Its been a while since I posted.  We stayed home and had a full Thanksgiving dinner right here just the fam.   I have come to the conclusion that potluck Thanksgivings are so much easier than fixing the entire meal by yourself.   And note to self- don't buy a 20 pound turkey when the largest roasting pan you have would nicely fit a 12 pound turkey.   Once we got the smoke cleared from the kitchen and ate, it was delicious, and I'll do the whole meal for my family again someday, especially since Nathan and each of my boys commented about how good the food was, and when we went around the table saying what we were thankful for, each of them commented about how thankful they were to have a mommy that was a good cook!  As Stinky used to say, "I'm a good cook, I know it." (insert laugh here).

Then on Friday we drove out to the Eagle River United Methodist camp, where we had rented a cabin for a couple nights.  After finding our way to the cabin in zero degree weather, trudging through knee-high snow and pulling our gear on tobaggans, we found our cabin.  We had a great time, roasting hotdogs in the wood stove, sledding, taking photos (hmmm... wonder who that was?), and playing games.  I am, of course, not competitive at all (sarcasm), and managed to win Junior Trivial pursuit and 2 games of Sorry.  I finally had to stop playing so someone else could win a game.

We also read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, the new book by one of my favorite authors for children, Kate DiCamillo.   It was a great book to read aloud to the kids.  Even Lukey paid attention to the entire book. 

We were also initiated in what happens to full coke cans when left in vehicles overnight, when it gets below zero.   Yes, we had to do some coke-ice scraping before getting back in the car on Sunday to go home. 

Here's a few pics from our weekend:

This is Morgan and Tristan walking out on the frozen Eagle River:

Our cabin:

Next time we have visitors, we want to rent this cabin again, as it sleeps up to 14, and has a full kitchen.  If you don't mind pumping water by hand, boiling it, and walking to the outhouse in the middle of the night, its almost like staying in a motel!  Honestly, we loved it and it will go down in history as one of our best memories as a family.