One Year Cabin Anniversary

We visited the cabin a few weeks ago and celebrated our 1-year anniversary as cabin owners. So far we are still exploring the country, but are getting settled in.

I thought back to our first visit to the cabin. I took the kids while Karen stayed home with her sick grandpa. I arrived late at night with the kids, and heard an elk bugle while running back-and-forth trying to get them settled. I worked the next day to clean things up while watching the kids. Karen called to let me know that her grandpa Earl had died. I sat down on the stairs and explained to Elena (then 3) that her great grandpa was dead. We shared a few moments together and she (surprisingly) understood.

Moving on from that memory, we had a good time on this trip. I took this photo of a grouse from our deck. Yes, the season was open, but I couldn't bring myself to shoot this little girl.

We continued to explore the area hot springs over the last year, and this is one of our favorites. It's on the SF Salmon River.

 Here's a picture of Marcus enjoying our lunch spot nearby.

Speaking of Marcus, he has learned a new skill: undoing zippers. If you dress him in pajamas with zippers they will be taken off immediately in his crib. All of his winter pajamas we had at the cabin had zippers.  Enter Elena's old PJ's. They are pink. Here he is pointing at the camera, desperately trying to get the paparazzi to leave.

 "Look, Dad, they are taking pictures of me!"

 I MUST conceal my identity!!!!!

While we still feel like we need to spend some more time exploring the surrounding area, we have (mostly) enjoyed our experience thus far. And yes,, Marcus successfully wore girls PJ's!