Annual Cabin Trip 2009

So, our annual cabin trip arrived (finally) and we went up to Ashford this past weekend for the best weekend in a long time!! Our group includes Kate, Pat, Stephanie, Justin, Doug, Franki, and our other Justin. Every year we reserve the biggest cabin at Mount Haven Resort in Ashford and we kick back and have a great time. This year Todd and I both took Friday off so we could spend some time with Emily. She spent the weekend with her grandma, and it was hard for me to let her go. After a day of running around with Emily, we hit the road and met up with Stephanie and Justin and carpooled up to the mountains. We were second to arrive. Kate, Pat and Justin had already arrived and started a warm fire. Franki and Doug arrived an hour later and we stayed up until 2am playing games and drinking, and just having a blast together. The cabin is really cool because it has one bedroom (we trade off each year) and a loft with 4 beds. It's great!

On Saturday we all woke up (barely) and had a slow breakfast and then headed to the higher mountains to find some fresh snow. Our cabin had gotten a ton of snow, but we wanted more and some big hills to go sledding. We found a great one! Todd brought his snow board and we all went down the hill quite a few times. Soup to warm our tummies, and for some there was whisky and coke (I could not even think about that venture!) After playing the snow and wearing ourselves out, we headed back to the cozy cabin to start a fire and play cards and prep for dinner. Each couple was in charge of a meal that weekend - which worked out great - and our single friend, Justin, was in charge of munchies. That night we played Guitar Hero on the Wii and more games but this time, bed was a little earlier....we were pooped!!!

Sunday we woke a little sad to be leaving. There is a book at the cabin and everyone who visits writes in it. It was our 3rd year and we had a blast. So we all puts our heads together and wrote a fun poem in the book and packed up and headed out. I so look forward to this trip every year. It's such a bonding experience for all of us, and it was really great for Todd and I to get a little getaway together. Same time, same place next year!!!

Left to right: Justin M, Me, Todd, Stephanie, Justin B, Kate, Pat, Franki, and Doug