A Weekend to Remember

We had cabin fever.  And I'm not talking about the kind where you feel stuck inside and want to get out.  I'm talking about the kind where you feel like you are too busy and want to get away for a weekend - to a cabin in the mountains!

Just the 5 of us headed up this weekend and had a wonderful time.  We played tons of Battleship. This was a new game for our kids, as evidenced by their excitement shouting, "You sunk my battledroid!"  And, "Want to play battleboat?"

Having heard great things from some fellow friends/bloggers, we added Qwirkle to our personal game stash and had a great time learning how to play it

We went to the used bookstore.  And we even attempted to try out the toboggan slide in nearby Eagles Mere, but it was closed. :(

But we found the next best thing, sledding down the driveway!

I do believe this first one is my favorite!!  BAH hahaha

No, this one is my favorite!

But, the most memorable thing about the weekend was the we lost our electricity!  Saturday afternoon, everyone was resting and I was reading a book (Michale Oher's "I Beat the Odds" - very good book, by the way) and the lights flickered and then went totally out.  T called the electric company and we just started playing games while we still had the daylight.  As it got closer to supper time, I saw no point to eat by candlelight (the cabin has a gas oven, so we could have technically cooked supper, but....)  So we headed out to grab a bite to eat. 

As we drove down the driveway we noticed the lights were still out.  We got into the cabin and T began lighting the candles we had set on the kitchen counter - when the electric came back on!  YAY!  We watched a movie and played more games.  We were just starting Sequence when the lights went off again - but it was just about bedtime so we all went to bed.  The lights flickered on and off a few times during the night, but were on, and stayed on for the remainder of our stay!  We know the kids won't forget this trip!