We headed up to the cabin with one of our friends, Mark, and Josh's family. It was a very relaxing weekend and we enjoyed the break. We were the first ones to go to the cabin since winter, so the water hadn't been turned on yet. Usually Josh's grandpa gets the cabin ready for the summer, but since he passed away in December none of it was done. We finally figured it out, then turned it on. After about 5 minutes of chatting outside, we headed inside and I went downstairs to grab our stuff. That's when I heard rushing water. It turns out grandpa always opened up the water valves in the bathrooms and by the water heater when he winterizes the cabin. We didn't know this, so we didn't know to close them before turning the water on. Awesome. There was 2 inches of water in the bathroom and utility closet in the basement. We finally got it all figured out and cleaned up. The rest of the time we didn't have any major problems. Here are the kids painting:

On Saturday we went on a hike and loved every minute of it. It's been a while since we've hiked up to the waterfalls. The kids loved touching the water with sticks and throwing rocks in.
Lexi LOVED the hike and LOVED the water. It's the first time she's been to open water, and she jumped right in.
On the way back Josh caught a garden snake. The kids both loved holding it.
On Sunday evening we took the kids to a swingset by the bottom of the cabins. I was surprised Lexi made it the whole by chasing Josh on the bike.
The rest of us went down on the 4 wheeler.
I brought little squirt guns and the kids LOVED them. Even Brynlee had fun squirting them.
It was SO yellow and smokey from the fires. Our cars were covered in ash.
After a quick bath, the kids did the hokey pokey with Elmo. We stayed Sunday night and took off Monday morning.