the weekend....almost another "death march"

this last weekend isaac and i went with his whole family to spend the weekend at his brother-in-law's family cabin. it's up by where the Earl family cabin is, but this one is newer, bigger, warmer, etc., etc., etc. there is still a lot of snow up there so we had to park our cars and snow mobile into the cabin. well, we got there and found out that the furnace had blown up so we wouldn't be getting any heat all weekend long. bummer. started feeling like another "death march" to me. no heat, no indoor plubming....no heat....
we aired the cabin out for awhile, breathed in a lot of leaking gas, and went about our evening. eventually we realized that the gas was still leaking into the cabin from where the pipe comes in from outside, where it connects to the propane tank, and jason (isaac's bro-in-law) went and turned it off.

we spent the day on saturday relaxing, reading books, riding snow mobiles and eating a LOT of good food. all in all it was a great weekend and we all were quite toasty warm when we went to sleep.


the newphews playing in one of the snow berms


jordan and whitta gettin' ready to ride


me. and the mountains. what a great pic.


don't worry - we took a little time out for a smooch-er-oo or two.


this goes to show how much snow there is - this is isaac standing in the snow next to a road sign


post snow mobile ride. see that big grin? yup. this ride was much better than the last time i was on a snow mobile. troy tried, and failed, to kill me the last time.


isaac showing where the propane pipe broke by the house. jason had to dig all of that snow out just to get to the pipe


a snow angel


the finished product


my new *favorite* food. can anyone say batayaki?
(lisa - if you happen to read this - this will show you what batayaki is)


the nephews getting a little meal