Strawberry Reservoir Trip

Mara, Aniston, and Kylee crawdad hunting.


Jeremy and Ethan fishing.


I caught the only fish-and it was a big one. It was so big it broke my line and got away.


Cade, Aaron and Austin fishing in the early morning fog.


Aaron, on the cover of GQ Fisherman.


The main room of the cabin.


The kitchen.


Jade sitting up all by herself.


Jen and Jeremy during our scooter races.


Aaron racing on the scooter. He was pretty amazing, won most all of the races around the patio.


Mara's grandparents' cabin from the bottom of the hill.


Me standing by Strawberry Reservoir.


Aaron at Strawberry Reservoir.


Jade playing in her pack-n-play.

October 13-19, 2008: This week has been a busy one, full of work and play. Aaron left for California on Monday and was gone til late Wednesday night. In the mean time I worked Sunday and then had ACLS classes Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The grandmas were nice enough to watch Jade while I did class all day. She seemed to do really well at both houses. I did notice that Jade is starting to sit up by herself. She requires some assistance but for the most part she does it on her own. You just have to watch her close cause she tips over easily.
On Thursday, we met up with the Sorensen clan around 3:30pm and headed to Strawberry Reservoir. Mara's grandparents own a cabin up there and they let us borrow it for the weekend. Their cabin is very large, has 5 bedrooms and serveral bathrooms, not to mention a huge loft, kitchen and grandroom. It fit us all really well. Every family had their own room so we could lock the babies away for naps. Plus there was plenty of room to play and eat in. The cabin sits up on a hill that overlooks the reservoir but the walk is only about 15 minutes to get to the water.
Thursday night we all just played around the cabin and had dinner. Each family was in charge of specific meals which means we had lots of food and snacks. For Roanne's turn she made homemade lasagna and breadsticks. Yummy! The boys ordered Dish so they could watch the football games all weekend and we just hung out watching tv and playing games. Mara's grandparents also own these small scooters that you rock back and forth in and they move. I think we spent all of Friday afternoon having races around the patio. One morning, Austin, Aaron, Cade and I got up early and went fishing. The lake was covered it fog. It was really pretty especially as the sun came up. The only bad part was the lack of fish. I was the only one to catch one. Jade did really well while up at the cabin. She stayed on schedule and would take her naps really well. She also can officially sit up by herself. She did it all weekend. It was all of a sudden she could just do it by herself. It was fun to see her with all the cousins. There was just so much excitement and things to see all the time that she had a blast just watching everyone. We brought up her exer-saucer and she sat there for hours on end just watching people run by. She was a great baby and we had a lot of fun with her there. All in all it was a fun weekend and a great time being with the Sorensen family.