Our good friends the Penner’s (Libby, Scott, Caleb and Naomi) invited us to their cabin in Arnold last weekend. We made the 2 hour trek northeast to enjoy a weekend away. Many of you know that the weather here has been terrible, tons of rain and wind. Well, the cabin got hit with a bunch of snow, well over a foot!!! We got a little lost finding their cabin, thanks to the GPS, but we finally made it. When we pulled up, we were a little curious about the candles in the window and had a feeling that the power might be out and sure enough, that was right. My stomach was in a panic because it was dinner time and we were all hungry and I was wondering how we were going to make dinner. The kids were so excited to be in a new place and wanted to explore for a bit and since we needed to unload anyway, we didn’t worry about food right away. Libby wanted to take us to their favorite burger place, so we headed out, along with every other cabin out of power. The wait was about a ½ hour, so I was glad I gave the kids a granola bar on the way (I should have had one too!). Thankfully, there was a small arcade to keep the kids busy. I ordered the kids food right away and it came pretty quick, so Reggie and Ainsley were taken care of. The lights kept going out, but coming back on and I was so anxious that after waiting so long, we weren’t going to get our burgers! Our dinner finally arrived at 7:40 (we usually eat at 5!) and we all inhaled it :o). We put the kids to bed right when we got home and relaxed for a bit before we turned in.
Libby was optimistic that the power would come back on on Sat., since they’d never been there when it had been out for more than 1 day. We woke up to peace and quiet, no power! Snow was lightly falling and it was just beautiful. We decided to head out for a sledding adventure. Scott took us to a hill that they had been to before, but because there was so much snow, the snow plow blocked the way. We decided to go to the sled run at Bear Valley, so we headed to the local store to get tickets, only the store was closed due to the power outage. Tickets at the mountain were going to cost $100. Hmmm, now what? Things were not exactly going smoothly, so we decided to head back to the cabin to try to find a hill there. On the way, Scott thought of another place to try, so we went there and parked at the local elementary school. The kids had a blast playing on the play structure that was covered in snow, who knew that would be so fun! We built a snowman, while Scott scouted out a good hill. It ended up being a perfect hill and the boys had a blast! The girls went down a few times and ended up in the car watching Tinkerbell, while Ryan took a snooze!
Libby was optimistic that the power would come back on on Sat., since they’d never been there when it had been out for more than 1 day. We woke up to peace and quiet, no power! Snow was lightly falling and it was just beautiful. We decided to head out for a sledding adventure. Scott took us to a hill that they had been to before, but because there was so much snow, the snow plow blocked the way. We decided to go to the sled run at Bear Valley, so we headed to the local store to get tickets, only the store was closed due to the power outage. Tickets at the mountain were going to cost $100. Hmmm, now what? Things were not exactly going smoothly, so we decided to head back to the cabin to try to find a hill there. On the way, Scott thought of another place to try, so we went there and parked at the local elementary school. The kids had a blast playing on the play structure that was covered in snow, who knew that would be so fun! We built a snowman, while Scott scouted out a good hill. It ended up being a perfect hill and the boys had a blast! The girls went down a few times and ended up in the car watching Tinkerbell, while Ryan took a snooze!
Not sure Ainsley is having fun...
That afternoon, the kids had some quiet time and we hung out, while the guys went to get some soup to cook for dinner. We managed to cook everything on top of the wood stove, including garlic bread and warmed apple pie for dessert. After dinner, we had a good time playing charades in the dark with the kids :o). 
Playing a little take-out in the dark!
The power finally came on Sunday morning, so we took showers and had a nice breakfast before we packed up and headed home. It will definitely be a weekend that we will never forget!!!
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