Epic Tromping

Exploring is our favorite winter sport

at the cabin.

And we did a lot of it this weekend!

We went back down to the creek bed

and paused for a few pics

here and there

That night we hit the VFW for some shuffleboard.

Jack schooled Grandpa again

but he took some solace in talking with

his wingman--me!

The next day we decided was the perfect day

to find a cave Grandpa found on the internet.

So we took off down B

to where it ended in the lake

and then set off up the path.

We took the upper fork first

and found some cool views of Osceola from 

across the main channel

But the definite highlight was the cave...

We're going in!

It was HUGE

with all sorts of cliffs and mounds

to scurry up and explore

It was really pretty inside too

See??  Huge!

That was AWESOME!

An epic day

calls for an epic fire pit

We all pulled up a seat

in one form or another

 It was a perfect ending.

We had one more day to get our outside on

So we spent it shooting

Like our gallery?

Safety first

And off we go!

I LOVE my Red Rider

Even Jack got into it

When we weren't shooting,

we built a little hut out of sticks and moss.

It was worth a picture.

We're starting to wonder what our favorite season

at the cabin really is--

summer or winter?

Lots of fun either way.

Howl it, Jackson!

What better way to spend a Saturday morning

then by eating pancakes and listening to some tunes.

The Howling Huskies were invited to sing

at the Optimist Club Breakfast

and we were pretty excited to be there.

We sang all the favorites like "Just Chillin'"

and a fun homage to Patrick Mahomes

set to "Country Road"

Our crowd was spellbound

Thanks for coming, everyone!

Shattering records

Tonight was our last meet

of winter swim.

We were all a bit nervous

because we were all swimming event

that we didn't usually swim

or even events we'd never swam before.

Swimmers, take your marks...

Beck had a great night:

35.78s in the backstroke, a PR by 1.2s

34.82s in the freestyle, a PR by almost 0.2s

AND...42.59s in the butterfly, a stroke he'd never swam before.

Way to go, B! 

Weston's mission was to give his rival Parker

a run for her money.

1:01.13s in the breaststroke--a PR by 4 seconds and a win over Parker

48.55s in the freestyle--not quite a PR...and she got him in that one

But the big news, the big success, was the IM.

His goal for last summer was to swim this event.

Tonight he rocked it coming in at 1:57.81s, 7th place in his age group.

He's pumped for this summer.

Oh, and he beat Parker in that one. 

And me?

48.11 in the backstroke--PR by nearly 4 seconds, 1st in my heat, 6th overall

43.56s in the freestyle--PR by 2.4s

And the biggest race--my return to the IM.

I last swam it 2 or 3 years ago in about 3 minutes.

Today I cam in at 2:03.23s.

I'll take that new PR!

It was a good season!

Bring on the Waves!

It just takes a little

Jack took what little snow we had left

and made this cool "snow slide"

in our yard

Woo-hoo!

This is how you sled!

Just warming up for Montana next month...

Warm day, cool ice

The temperature was headed to a balmy 50 today

so we thought we'd hit the local ice rink

It's been a minute since we skated,

but it all came back...

Tuck struggled for a bit,

but then Dad got him a trainer

and away he went

ripping off some crazy stunts and turns

before it was all over

What a great day

to make some great memories

while trying not to fall down

Making this look good...

Did we mention

all the park and biplane time too?

Good day.