Nate’s birthday weekend at the cabin

For months and months Nate talked about his 5th birthday at the cabin.  It was his sole request this year as he turned FIVE.  We’ve been planning on it for a long time and it finally happened! 

The boys and I arrived late Thursday night.  I was just glad we made it after almost hitting a huge buck in the middle of the road.  It freaked me out!  But, we made it.

The rest of the family trickled in on Friday and Aunt Sam made her debut from girls camp on Saturday.

It was another great weekend at the cabin complete with visiting and feeding the horses [Nate rode one early Friday morning with Papa], a fishing boat on Panguitch Lake, geocaching, birthday celebrating, a nice mountain storm, lots of 4-wheel riding, etc.

The fishing boat on Panguitch Lake is always a hit.  Wes is a trooper and always gets up at 6am to go with my dad for a few hours before the rest of us arrive [Sam, you were missed on this early morning adventure].  This was Ryan’s first time on the boat.  He lasted a little while before he was kindly escorted off of the boat.  Nate, Daisy & Abbie each caught a fish!  It was a little sad being out on the lake – the water levels are soooo incredibly low up there that we hope the lakes survive.

Cabin car rides are always a hit.  We rode them all over with numerous visits to see the horses.  Nate & Daisy could live with animals and love it.  Abbie & I on the other hand could do without the smell.  Ryan developed a love for the cabin cars this time – the helmet didn’t bother him at all.

One of the highlights of this trip was our first experience Geocaching with The Thompsons!  Tripp & Ali took us out on our first adventure and we found a few right in Duck Creek.  Even my suspicious dad had a great time. Then Tripp got a geocache all ready for Nate for his 5th birthday weekend at the cabin and took Nate to hide it.  Nate is pretty stoked to go check it out when we’re back up there over Labor Day!  Thanks Ali & Tripp!

We were supposed to go horseback riding on Saturday afternoon but a nice mountain storm came instead!  There were chunks of hail coming off the roof – it was pretty neat!

We did cake/icecream and presents for Nate on Saturday night.  He’s been looking forward to his own cake and candles at the cabin for soooo long so it was fun to see him so excited – even in a blurry photo.

A cabin trip wouldn’t be complete without creating something outside.  This trip?  Bird nests.

We heart the cabin.  Thanks Marz clan for making Nate’s birthday weekend at the cabin so fun!