Wintertime at the Cabin

In January, Mike and I took my family up to the Zarbock cabin for some winter fun.  We had a blast! We built a snow cave, had sledding races, went snowboarding and played a lot of games.  I am so glad we have such a great place to go to get away from everything, there isn't cell phone reception or the internet, it is so wonderfully quiet :)  Luckily it's so close!  Here are some pictures of our fun weekend:

I don't think anyone in my family can take a picture with a normal face...

My brother and sister love to talk in this hilarious voice that drives my dad nuts, I wish I could include an audio sample with these pictures so you could fully understand how amusing it is! (although Calvin's facial expressions can give you an idea...)

Skyler and Zach getting ready to go outside and play in the snow:

There was about 4 feet of snow, which prompted Zach to build a snow cave:

Becca and Skyler are so cute:

Making progress on the snow cave...

We spent a big chunk of our time in the basement playing various ping pong tournaments:

On Saturday night the extended Zarbock family met at Soldier Hollow near Sundance.  We invited my family to join us and we all headed down to sled all night.  If you haven't been to Soldier Hollow, you have to go! It is so fun! You pick a tube, they attach the tube with you in it to a tow rope and pull you to the top of the hill where you get off and pick a slide to tube down.  It's effortless fun!

After tubing, my family headed back to the cabin while Mike and I headed to his Uncle John & Aunt Kathy's cabin in Midway to spend time with the Zarbock family.  We ate some good food and chatted with everyone until it was time for us to head back up to the cabin as well...We all slept really good that night :)  Sunday brought more ping pong and games.  We cleaned up and headed back down to Provo later that afternoon...

We had such a fun and enjoyable weekend.  I can't wait to go back to the cabin in April to watch General Conference.  It's so fun being up there when there's snow, it's fun in the summer time as well, but the snow makes it so much more peaceful :)