Cabin in the Uintas

The Tuesday after our camping trip, I headed up to the Uintas with two of my favorite neighbors (Sam and Kirsten) and our collective six kids. We had a ton of fun! We stayed two nights up there.  I almost backed out due to the stress of the camping trip the week before and the upcoming Saville vacation that was to take place a week and a half later. I run at a slower pace than a lot of people, and I was in desperate need of some re-charge time. When I texted Sam that I wasn't going to come, she called me up and told me, "You HAVE to come." What could I do? We packed, loaded our car with our stuff, Sam's stuff, ourselves, Sam, and Sam's kids and headed to Oakley, Utah. The kids had a blast! Once again, we had lots of dirty hands, feet, and faces, but at least there we had running water and showers. The cabin had this awesome tire swing:

 And lots of dirt:

 And wildflowers:

 I'm so grateful for these friends that I have. We get together once a week for lunch, and I see Sam pretty much every day. We've kind of formed our own mom posse, and we've even hung out WITHOUT our kids. Kirsten and Sam are my saving graces on many a day. Here's Sam with Rachel:

 On the only full day up there, we planned to go on a hike, but it poured and hailed. It was awesome hearing the rain beat on the metal roof of the cabin, and everything smelled amazing afterwards.

 Even though we were stuck inside, we still had a good time:

 The next day, we played in the tire swing some more:

 And the dirt:

 Had some snacks (here's Kirsten holding Emmett):

 And then we went for our walk:

 We were staying at Kirsten's family cabin. She's lucky to have access to two family cabins, since both sets of grandparents have one up there. So, for our hike, we went to the other cabin. Between carrying babies and the super high altitude, we got were pretty winded, but the view from the other cabin was totally worth it:

 I couldn't post any pictures of Kirsten's two foster boys, but they were there too. Read: six kids, three adults, five people up all night due to room sharing (and in Michael and my case bed sharing). After the first sleepless night, we decided that we need a girls' getaway WITHOUT kids! But we had fun with them there anyway, even though we were all tired. I'm so glad to live so close to these two wonderful ladies and their sweet kids.