The Cabin at the end of 2011

We had a great visit with the Kevin Smylie family at the cabin. It was sort of our New Year's trip, but we came home on Dec. 31st. Last year the Smylie's made this trip and they had lots of snow and ended up taking more than 24 hours to get home since the grapevine was closed. Claire was a few weeks old at the time. This year the weather was beautiful. We did lots of outdoor play. We threw rocks at the pond (which was frozen, but the weather was warm). We went to Manzanita Lake and fed the ducks and explored. And I think Kevin and Katie made it home in a lot less time. I love pictures more than words, so you can see that we played hard, made gingerbread men, played Mario on the TV and Jump Start on the computer. It was great fun. See for yourself.

Did I mention that today (Dec. 30th) was DB's birthday. A low key celebration.

Water play is always good to keep babies happy.

Kevin is determine to break though the 4 inches of ice at the pond.

A very tired baby.