moose trail, these two deer seemed very curious about us! They kept coming closer and closer.

Spa delivery

Peityn, Nala and I came up to the cabin Friday, May 31st.  The spa got delivered early Saturday morning.  It was exciting to watch the crane swing the spa up and over the cabin and onto the deck! On our way to the cabin on Friday, we saw this bull moose hanging out in the meadow.  I always wondered when they start growing their antlers back.  Now I know!

There was a tiny wren couple going in and out of this birdhouse on Saturday.  So cute!