This year we joined the Axe family for our fifth year at the cabin in Hayward. As I was making Trash (my grandmother's snack mix recipe) the night before we left I realized why I get so excited and nostalgic about our trips to Hayward; it reminds me of my summer trips to my grandmother's house in East Texas. Like the cabin her house is a rustic getaway plunked right in the middle of the woods on a lake. As kids we spent our time there playing all day out in the woods, exploring and building forts or in the boat fishing. One year we even declared a "No Pants Day" and ran around the entire day in our underwear. If you look closely in the pictures below you'll see my boys have carried on that tradition!
For the first time we didn't bring a bag of toys, just fishing poles, a baseball bat and a couple balls. The kids filled their days fishing, throwing rocks, playing ball, swinging, looking for bugs and playing many other imaginary games. For the second year our husbands joined us so Meg and I decided to let them bring up all our gear and we squeezed our 5 boys into her car for the trip. Yikes!!
Due to our slow start to summer up here and how early we took our trip we had colder weather than usual. We had a fire in the cabin as well as outside! On Saturday the daddies took the older kids into town for hot dogs, miniature golf and a trip to the candy store. By that afternoon the sun showed up and stayed with us for the rest of the trip. The kids were finally able to get in the water and a good time was had by all. Thank you so much, Meg, for sharing your family's cabin with us. We look forward to this trip every year!!
Enjoy the slideshow :)
Last week I had both boys at the park after dinner and we got caught in a downpour. Tyler didn't mind the pelting rain but Calvin was unhappy so we started for home. The Axe boys had also been out across the street so Tyler joined them while Cal took cover on their porch. Next to their house is a hill that, at the bottom, always collects a good amount of water when it rains. This night there was not only water but mud and debris as well. Boys being boys they were drawn to that puddle like a magnet and soon they were covered head to toe in dirty water and mud. When I say covered I mean it was in their ears, nose and even between toes! I had to strip Ty down and hose him off before he could come in the house and the bathtub was still black by the time he got out. They had the best time though!
