Cabin Pics...

Below is a slide show of our cabin adventures (or at least a few of them) thus far. Some things I think we all love about the cabin are...

*It's so close we can go for just the day and enjoy every minute of it!
*It's great mountain atmosphere with trees and shade everywhere!
*Watching the Hummingbirds!
*Hanging out in a chair on the deck marveling at the fantastic view!
*The cool crisp mountain air!
*Hanging with our family and friends
*The fantastic view, and sometimes including hot air balloons!
*Playing in the lake at Deer Creek (or Jordanelle next time we go!)
*Hikes and talks
*4 wheeler rides (hopefully more soon when we own instead of borrow!)
*Cascade Springs and other fun trails so so close!
*The proximity to Heber, Midway and Park City - never not a thing to do!
*The coziness! (not too big, just 2 bedrooms, a loft, 1 bathroom and the common area)
*Playing games!
*Did I mention the deck, 0 gravity chairs, and the fantastic view?!?!

Hope you like the pics below, they show a little bit of the cabin...

Training them young...

On Thursdays I bbsit my little nephew, Duncan. Last week he was in the toy room playing when things got quiet so I went to see what he was doing and I found this scene when I turned from my desk to get up and check it out...

Becky Warner was in Mexico and I guess D was going to help by filling in!

What a great little helper!

Swiss Days and Cabin Fun!

I LOVE Midway! I've always loved the quaintness of this little town and I'm so grateful that my parents recently bought a cabin there!

For Swiss Days we had big plans, the girls (me, Becky, Mom and Kiersti) all went up Friday (with my Dad in tow who actually ditched us so he could go shopping on his own!) and walked the booths, ate and just had a great time! Then on Saturday I went back with Darrell and the girls and we had a blast! I bought this book...

And one of these cool things so I can pack away my hot curinling iron or straightener without waiting for it to cool down!!

And the girls talked us into this Beware Killer Wiener sign which is proudly displayed by the front door!

And I got some neat decorating ideas which I hope to have done this winter (including new paint in my house!)

This weekend I'm taking a bunch of friends up for a Cabin Girls Nite and I'm ohhhhhh sooooo excited! We'll be watching chic flicks, painting our toe nails, and just hanging out being girls!

I am so grateful that my parents bought this little haven the woods for our family! It's been fun staying there with everyone and just chilling out, and it's especially fun when we can steal a quick weekend away to be refreshed by the mountain air and have just our little time away! I'm also grateful that they're willing to let us "borrow" time up there with our friends!

Thanks Mom and Dad! Love you tons for everything you do for us, and so so much more! Without you guys our family would not be what it is today! Love you!

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The girls started school today! Annie wasn't very excited but Shawna was elated to be able to wear her new clothes! Both girls couldn't wait to see their friends! Sorry about the quality of the pics, we were in a hurry and I only had my cell phone camera...

Summers almost over...

The girls start school tomorrow and I'm still in awe at how quickly the summer has gone! Before we know it the leaves will be changing and then the snow will start to fly and I'm totally not ready for any of it!

As 1 last fun hurrah before school I wanted to make today special and my good friend Becky Warner provided the idea by giving me a gift certificate for my birthday to The Bead Fairy! What an awesome store!! I decided that it would be fun to go make bead watches, go to lunch, and just have a girls morning/afternoon together before I ship them off to school come tomorrow, AND with the bead watches they made they'll have a new accessory to wear to school too! We had such a blast we can't wait to go back and add more bead bands to our collection! Here are the finished products...

What do you think???

Silhouette...

I read Kiersti's blog and HAD to enter this contest (all 4 times so this is my post...)

I want to win one of these really really bad! Look at all the fun stuff you can make by going here...

http://www.qksilhouette.com/whatcanitdo.aspx?mid=h92sdfln248t12gm09anb12358bnae8n

I really love the idea of decorating backpacks and bags, making book covers, etching glass, making Christmas gifts, scrapbooking, etc etc etc. There are absolutely no limitations to what you can do with this thing! I didn't even know it exsisted until now! Crazy!!

If I don't win it I hope 1 of you do! Go check it out here and enter to win...

http://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/08/silhouette-craft-cutter-giveaway-300.html