The T Zone: The Determan's cabin

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Determan's cabin

We had a super fun weekend up at the cabin. It was us, mom and dad, and Mindy and Kaylee......oh, and Sharon, Dan, Amy, Becky, Nick, and the 5 girls....but that's all. HA! Becky, along with our family, has a camper that they set up in the backyard so that takes care of a lot of space issue and chaos. It was chilly at night, but the days were beautiful. We swam, fished, boated, played cards, and laughted. Chef Sharrone showed up and made pancakes for the kids, that was a riot.

Here she is....

The kids first all made chef's hats....

Then she read "If you give a pig a pancake"....

Then it was time to make the pancakes...

Amy gave the kids rides on the 4-wheeler.....oh man, did they LOVE that!

I think Jay is getting used to the idea of owning one someday too.....

We left on Sunday evening by about 7:30pm and the temp had dropped from a nice 72' to 46' in no time at all. Jay and I packed up the camper in the cold and rain....I was glad we weren't going to be sleeping in that, but at the same time I hated to leave. Being up north like that and seeing how much fun the boys have swimming and boating and fishing makes me really long for the cabin we used to have. All those summers that we had up there and the fun times we had.....how great it would be to still have that today with our huge, growing family. I'm grateful for the times we have with our friends up north and our family weeks in June, and I'm excited about our years to come with our camper and the memories that will make for the boys.

Before I go, I have to share the project that Sharon had for the kids. She had bought T-shirts for all of them and paints. Then she had me go in the freezer and get out a bag of frozen fish....not Van de Kamps frozen fish....not even cleaned pan fish fillets.....just real, WHOLE, frozen fish....sunnies of all sizes and one perch. What the heck was she planning with these?? The kids took Q-tips and painted the fish.....PAINTED the fish....then they were used on the shirts as a stamp to make a design. It was hilarious and cute all at the same time. Who the heck would come up with something like this......well, Sharon, I guess. HA!