Garner family bash!

Garner Family. My Mom's brother and sister and their kin

The relatives on the Garner side have many birthdays in May. One of them is my cousin Mike's daughter Michaela - who had just received her mission call to Texas - so we made a big deal out of it and celebrated her farewell at a big birthday bash at the cabin.  Growing up we had countless celebrations at the cabin. So many great memories. It was a fun day for all!

Of course, cute Grandma and Grandpa were cooking and helping out

I love this picture of 2 of my favorite gals

Michaela, Marty, and Mike

Michaela, Aunt Sue, Grandma, Aunt Marcia

The Garner originals. Love them lots!

Easter!

On Easter Sunday in their Easter outfits

We spent Easter weekend at the cabin for a fabulous lunch and Easter Egg hunt!

All ready to go hunt for eggs

 

Each kid had their own color to find - that way everyone scores big with plenty of eggs!

 

Coloring eggs:

Sunday morning Easter baskets!  The Easter bunny did not disappoint.  They even got giant chocolate truffle eggs with their names on them. Yum :)

Party of the year!

For Millie's 14th birthday, she wanted to have a party at the cabin. It worked our perfect because her birthday fell on Human Right's day so they were out of school on Monday. We filled up 3 cars and hauled 15 girls up to the cabin Sunday evening. They got in the hot tub, ate treats, watched movies, played video games, and pretty much stayed up all night.  You know, doing what teenage girls do best. It so happens that Clegg's were at the other cabin so Tyler joined in on the fun too!  Millie's friends thought he was SO CUTE so he was an added bonus to the fun!

 The next day was all play all day:

 Everyone had a blast!  They talked about this party for days!  I'm so glad that Millie has so many friends who are not only darling but really good to her.  They are so kind and funny!

Playing "what if?" in the loft at 2 a.m.

 

The next day after school, some friends "kidnapped" her and went to Orange Leaf for frozen yogurt.

Again, such cute kids!  It's too bad that Millie isn't loved at all ;)

Cayden, MJ, Andrew, Chloe, Cousin Connor, Kaden, Christian, Mason, Skye, Jessica

 

Christmas 2013

We spent Christmas at the cabin for the 2nd year in a row!

Last year was wonderful so we wanted to do it again.  

Grandpa wins the prize for getting the best Christmas present this year...a hot tub from Grandma and the rest of us.  We have been putting money in a pot for a few years and we finally did it!  It faces the river and mountains so it is very nice and relaxing. Thumbs up :)

 At the top of Quinny's Christmas list was a "Flippee," an animal hat. She got a kitty hat with a tail that flips up when she squeezes the pink part. Q loves anything that involves animals.  Will was so happy to get a new remote control helicopter.  Those things are so cool and he is a good pilot!

 There was plenty of snow for snowmobiling and sledding. BS got sassy on the old Summit catching some sweet air haha!

 More gifts included "Beats" by Dre, some ultra tech headphones (all 4 kids got them, but only so BS and I could use them), bike ramps, pedicure & shelac set, go-carts, iPad, air-soft guns, skis & ski gear, a Joke Box for Will, games, ...

Here, we are eating at Taggarts, one of our favorite Morgan spots after the boys spent the day hunting for rabbits and coyotes.  They got skunked but had fun anyway!

 What would a week at the cabin be without good food?  Millie kept busy in the kitchen baking up delicious goodies with Grandpa and Grandma and giving mani's and pedi's. The boys stayed busy playing with their new games and toys and having air-soft wars with the big boys.

It was another perfect holiday week and we feel very blessed for wonderful family and an awesome place to spend Christmas! <3 nbsp="" p="">

A Nice Day

We try to spend as many free summer days as we can at ECR, but it's never enough.

I took my bike and rode solo up to Snowbasin.  It is quite a climb, but it was so nice because it was cloudy and not so hot. It started to rain just as I reached the lodge.  I took some time to enjoy the rain and some rare time to myself.  But then it rained all the way back down to Mountain Green.

I made it!

 When I got back the kids were fishing in the pond.  I helped Will's friend Maddux catch his first fish.

 My boys think it's so funny that I know how to set up fishing lines, bait the hook, catch a fish, let it go, or gut it :)

 

And of course, the usual 4 wheeling and motorcycling.

It's so great that we can bring friends up here and they can just be kids in the outdoors. Explore and do whatever they want and just be kids.

What a nice day!

Cousins!

Every summer we look forward to our cousins (Nate's girls) coming to visit from out of state. They moved from Minnesota to Oklahoma last year, so just a little bit closer.  We love spending lots of time with them and making big plans or just chilling at Grandma's. Whatever we do, it's always a good time!

Ellie, Nate, Cambree

Pooped after a fun filled day at Grandma and Grandpa's

At the splash park

Getting the campfire ready for Smores

Cole's Birthday party! We went to the Monsters University premiere party!
Alix, Sam, Ellie, Cambree, Quin, Bode, Will, Millie

 

We spent a day at Park City doing the Alpine coaster and slide! So much fun!

We love our cousins!  We wish we could see you every day!