Snowy Mountain Fun

The cabin adorned with beautiful icicles (Photo by K. Keane)

We were fortunate to have Kelly, Jon, and the boys join us for Thanksgiving this year. They drove up on Thanksgiving Day, and plans were to go to the cabin that day and stay until Saturday, when we'd come home for a big turkey meal.

Cousins playing at Grandma's

Henry's moving around now

Wednesday we received snow though, and Grandpa got snowed in at his friend's cabin in West Virginia. Since he couldn't get out until Thanksgiving Day, the cabin wasn't really warm and ready for inhabitants. So we decided to have our big meal on Friday mid-day and then go stay at the cabin from Friday evening through Sunday.

Sleeping boys waiting for the meal

A festive table with enthusiastic diners

We each had a turkey marking our place

Lucky for the kids, there was still good snow when we got to the cabin on Friday. We had a lovely few days of relaxation and time together. The highlight was watching Hannah and Sophie experience their first time being pulled on a sled behind the 4-wheeler. Jon zipped them all around the field, and they had a blast! At the bottom of this post you can find some videos of them sledding.

Ready to go for their first joint ride

Sophie returning from her first ride

Hannah *might* be having a good time

Grandpa whipping them around (Photo by K. Keane)

I took a few photos of typical cabin scenes.

Hanging out and snuggling

Grandma and Grandpa resting and watching TV after all the kids were in bed

Playing blocks on the floor

The girls brought their Kindles this time

Sitting in the chair by the front window, watching the field

Kelly and Jon playing cribbage, Jon's favorite game

Sunday was warmer, and the snow began to melt. First Jon and the kids managed to built a snowman though.

Carter had fun adding buttons down his front

The snowman team

Sophie and her snow heart (Photo by K. Keane)

And now, the sledding videos.  The videos show Sophie's first ride (#1), Hannah's first ride (#2), Hannah and Sophie both riding (#3), and a video Kelly shot from the back of the 4-wheeler while Hannah and Sophie were pulled behind (#4).