Cabin for Memorial Day Wkend

Along with Jacopone, Mark & his family, and the Schaefers, we headed up to the cabin for Memorial Day weekend.  It was nice to get away and the kids had fun together.  As usual, my favorites were shooting (for which Zeus drove all the way up from Phoenix to join us) and chopping wood.  Canoeing on the lake was ok.  We also had a really good hike up the mountain across Hwy 64.  We found an abandoned shed full of stuff - Mark got a cool belt, Kevin some old materials, Jack an old church lantern, MM a purse, and me a number of books (inc. some 1960s Catholic stuff), with a griddle for Bobbins.  It was quite a haul.  I was really proud of MM going on the hike with us and walking the whole way.

The first pic's are canoeing on Sunday:

 

The next pic's are having smores that night:

 

In that last pic, you can just make out the Dog hunting for rats.  That's his favorite spot which he's obsessed with whenever we're at the cabin.  Well, this time, he finally got one, which excited me, both for him and for the rodent extermination.  Turns out he got a pregnant rat in the process of giving birth!  He killed the mother but the babies came out ok.  It was traumatic for our girls and a good lesson for all the kids.  Thankfully Jacopone took care of them.  It was pretty sad.

Owen was taking a nap during this group shot.  After Mark Bunyan, the Dog probably looks the best.