Cabin Fever

This past weekend, Bryce and I had the opportunity to go up to Chris' cabin in Bear Lake. This time we were accompanied by Jared, Jacqui, Chris, Michelle, Denice, Kelly, Moriah, and Derek. These are all friends of ours that work with Bryce at Alpine. Thanks to Bryce's parents, we were able to enjoy the weekend without the worry of the little ones.
We dropped the kids off to Mom and Dad on Friday evening. Clayton knew something was up and did not want me to leave the room. He was really mad when we left. Mom said he stopped crying as soon as we pulled out of the drive. It is nice to be able to leave the boys with family that they are comfortable with. The boys love their grandma and Papa Douglas'. They had a great time!
When we got up to the cabin Friday night, it was already dark, so we couldn't see the beautiful scenery. Chris was working on a puzzle when we arrived, so I sat down and started helping on it. I love doing puzzles, but haven't been able to do one in a few years since Clayton was born. I'm pretty sure he would love to "help" me with a puzzle! We finally finished it two hours later. We crashed at about midnight after we watched TV for a while.
On Saturday morning, Bryce made everyone 3 egg omelettes. This is his specialty and something that he loves to cook. He does a great job and they all loved their breakfast and the fact that someone else cooked it for them.

After breakfast, we made lunches and got ready to go on a four wheeling ride. It was a little chilly that day with highs in the uppper 60's, so we had to make sure we were dressed warm. Bryce, Jacqui, and I were on wheelers while everyone else took Rhino's.
There was quite a bit of standing water up there and Jared had a blast driving through the puddles. It was pretty breezy, but it was such a beautiful day. This is my favorite time of year. The trees had all changed colors and they were a mixure of golden yellows, burnt oranges, and fiery reds. The trails were covered in leaves and it was so pretty.
We stopped up at Temple Peak and took a group picture. There was snow dusted mountains in the backgrounds and the mountains were painted with many colors. After temple peak, we headed down to the next trail.
This trail took us to a natural spring. It is located near some small ponds and beaver dams. It was gorgeous down there and this is where we decided to stop and eat lunch for the day. By this point, it was starting to warm up a bit. Jacqui is 7 months pregnant and so the ride was starting to wear on her belly. I ended up switching her four wheelers because mine rides alot smoother.
After we washed up at the spring, we took off for Old Ephraims grave. Many of our group had never been there, so they were surprised at how big the bear was in real life. It was a really nice ride for the most part. It was alot of fun and so nice to be out on the four wheelers again. I am hoping we can go at least one more time before the snow falls! When we got back to the cabin, we were hungry, so everyone brought out the food. We had fruit salsa (YUM), jalepeno popper dip, pumpkin bars, cheese and meat tray, fruit tray, pumpkin pie, chocolate, candy, and homemade salsa. Then we ate dinner, which was tender, juicy steaks, cottage cheese salad and green salad. The food was so good and I totally ate way more than I should have, but it was so wonderful. After dinner, Chris and Michelle had to head home, but the rest of us sat down to a fun game of "Five Crowns". Jacqui was so sore from the ride that she had to lay down for the rest of the night. At some point during the night, she had a rib pop out of place, but she ended up being able to get it back in. After cards, we watched tv and then hit the sack. It was such a nice and relaxing "gettaway". On Sunday, we woke up, ate cereal, washed our bedding, completed the "leaving the cabin" list and headed back to Smithfield where the boys were very excited to see us. Its always nice to have a break, but it sure is nice to come back to the kids!