The Blanchard Family: New Years at the Cabin

Monday, January 26, 2015

New Years at the Cabin

The Sunday after Christmas, we loaded up and headed north to my parent's cabin in Minnesota. We left late morning and got there about 7:00, we actually beat my parents there! :) We unloaded and got everything settled and had a quick spaghetti dinner before getting everyone ready for bed. We haven't been up there for New Years Eve since I was pregnant with Kyler, so we thought it would be fun to go back. Monday and Tuesday were so bitterly cold, like the actual temperature wasn't above zero and then factor in the windchill and it was freezing out. So, we enjoyed doing some inside activities…..Kyler built some legos, they played with play-doh, watched some movies, and other fun things. Wednesday (New Year's Eve) it was a bit warmer, so the kids bundled up and headed outside for just a little bit. They really wanted to go down and walk on the lake. :) They had a fun time out there, but were then ready to come back inside. Also, there was hardly any snow on the ground at all. We were a bit disappointed because there are snowshoes and cross country skis up there and we thought it would be fun to do those things, but you need some snow to do that. :) For New Years Eve, we headed into town to go out to eat for dinner with the neighbors. We went in about 6:00 and had a fun dinner together. The restaurant looks over Leech Lake, which is huge, so it was fun to see all the cars and vehicles out on the lake of the ice fisherman. After dinner we headed back to the cabin to hang out for a bit, and then head to bed. (I don't think anyone made it until midnight!) :) It snowed about 1-2 inches New Years Eve, so on New Years Day, we were able to do some fun things out in the snow. We walked down to the neighbors to borrow their sleds, and the kids enjoyed sledding down my parent's drive for quite a while. They also took another trip down to the lake to check it out. We enjoyed relaxing and watching some football the rest of the day. :) Friday it was time to load up and come home! There was a snowstorm in the forecast for Friday into Saturday, so my parents also decided to come home then. We left about 10:30 and pulled into our driveway about 7:00. It was a fun time up there! Although we wish we would have had some more snow, we had a nice time relaxing and hanging out at the cabin. Here are some pictures from our week!

Happy New Year!

Having way to much fun with the noise makers :)

Grace and Erik

More noise maker action

Happy New Year from us!

Grace and her best buddy Harley! Harley's cage is in a different room than the main living room at the cabin. Harley is still a puppy and gets out of control at times with the kids, so whenever he was in his kennel, and we couldn't find Grace, this is where she was….playing with her best friend. :)