Our trip to the cabin!

We took off for a weekend at Jacob's familys' cabin near Lake Wenatchee on Jan. 19-21. It took us a long time to arrive at the cabin on Friday night, and when we got there we found the cabin hiding behind this pile of snow. Apparently, since the cabin isn't used very much, the snowplows come through and pile the snow on the side of the road. After awhile, it creates a huge mound, which has to be dug out to reach the driveway up to the cabin.

Ben and Lee and Jacob digging away.


Jacob insisted on getting his truck all the way up the driveway...actually he just liked putting his beloved truck to the test. There were spinning tires and revving the engine, but finally he made it all the way up the driveway. Ben and Jerry are looking on as Jacob makes another attempt.


On Saturday, Jacob and I, Clayton and Tiffany, and Britt and Jerry went up to Stevens Pass for a day of skiing/snowboarding. Colby and Maia and Ben and Lee stayed behind to hang out at the cabin and take a trip into Leavenworth.




I was all smiles before going down the mountain for the first time. Check out my new jacket that Jacob got me for Christmas. It was put to the test while it snowed all day long at the mountain. There was about 5 new inches of snow while we were there. It was very powdery, which was so nice when I fell a zillion times. Before leaving for our trip, Jacob insisted that he was going to be my "snowboard teacher" and that I didn't need to take a lesson. No sooner than we got in line for the "Daisy" lift (or bunny hill) for my first attempt, and Jacob was already trying to ditch me. After a glare or two and reminding him of his promise to be my devoted instructor, we got on the lift. The first trip down the mountain was a bit rough. I couldn't figure out how to slow down, so I would get going out of control and then I would fall hard, just to stop. Jacob proved to be quite the teacher, not:) He kept calling out tips to me, but of course I had no idea what he meant, so we were both getting frustrated. At one point he told me "I don't really know how to explain it...when I'm snowboarding I just feel it, so I can't really tell you how to do it". Tiffany (who's also a teacher) and I decided that we were going to use that line with kids in our class who weren't understanding something, just kidding (ex. I don't know how to explain how to read...I just know how. Sorry, you're out of luck). We teased Jacob about that for quite awhile. After finally reaching the end of the mountain, I was nearly in tears and sulked off, never to go down the stupid mountain again. However, after a break in the lodge, Tiffany found me and I decided to try again. Now Tiffany proved to be a much better teacher, being calm and patient with me, while giving me advise that actually worked. By the third time down the mountain I was finally getting the hang of it. I think I'll go again sometime. The next morning I discovered new muscles in my body that I never knew I had. I was quite sore for about a week, but no pain, go gain, right?


Us driving home from Stevens.


















On Saturday night we all went into Leavenworth for dinner at the Allie Cafe, an Italian restaurant. On Sunday we cleaned up the cabin, and closed it back up. Then Jacob and I stopped in Leavenworth to look in the shops and have a Brat before our trip home. We are looking forward to planning another trip to the cabin for October Fest!