Birthday fun with Kris

Kris Mansfield came up to the cabin with me for the day on March 13 for a belated birthday celebration.  Chris was suffering from a migraine so he came up with us. I didn't feel comfortable leaving him home alone!
We had fun eating lunch, visiting and going for a walk with Nala.  It was a beautiful day!

Cheslea's day as an only child

Chelsea and I came up the day after my birthday for a little R and R.  The night we got up here, there was a light blinking on the message machine.  It was the Summit county sheriff's office warning that there were criminals on the loose and that we shouldn't open the door to strangers.  Scary!  But Nala and Georgie protected us.  Plus there was a BB gun in the garage.  Clay came up Thursday morning and played in the snow with us.  It was snowing pretty hard so the snowmobile trip was cut short. but it was still a great day.

Fun in Snow

The snow was amazing up here this weekend!  Down in the valley it's rainy and mucky.  We came up Saturday afternoon, went to church up here yesterday, and are having fun playing in the snow today.

This weekend we had Chris's teacher's quorum up.  They made pizzas from scratch, watched movies and had a great day of snowmobiling.

The Finished Project

Is a project ever really finished?  The basement is basically, except maybe framing the bathroom mirror, installing drawers in the vanity, and hanging a few pictures. Now I'd like to get my hands on the the upstairs and change out the floors and countertops.  All in good time!

Christmas and New Year's 2013

Christmas day was a quiet affair with just Clay, Penny, Casey, Chris and Cheryl.  We opened gifts, walked in the snow, and got silly making e-cards on jib-jab.  The day before, we had Brandon and Jenn's family here for our traditional soup and reading of the Christmas story.
Ethan Ormsby and family came up on the night of the 23rd and worked through the wee hours finishing the bunk room.  It came out great!
Just before New Year's, things began to pick up when Chelsea and Russell came in from New York and Brooke came in from Chicago.  Brooke almost didn't make it because she lost her license just before flying but was able to sneak through security. Chelsea almost didn't make it because her ticket said "Parrish" but she hadn't legally changed her name yet.
On the 29th, Russell got up and did yoga with us, went snowshoeing, then snowmobiling, then came home and made dinner for 12, then had family night, then finally said he wasn't feeling well and went to bed early.  A little later Chelsea said she was worried about him because his stomach was hurting and he had a slight fever.  Clay gave him a blessing wherein he blessed him that they would take him to the right facility where he would be seen by the right doctor and diagnosed and made well.  I was surprised because usually these kinds of illnesses work out fine with a little Pepto Bismo and some sleep.  After the blessing, he took Russell down to the hospital in Heber and he was diagnosed with appendicitis!  He had surgery that night and was released the next day.