We are up at my parents cabin for three weeks without a computer (yeah!) but I wanted to try to keep up with my blog because when we are up here there is a lot of good memory making going on! So I am writing this on my phone and will add some pictures later. Every summer I try to spend a chunk of time up here - 2 weeks or more. I feel so blessed to be able to do it and I am convinced it is so good for the kids. We hike, play games, do lots of reading and just hang out with family. Paolo has found a bird book and will sit on the porch trying to identify the birds he sees. Diego and some of his cousins have a fort that they built a few years ago that they keep improving. Jules and Elise have been playing together well (for the most part) and are always coming up with make believe stories that they live out. It is a great change of pace.
Our first weekend here the Flagstaff Beer Festival was going on in Flagstaff. We had considered going but it was expensive and the kids could not go so Michele had the great idea of doing our own festival complete with beer/food pairings. We filled four growlers (translated - beer jug) at a local brewery with 4 different types of beer and everyone brought a dish to go with one of the 4 beers.
It turned out to be so fun, delicious and a lot cheaper! My family definitely knows how to eat and drink well.
This will be sort of a quiet week with Mark and my parents gone for a few days but this weekend we have more family coming in and more good times ahead!
