Winter Retreat 2013

Every year, the church youth group goes up to Cascade, ID for a winter retreat at Camp Cascade. It is an amazing camp with cabins and a main lodge with a beautiful huge fire place. It sits right on Cascade lake. In the summers there are water sports you can do, but since it was so cold, we didn't go down to see it.

On the first night, we got to the camp about 9 PM. We were the only ones there because the next day we were going to prep the camp for the campers to arrive. We got into our cabin and I fed Collyn his dinner. We had stopped on the way up at a restaraunt and ate dinner. I set up the cabin with sheets and blankets and got the boys tucked into bed while Lyndon brought in all the luggage. Thank goodness we brought my lap top and they had internet, because we let the boys calm down by watching some Netflix.

The next morning, it was about -5 degrees outside. We showered and got ready for the day and headed to the lodge. I bought muffins and bananas for our breakfast because the kitchen wasn't open until dinner when everyone else was there. Lyndon set up the sound system and the boys played and napped by the fire. We headed into McCall, ID for lunch at Lardo's. It was amazing. All homemade food. YUM! We stopped by the grocery store and picked up some groceries and a sled for Alden that I could pull him in. When we got back to the camp Lyndon took Collyn inside the lodge and I took Alden on a short sled ride. It was about 4 degrees outside so my hands started going numb after about 10 minutes of pulling him. We went back inside and warmed up in front of the fire.

I took the kids to the cabin and layed them down for naps and napped with them. When we woke up, everyone was there. It was almost time for dinner so we headed back to the lodge and ate. After dinner Lyndon did a lesson and we sat by the fire. They had small group time, so I took the boys back to the cabin and got their pajamas on and got them ready for bed.

The next morning, we got up early and headed to the lodge for breakfast. Then, we played with toys by the fire while the youth did some activities and a lesson. After lunch, everyone went to a hill to go sledding and I kept the boys with me because the high was 12 degrees that day. They napped by the fireplace and I read. It was so relaxing. When they got back we got ready for dinner and ate. They had another lesson and small group time later that night, so I took the boys back to the cabin and got them ready for bed.

The next day we left for home early afternoon. It was nice to get home. I went to start some laundry and wash some things and found out that our water had frozen while we were gone, because of the cold. After a couple hours we got it unfrozen and didn't have any problems since then.

It was such a nice and relaxing weekend.