first road trip...

beaver, utah... my grandpa vern built a cabin here when i was little and we have been making several trips a year ever since.  we twice a year to getaway from the city to watch LDS General Conference on tv away from the distractions of home.  this year we went with my mom, grandpa, sam, meesha, gig, jack, laura, and will.  i was a little nervous to take the baby in the car and worried about needing to stop and feed him half way there.  the trip is only 3 hours, but thats how often he eats.  we worked it out and he slept otherwise.  he loves the car and amazingly sleeps the whole time.

friday night we had dinner and then sat around talking till way too late at night, but it was fun to just hang out with my brothers and get into these crazy philosophical conversations about who knows what.  the next day we woke up to meesha and sam making steak and egg sandwiches for breakfast and then we sat around pretty much all day and watched both sessions of conference.  gigi and will played with toys and masks that my mom brought to decorate and then gigi decided it would be a good idea to put them all over mommy.  quite hilarious.  i mostly fed the baby, put him to sleep, and then napped myelf.  i did manage to catch a smile in his sleep on camera...

at some point (i took a nap and missed it) my mom did an easter egg hunt with the kids and they had a blast looking for the eggs.  they had to rehide them a couple times.  my mom also made hamburgers for lunch... yum! after the men got back from the priesthood session we did our traditional run to dairy queen for blizzards.  at one point chris and i also took a ride in the gator around the cabin.  at the same time jack was teaching laura to drive stick o we had some racing and crazy driving (by me) and crazy photo taking (by chris)

here is a little tour of the cabin... 

and here are some neat things grandpa has collected that surround the cabin

the weekend ended with snow!!!! i love watching it snow and cover the mountains surrounding us.  it also makes for a much more interesting drive home.  daniel amazingly sleep the entire way home not waking till we took him out of the car... and then he was STARVING. haha  it was a great weekend and i'm really going to miss our quick trips to the cabin when we move to north carolina this summer.