A cabin week plus Happy 2018!

We left for the cabin on the morning after Christmas.  The trip was pretty, and the mission mountains looked pretty with some low clouds. 

This is the road between the highway and the cabin.  The snow was so pretty!

I love the snowy sign! 

Quite a bit of snow, and it stacks up nicely. 

We got to the cabin in the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to get settled in playing video games and doing puzzles. It was cold when we got there (42 inside) and so we all huddled in the living room while the fireplace warmed our house. 

Ruby has the best seat in the house, right in front of the fire. 

We hung Josh's mounted antlers.  We decided to call the boys' bedroom the Bucks Nest, after Josh's favorite hunting spot.  I love the double entendre. 

Wednesday we went skiing at Blacktail, which is now our "home" hill when we're up there. 

We loved it!  It's small and pretty easy so we all had places to ski and be happy!

Josh found a way to lose his skis just a few feet off the main trail.  I liked that several of the blue runs (my happy zone) were close to some trees and jumps (the boys' happy zone) so I could see them do crazy jumps.  

We had lunch at the restaurant called Muley's On the Mountain. Josh had a Big Air burger and Luke tried a black bean burger.  

Chairlift buddies!

They shoveled our dock!  Good little workers!

Daddy can't let the boys play without him! 

Thursday I took my car to Kalispell to get the 4WD fixed and the boys stayed at the cabin.  They went to the dock and checked out the scenery. 

I think the icicles are amazing. 

I think they called this one the Octopus. 

It's so fun to see the contrast between this winter scene and the summer memories. 

Our lovely cabin/happy place. 

The boys wanted to check out the "Chevy Chase ladder" in the garage.  

They took a little nature walk, aka Neeture Walk. 

They thought it was fun to shake the snow off the trees onto their heads.  Silly boys!

How is he smiling??

Ruby was very happy to be outside. 

After the deck was cleared, the dock was cleared, the snow had been shaken off trees, it's time to crack a beer. 

Thursday night we finished this puzzle.  

Friday the "pineapple express" storm blew in, and we watched some huge waves rock our little cove.  It sounded like the ocean! 

The boys wanted to watch the storm but didn't want to be cold. 

Saturday morning Josh made us all breakfast.  Gramma and Grampa Wright were here, and they were so impressed with his skills!

We went to the lake Saturday morning to check out the dock.  Nice outfit, Mikey. 

Like father like son. 

The dock was iced up hard.  The waves must have hit a lot of high spots, and it froze in such a pretty way. 

Our poor neighbor's swim ladder didn't fare well in the storm.

Saturday the boys had some outside fun.  Luke built this fort that has a tunnel for enter, exit, and sleep.  It also has a restaurant called "Fleir's Food" (named after Rick Flair's original name), a TV, and on and on. 

He was very proud of his hard work!

Josh built a jump on the flower bed. 

He was ready!

Josh is crazy! He did  bunch of jumps, some 180's, some Shifties, even a 360.  

The 4th completed puzzle of the break.  Mom and I worked hard on this one, and so did Mike.  Not to brag, but we did it, start to finish, in 1 day.  Dedication. :)