Calaigh and Sterling: having ourselves a good time

So I wanted to update with WHAT?? PICTURES?? oh heavens.. its about time, ya? I mean.. did you all forget what we looked like by now? Probably. Anyyywayyys. Last weekend for Labor Day, we went up to my family's cabin up in Oakley, Utah.. a little up the canyon from Oakley. On Sunday, Everyone was up there Aunts, Uncles and cousins. All but Jason & Julie's family left sunday night. This trip, we had a few big ATV crawler type things to go up the hills and trails in. SO fun!!

We found a dead owl in the field by the cabin. It didn't have any blood, and wasn't eaten by anything.. so we're thinking it either just plain.. died? Or was hit by a car and flew to the field to die. Regardless of how it died.. it was a really really big and pretty owl.

Really soft feathers and...

Huge talons!!

They liked it so much, I think they are attempting to find a taxidermist to stuff it for the cabin.. (weird)

We brought up the family dog Cody to play with us at the cabin. He had a lot of fun annoying grandma and barking at animals

We then decided to have a backflip party on the trampoline. I was the designated photographer.. but don't let that give you doubts.. I am an avid backflip-ist... ;)

Sterling was showing off with his side twisty back-ish superman type flips.

Caden was doing perfect backflips.. even a few in a row.

Talented young lad.

Big brother, Sterling took the time to teach Morgan to do a backflip. She had always wanted to.. but was always scared to do it.. like I was. But.. within a half hour...

She was flipping by herself on the tramp!!

And landing it!

We also had a "prove that you're not an old lady and do a back-flip party"

So of course Aunt Julie joined in to strut her skills.

(*notice: glasses falling off head*)

resembling a puppet on strings in this photo ;)

Then my crazy mother joined in...

and IMPRESSED me.

What's Labor Day without a little labor??

We spent the morning painting a coat of stain over the outside of the cabin.

The kids were given the task of painting the lower halfs

Jason and Sterling were given the stand on rickety ladders and risk your lives to paint the top half task

My assignment was to hold Sterling's ladder... because truly.. it was very old. and very unstable.

Towards the end, while Sterling was at the very top of the ladder.. it did the thing that happens in all cartoons.. it collapsed and started going down.. So... instinctively.. I moved my hands and Sterling, holding a paint brush in one hand and a bucket of paint in the other, jerked his hands out to stable himself on the falling ladder... hence spilling paint all over the side of the wall and himself. Also scratching up his arms a bit.

Later that night, we took a long drive to the top of the mountain. We were riding behind my mom and Rich Winter... so.. we got QUITE a lot of dust and bugs and plant parts all over us.

but the view from the top was so worth it!

We got very successfully dirty at the cabin. (: I had dirt lines all the way around my eyes where the glasses were.

IN OTHER NEWS: The boys have LOVED having Sterling back. Mainly just so they can be pushed on the rope swing in the back-yard. (: Its a question I hear almost daily.. "hey.. umm... sterling?? Can you come push me on the swing please?"